Fit & 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.

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