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 Position Details
  Title Technical Package Specialist - Los Angeles
  Location USA / California, Southern
  Category Production
  Type Full Time
  Duration Permanent
  Criteria Mid-Level
 
 Description
 
ABOUT US
Located in Downtown Los Angeles, American Apparel is the largest vertically integrated clothing manufacturer and retailer in the United States. As an international brand, American Apparel manages all aspects of its business under one roof, which enables us to stay competitive, while avoiding exploitive labor tactics. It is this that also allows us to constantly discover new ways of doing business differently and to give back to those who keep our companys success blooming: our workforce. We take pride in being leaders of an industrial revolution.

At American Apparel, we believe that providing employees with decent working conditions in a technology-driven environment allows the company to attain the highest levels of efficiency. This structure of efficiency ensures American Apparel's competitive edge in the open global market. We are an equal opportunity employer.

JOB PURPOSE:
To create, maintain and distribute tech-pack in the G-drive.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Updates yields from marking department with actualized data
  • Meets frequently with Design Team, pattern maker and production managers to discuss     projects and resolve problems pertaining the technical package
  • Prepares, rewrites and edits copy to improve readability of the tech-pack
  • Verifies trims, fabric and measurements using standard reference sources
  • Is responsible for updating tech-pack

    WORK ACTIVITIES:
  • Verifies sources or documentation for Tech-pack preparation
  • Informs everybody involved in production of any changes to the garment and tech-pack
  • Uses computers to enter, access or retrieve date
  • Ensures correct grammar, punctuation or spelling
  • Uses word processing or desktop publishing software
  • Edits written material
  • Consults with managerial or supervisory personnel

    QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Education and Experience: AA degree in Fashion Design or trade school

    SKILLS REQUIRED:
  • Active listening
  • Critical thinking
  • Proficient in Windows, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, Outlook
  • Judgment and decision making
  • Mathematics
  • Monitoring
  • Quality control analysis
  • Reading comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Time management
  • Troubleshooting
  • Writing
  • Persuasion

    KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
  • Communications and media
  • Computers and electronics
  • Customer and personal service
  • English language

    BENEFITS
    Besides offering some of the highest wages in the apparel industry, we offer the following benefits to all of our employees, sewers and administrators alike, as a matter of policy:

  • Personal time-off
  • Affordable healthcare for employees and their families
  • Company-subsidized lunches
  • On-site masseurs
  • Free parking and subsidized bus passes
  • Free ESL classes
  • Free health and safety education
  • Free fitness classes
  • Proper lighting and ventilation
  • The most up-to-date equipment

    IMPORTANT
  • Check out www.americanapparel.net and www.americanapparelstore.com
  • You must have the required job skills
  • You must be authorized to work in United States for any employer
  • You must be able to attend an interview at our Downtown Los Angeles facility
  • You must be willing to work on-site at our Downtown Los Angeles facility: no contractors,     no relocation offered
  • If available, provide links to your online resume or portfolio

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