Kloke
Technical Design Developer
| company: | Kloke |
| job title: | Technical Design Developer |
| location: | Collingwood |
| work type: | Full-time |
| level: | Mid-level |
| closing: | 02.08.2026 |
Role Description
The Technical Design Developer is responsible for supporting all design and production processes and ensuring they run as planned, and on time. In addition to working with the Lead Designer and Production Manager, this role also ensures the smooth running of all general workroom functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design assistance
- Design research
- Range planning
- Graphic and style design development
- Fabric & trim sourcing
- Pattern development
- Style development
- Technical drawings
- Swatch templates
- Measurement templates
- Sample production
- Procurement
- Supply chain / lead times
- Pattern making and alterations
- Sample cutting
- Sewing of toiles
- Sewing of finished sales samples (when required)
- Organise and distribute salesman samples for national and international agents
- Finished sales samples – final QC to ensure all samples are ready to be handed to sales team
- Finishing patterns ensuring all patterns are checked and complete and ready to be handed to production
- Completing usage estimates to hand over to production
- Liaising with local and international makers in the development od samples
- Aid with the costing of garments for handover
- Assist with fittings by taking clear notes and conveying to the appropriate party (patternmaker, factory or production team)
- Aid the Production Manager when required, including the creation of tech packs, preparing trims for factories and other day-to-day production requirements
- Any other task/projects that may be required as advised by the Production Manager
- Ensure workroom is kept neat and tidy
- Co-ordinate and time manage tasks and timelines for sampling and production development
- Ensure your own work environment is conductive to good occupational health and safety by complying with occupational health and safety policies, procedures and instructions and taking care for your own health and safety and the health and safety of others who may be affected by your actions
- As you are working with a small team, your role will be flexible and you may be asked to complete tasks outside the tasks outlined in your job description.
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