Job Description

Role Overview

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We're looking for an experienced and highly detail-oriented

Catalog Designer

to transform design concepts and complex product specifications into accurate, production-ready technical drawings (CADs) for our catalogs. This role requires exceptional proficiency in technical apparel design, with a strong focus on meeting the high-precision requirements for major retailers like QVC.

Key Responsibilities

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Develop Technical Packages:

Create highly detailed, accurate, and complex

CADs (Computer-Aided Designs)

and

flat sketches

for a wide range of apparel (e.g., utility dresses, complicated knits), ensuring all drawings reflect precise dimensions, construction details, and material call-outs.

Master Complex CADs:

Efficiently handle intricate technical drawings, demonstrating mastery of features like multiple functional pockets, zippers, roll tabs, and multi-layered details, mirroring the complexity of items.

Technical Accuracy & Proportion:

Utilize the provided standard

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to ensure all sketches and CADs are

proportionally accurate

and correctly represent bodily measurements.

Design Translation:

Interpret initial design inspiration and translate it into clean, standardized, and production-ready

flat sketches

and technical drawings, understanding the transformation process.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs):

Document, maintain, and enforce technical design standards, file organization protocols, and best practices to ensure consistency across the team.

Collaboration & Quality Control:

Manage multiple revisions efficiently, maintaining file organization and ensuring all technical documentation is clear, complete, and error-free before submission to production.

Qualifications

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Essential Skills & Experience

2+ years of professional experience

as a Technical Designer, CAD Designer, or Catalog Designer in the apparel or fashion industry.

Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Illustrator

for creating highly detailed and complex technical flats and CADs. Proven ability to work with

precise measurements and proportions

in a technical design context. Strong understanding of

garment construction, pattern-making principles, and fit

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Preferred Attributes

Experience designing for

e-commerce platforms or Wholesale clothing brands

Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage a high-volume workload and meet tight deadlines.

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