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,, 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. ### If you were the Fit & Pattern Specialist now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing: - 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 ### Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future: - 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 ### Are you our next Fit & Pattern Specialist? - 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 - You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration - You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions - You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right - You drive breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement - Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it