Senior Technical Designer, Women’s

Senior Technical Designer, Women’s

LayLo (US office of Padma Textiles) | Los Angeles, CA (Downtown, Hybrid) | Full Time

About Us

Padma Textiles is a global fashion design and manufacturing company founded in 1995. We have design offices in Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Los Angeles and Treviso, and we manufacture in Bangladesh, India, China, Vietnam, Egypt, Morocco, Portugal and Turkey. LayLo, our US office in Downtown LA, holds apparel licenses for well-known American brands. We develop collections for department store, club and off-price retail partners.

We are a small, fast-moving team building the US business from the ground up. This role sits at the center of how our product comes to life.

The Role

As our Senior Technical Designer, you will own the technical design process for our women’s collections, from first proto through top of production. You’ll be our in-house expert on fit, pattern and construction. You’ll work hand in hand with design, sourcing and production in LA, and with our development teams and factory partners overseas.

This is a hands-on role for someone who moves quickly, solves problems independently and is excited to help build a business from the start. You’ll report to the COO and partner daily with the Director of Design and the Sr. Manager, Sourcing & Production.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain tech packs from design sketches through production, with clear, accurate specs, construction details, BOMs and grading

• Lead fittings from initial proto through TOP. Identify fit and construction issues and give clear, actionable corrections, pinning and marking up samples as needed

• Develop and maintain women’s fit standards, size specs, grade rules and tolerances so fit stays consistent season to season

• Use CLO3D to develop and review styles digitally, partnering with overseas teams to reduce physical sample rounds and speed up approvals

• Communicate fit comments, revised specs and pattern corrections to overseas offices and factories, then track every sample until it is approved

• Review and correct factory patterns to make sure they match the design intent and are ready for production

• Flag construction, quality and costing risks early, and recommend production-friendly alternatives that protect the look

• Manage multiple seasons at once, hitting calendar milestones for development, fit approvals and production

• Help build the US technical design function as we grow, including processes, templates and a fit library

Categories

Women’s woven tops, knit tops, sweaters, bottoms, dresses, jackets, and outerwear with a growing focus on tailored and dressier pieces.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of technical design experience in women’s apparel

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Apparel Design, Technical Design, Patternmaking or a related field

• Expert knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking, grading, fabrics (wovens, knits and sweaters) and trims

• Proven experience running fittings and writing clear fit comments for overseas, full-package vendors

• Experience working remotely with factories in Asia, across time zones and language barriers

• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Excel and a PLM system

• Understanding of production costing and how construction choices affect price

• Speed and accuracy. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and keep product moving without sacrificing quality

• Self-directed, with sound judgment and the confidence to own decisions in a lean team

• Genuine dedication to long-term growth. You’re energized by getting a business off the ground and want to grow with it

• Clear, direct communicator who works well with design, sourcing and production

Nice to Have

• Experience in men’s, women’s active, women’s intimates and/or kids’ technical design

• Experience with mass market US brands and labels, including club and off-price programs

• CLO3D experience

• Licensing or wholesale experience

Compensation

• Base salary: $85,000 to $100,000, depending on experience

• Paid time off and sick leave

• Hybrid schedule, Downtown LA office