Associate Technical Designer (Hybrid) at ZUMBA FITNESS LLC – Hallandale, Florida

OVERALL JOB OBJECTIVE:

The Associate Technical Designer - Activewear supports the technical development of assigned styles from initial tech pack setup through fit approval, ensuring accuracy, speed, and consistency throughout the product lifecycle. This role partners closely with the Technical Design Manager, Design, Product Development, Quality, and factories/vendors to help deliver garments that meet fit, construction, and quality expectations for a fast-fashion activewear business. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple deadlines while learning systems and processes quickly

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create and maintain accurate technical packs for assigned activewear styles, including specs, point of measure (POM), construction details, and technical sketches.
• Learn and adopt the company PLM system quickly, entering and updating style data accurately and on time.
• Maintain calendar dates for tech pack creation, sample review, fit sessions, and revision deadlines to support fast-fashion development timelines.
• Measure samples and evaluate garments through development stages, including prototype, fit sample, size set, and wear test, under the guidance of the Technical Design Manager.
• Attend fit sessions, capture detailed notes, and deliver clear fit comments to cross-functional partners and vendors within 3 business days of each session.
• Support fit consistency across assigned styles by applying approved blocks, grading standards, and brand fit expectations for activewear.
• Review stretch, recovery, compression, support, coverage, and movement-related construction details to help ensure product performs as intended.
• Create and revise technical sketches in Adobe Illustrator to clearly communicate garment construction, seam placement, paneling, trims, and branding placement.
• Track tech pack revisions, sample status, and pending updates from Design, Product Development, Quality, and factories/vendors to ensure version accuracy and timely follow-up.
• Communicate professionally with factories/vendors regarding measurement questions, construction corrections, fit updates, and approval comments.
• Partner cross-functionally to flag risks, inconsistencies, missing information, or delays early so issues can be resolved before calendar impact.
• Support quality and fit consistency by checking that specs, tolerances, and construction details align with approved standards and communicated changes.
• Provide technical and fit-related product feature information for website and e-commerce product pages, ensuring details are accurate, consumer-friendly, and aligned with approved garment specifications.
• Maintain organized digital records for assigned styles, including fit history, spec updates, revision pages, and seasonal reference files.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisor responsibilities: None

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design, Technical Design, Apparel Development, or a related field; or equivalent relevant experience.
• 2-4 years of technical design experience in apparel, preferably in activewear, athleisure, or performance categories.
• Experience creating and updating tech packs, specs, POMs, and construction details.
• Working knowledge of garment fit, measurement, grading, and apparel construction.
• Understanding of activewear product requirements, including stretch fabrics, support, mobility, and body-contouring fit considerations.
• Ability to manage multiple styles and deadlines in a fast-paced, calendar-driven environment.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in technical documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for working with cross-functional teams and factories/vendors.
• Ability to attend fit sessions, document changes clearly, and turn fit comments quickly.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, PLM, and Excel.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in a fast-fashion or high-volume development environment.
• Experience working with overseas factories/vendors and sample review cycles.
• Familiarity with performance fabric behavior, including compression, recovery, moisture management, and seam/stretch construction considerations.
• Exposure to block development, tolerance review, and size set evaluation.
• Experience using KUBIX or similar PLM systems.
• Basic understanding of patternmaking and grading principles.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, bend, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds (safety/weight belt provided, if requested). Specific vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus is required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is a typical climate controlled office environment and the noise is usually moderate.

Travel may be required.