Technical Designer - Accessories

The Technical Designer - Accessories oversees tech packs from development stage through production stage, including fitting and communicating fit comments with overseas partners. The role involves leading product development for a category, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring products meet fit, quality, and cost standards.

• Lead development of a product category from design concept to production
• Work with factories and costing teams to optimise product engineering for fit, performance and cost
• Build and review technical packages for one or more categories
• Identify opportunities for sketch library and process enhancements
• Conduct fit sessions on live models, including size sets
• Identify fit issues, perform fit adjustments and communicate changes to improve fit and function
• Directly responsible for creating 2D/3D pattern blocks with advanced understanding of grade rules and size scale manipulation to achieve best fit/visual across a size range
• Lead seasonal fit alignment meetings across category to ensure products meet standards for grade rules, fit consistency, construction and quality
• Analyse artwork to identify risk, establish artwork standards and troubleshoot quality issues
• Own cross functional meeting communication for the development team. Must be able to effectively problem solve design, costing, quality and delivery issues
• Independently communicate with vendors to problem solve issues related to product engineering
• Manage workload for one or more categories. Collaborates with cross functional team to meet calendar deliverables
• Ability to dynamically deliver product presentations related to fit and construction
• Domestic and overseas travel as necessary
• Other duties may be assigned

• Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year Fashion Design program
• Minimum of 4 years in technical design or product development experience
• Expertise building Development & Production Tech Packs
• Must have experience managing a product category
• Must have superior written and verbal communication skills; must be able to lead product presentations in a clear, concise, and engaging manner
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, a PLM system, Excel and Gerber or Optitex PDS
• 2D patternmaking skills; must have on the job experience (classes and/or theory does not qualify)
• Extensive experience fitting on live models and virtual models including size sets
• Extensive knowledge of garment and product construction

• Factory experience
• 3D pattern experience

• Must reside within commuting distance from the Baltimore office
• Hybrid work schedule requiring 4 days in-office per week
• No sponsorship for employment-based work authorization is offered for this position
• No relocation provided

• Paid 'UA Give Back' Volunteer Days
• Under Armour Merchandise Discounts
• Competitive 401(k) plan matching
• Maternity and Parental Leave for eligible and FMLA-eligible teammates
• Health & fitness benefits, discounts and resources

Under Armour is committed to empowering those who strive for more, and the company's values - Act Sustainably, Celebrate the Wins, Fight on Together, Love Athletes and Stand for Equality - serve as both a roadmap for our teams and the qualities expected of every teammate. Our Values define and unite us, the beliefs that are the red thread that connects everyone at Under Armour. Our pursuit of better begins with innovation and with our team's mission of being the best, offering the freedom to go further and developing, delivering, and selling state-of-the-art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.