Fit & Pattern Specialist

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Department: Product Creation Development Reports to: Manager, Fit & Pattern Location: North Vancouver, BC Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX: As a Fit & Pattern Specialist,,

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OtherFit & Pattern Specialist

Department: Product Creation Development

Reports to: Manager, Fit & Pattern

Location: North Vancouver, BC

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

As a Fit & Pattern Specialist,, you partner with Product Development Teams to proactively manage fit and patterning guidance, communicating recommendations to ensure a consistent level of quality, fit, and performance in product.

This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on-location. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada. We currently have permanent and contract opportunities available.

Meet Your Future Team:

We are an innovative team of creatives, comprised of product developers, designers, patternmakers, cutters, and sewers, who collaborate cross-functionally to craft and develop best-in-class ideas and bring technical products to life.

Leading the Fit and Pattern Block program, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure fit and layering theory is in alignment with guest and brand needs

Collaborating with Design and Development teams to maintain the existing blocks and develop new blocks for seasonal and trend requirements

Facilitating regular communication with Development teams to ensure consistent methods for patterning and new technical construction are observed

Educating and supporting development teams on the blocks, fit theory and grading considerations across all product categories

Supporting the communications between Merchandising, Compliance and Brand Marketing teams to ensure clear guest messaging on fit, sizing specs and layering approach is universally translated

Supporting the Merchandising team in building size ranges and size equivalents in the system

Supporting Design and Development teams to problem solve and evaluate consistency of fit in products, providing guidance and support for spec accuracy

Partnering with Design and Product Development leaders to identify patternmaker education and training needs; developing and facilitating training programs

Leveraging 3D modeling software and tension mapping to explore drafting theories with Advanced Concepts, Design, and Development teams

Providing expert guidance of body shape and size for target market and regional variations

Ensuring fit models and mannequins appropriately represent target figures

Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing, throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain

Working closely with Design and Merchandising teams to create a strategic plan for fit extensions across all product categories

Working closely with Design to identify new product opportunities and create blocks

Working on the evolution of fit and fit consistency across all product categories

You have 7+ years’ experience in production patternmaking, grading, and fitting

You have an Undergraduate Degree in apparel design or other relevant field, equivalent industry training/certification or related business experience

You have expert level knowledge of sizing, fitting and body shapes globally

You have a strong knowledge of garment construction and CAD patternmaking

You have intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office

You are fluent in English and have exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written

You have an extreme attention to detail

You have strong interpersonal skills

You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity