Senior Director of Technical Design

Reports to: CMO

Status: Exempt/Salaried

Club Monaco is an international men’s and women’s lifestyle brand with a distinctly urban casual point of view, best defined as a play of opposites: mixing vintage with new, hard with soft and eclecticism with minimalism. Each season, Club Monaco offers customers must have fashion and key pieces that together are the foundation of a modern wardrobe.

Overview

Responsible for directing and managing the Technical Design department to ensure that the brand standards for fit and construction are followed throughout the garment categories. 

Responsibilities 

• Manages workflow and a team of 9 with 4 direct reports in Technical Design. 

• Develops strategies and solutions to execute company’s vision in the most cost and time effective manner.

• Collaborates with CFT to obtain clear direction on design intent, fit direction and garment construction.

• Responsible for directing a creative process of developing new styles, bringing together creative design vision and merchandising information, through final production approvals.

• Responsible for establishing fit and construction standards to achieve current aesthetics, while improving comfort and functionality.

• Supervises and conducts live model fittings to ensure that garments reflect the original design concept and can be produced in a method that conforms to the schedule and cost structure set forth by the merchandising and production departments.

• Reviews, analyses and corrects factory patterns with the team daily. Works in Gerber software to review and analyze patterns. 

• Creates and approves fit block patterns for core product.

•  Communicates daily with the overseas agents, travels overseas and works with the agents and factories directly, building strong professional relationships with the overseas partners.

• Participates in building the production calendar and ensures that the tactical calendar deliverables are met.

• Attends milestone and leadership meetings to provide technical support to the CFT.

• Reviews and approves fit model invoices.

• Builds and maintains a diverse and motived Technical Design team, ready to take on more in the organization.

Skills and Requirements

• Minimum ten years’ experience in Technical Design and minimum 5 years in managing teams

• Proficiency in leading, supervising and giving direct reports clear goals, fostering a harmonious working environment and collaboration

• Strong patternmaking and draping skills and construction expertise in all garment categories

• Garment grading expertise in all garment categories

• Strong knowledge of production methods and processes

• Knowledge of fabric and yarn construction finishes and techniques

• Knowledge of garment and fabric testing

• Computer proficiency with MS Office; Outlook, Excel, Word as well as Gerber, PLM, Web PDM or equivalent, Adobe Illustrator

• Excellent interpersonal skills supporting a culture of inclusion and respect

• Excellent English communication skills - verbal and written

• Excellent time management, with a strong focus on priorities and overlapping deadlines

• Strong planning and organizational skills with a sense of priority for deadlines and attention to detail

• Forward thinking, following market and fashion trends to identify and suggest new opportunities

Salary: $210,000 - 220,000