Apparel Technical Designer – Women's Athleisure, Outerwear

🕒 June 24

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Comfrt

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51 - 200 employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

✈️ Travel

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Travel

Comfrt is a direct-to-consumer apparel brand and Shopify-based e-commerce retailer focused on comfort-first clothing. The company sells hoodies (including slightly weighted hoodies marketed for anxiety relief), loungewear, blankets, travel gear, kids and pet items, and accessories, and operates an ambassador program and mobile app. Its messaging emphasizes cozy, functional, lifestyle apparel and DTC online sales.

📋 Description

• Maintain a deep understanding of athleisure fit, fabric, and garment construction, aligning technical execution to the Comfrt aesthetic, customer expectations, and premium quality standards • Conduct seasonal competitive fit benchmarking to understand evolving fit trends, silhouette shifts, and best-in-class standards across the market • Partner closely with Design and Product teams to ensure fit evolves with the brand, remains relevant to the customer, and delivers a premium product experience • Create and maintain detailed tech packs including technical flat sketches, construction details, BOMs, measurement specs, POM diagrams, grading specs, and trim and artwork placement details • Ensure all tech packs are accurate, production-ready, and updated throughout all development stages • Own the fit preparation and execution process including sourcing fit models, setting fit schedules, preparing fit samples and fit lists, measuring garments, and leading fit sessions • Analyze fit issues and recommend pattern corrections and construction improvements • Submit clear, concise, and actionable fit comments to overseas and domestic vendors and ensure all comments are turned quickly to support development calendar deadlines • Establish and maintain standardized fit processes, protocols, and standards across all Women's categories to ensure consistency, efficiency, and accuracy • Maintain strong understanding of fabric behavior, shrinkage, stretch and recovery, wash impact, and garment balance and fit consistency • Troubleshoot construction and production challenges with factories and cross-functional teams • Review and approve Proto, Fit, PP, TOP, and bulk production samples • Coordinate wear testing process including requesting and prepping samples, shipping wear test packages, and compiling and analyzing feedback • Partner closely with QA teams to improve product consistency, define tolerances, and reduce quality issues • Act as the technical point of contact for overseas and domestic vendors, building strong relationships that improve communication, speed, and sample execution • Collaborate closely with Design, Product Development, Merchandising, Production, QA, and Fabric teams • Maintain design intent while balancing manufacturability, quality, cost, and speed to market • Update WIP reports and maintain organization across all development stages • Track and follow up on samples, approvals, and vendor deadlines • Support the Technical Design Manager and Product Development team with shifting priorities and urgent business needs • Help improve technical design processes, organization, and workflow efficiencies

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design, Apparel Production, Technical Design, or related field preferred • 8+ years of Technical Design experience in apparel • Experience in activewear, fleece, knits, lounge, and sleepwear categories preferred • Strong understanding of garment construction, fit, grading, and pattern corrections • Strong fabric knowledge including stretch, shrinkage, recovery, drape, and wash behavior • Experience with tech packs, spec sheets, grading, and sample management • Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator (required), Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Google Drive • PLM systems experience preferred; CLO 3D or AI pattern software experience a plus • Previous experience working in a remote or hybrid environment preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• generous paid time off • company-covered health insurance • 5% 401k match • discounts on all Comfrt products