Assistant Technical Designer - Merchandising

Position Overview Position- Assistant Technical Designer

Department- Merchandising Job Summary

• G Ashley Inc is seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Assistant Technical Designer to join our Technical Design team. The successful candidate will be driven, detail-focused, and excited to help shape garments that make women feel beautiful and powerful. As a key partner in our product development process, you will help bring our vision to life by ensuring our garments deliver the superior fit and quality our customers expect.

Key Responsibilities

• As a key partner in our product development process, you will help bring the Ashley Stewart vision to life by ensuring our garments deliver the superior fit and quality our customers expect.
• Create, update, and maintain detailed tech packs with precise construction notes, BOM components, and measurement guides.
• Take clear and thorough notes during fittings as needed.
• Measure samples for the team as needed and input measurements into PLM.
• Upload fit photos, comments, and measurement revisions ,set up tech packs in PLM as needed. Assisting Technical Designers with fit comments and spec updates with supervision as needed.

Essential Qualifications

• Solid understanding of garment construction, sewing techniques, and patternmaking.
• Ability to follow direction of Head technical designer closely to stay on track with team priorities.
• High proficiency in PLM, Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop; advanced Excel skills required.
• Experience supporting fittings, preparing specs, and documenting fit comments.
• A keen eye for detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities at once.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners
• A proactive, self-motivated approach and desire to learn, grow, and contribute to a collaborative team culture.

Education/Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of experience in technical design.
• Bachelor’s or associate degree in Technical Design, Patternmaking, Fashion Design, or a related field.

This is a non-exempt position. The compensation for this role is $50,000 based on a 40-hour workweek.

This position is based in our Secaucus, NJ office 5 days a week.