• Application Deadline:
• Position: Apparel Technical Designer/Pattern Maker


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , OND , Secondary School (SSCE)


• Experience


• Location Lagos


• City Lekki


• Job Field Art / Crafts / Languages 
  

Job Description

• Provide sustaining technical design/pattern making support to the garment manufacturing.


• Design responsibility for customer option/garment customization requests.


• Create pattern models to meet garment specifications for existing product lines.


• Modify existing work instructions/tech packs.


• Work with manufacturing to establish and document best practices.


• Ability to investigate to identify parts and gain an understanding of assembly to apply to TP building.


• Make appropriate recommendations in collaboration with peer teams on matters pertaining to specifications, patterns, construction methods, and techniques to improve the overall quality of the garment.


• Meeting with product designers to discuss the base design.


• Reading and interpreting design models and blueprints.


• Creating rough-draft templates using computer drafting software and freehand techniques.


• Measuring, cutting, and designing patterns in the material required.


• Double-checking the pattern dimensions and style.


• Sending the initial pattern for a manufacture check.


• Meeting with production officer and designers to review the final

Qualifications

• Secondary School Cert. HND, OND , Bachelors


• Knowledge of garment construction standards and manufacturing methods.


• Ability to understand and generate Tech Packs.


• Effective verbal and written technical communication skills.


• Proficient in MS Office.


• Experience Adobe Illustrator


• On site factory position.


• A proficiency test will be given during interview.


• Experience in apparel grading and grade rule development.


• Experience with Adobe Illustrator.


• Understanding of ergonomic design and its effect on manufacturability.


• Understanding of project management.


• Previous experience as a patternmaker.


• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and design models.


•  Detail-oriented


• Ability to work to a deadline.


• Physically fit and able to stand for long periods.