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Luxury Brand Nili Lotan is looking for a Senior Pattern Maker (Gerber ) to join the team. This role is responsible for developing, refining, and maintaining patterns across Women’s collections, with a high focus on Women’s RTW Tailoring ensuring the highest standards of craftsmanship, fit, and technical precision. Working closely with the Design, Technical Development, and Production teams, this role plays a critical part in transforming creative vision into production-ready garments. The ideal candidate will have 20 to 25 years of experience in women’s Tailoring for luxury brands. Key Responsibilities Pattern Development: Create first patterns in collaboration with the Development Technical team and Designers, translating sketches and concepts into accurate prototypes. Showroom-Ready Patterns: Refine and finalize development patterns to ensure they are showroom-ready, incorporating correct construction details and information required for BOMs, recorded accurately on cutter’s musts. Digital Pattern Management: Implement, digitize, and maintain patterns in the Gerber system, ensuring all digital files are accurate, up-to-date, and production ready. Factory Compatibility: Ensure patterns are “production friendly”, properly converted and compatible for each manufacturing partner’s requirements. Provide key pattern measurements. Collaboration & Consistency: Partner closely with the Senior Creative Pattern Maker to ensure clarity, consistency, and precision across all patterns. Production Preparation: Prepare all development patterns for pre-production (PP) and production marking and grading. Fit Adjustments: Execute production pattern corrections as determined in fittings, under the guidance of the Head Pattern Maker. Prioritization: Manage and maintain pattern priorities as directed by the Technical Development and Production teams. Pattern Library: Maintain and update the Pattern Block Library within Gerber to support design and development efficiency. Communication: Maintain clear communication across Design, Technical, and Production teams, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met. Ideal Candidate 20 to 25 years of experience in pattern making. 15 to 20 years knowledge of the Gerber digital pattern-making system. Strong technical understanding of fit and sizing within Women’s woven tailoring categories. Strong knowledge of garment washing and dyeing processes, with a focus on understanding and managing fabric shrinkage Strong technical understanding of fit and sizing within Women’s woven tailoring categories. Proven experience developing luxury ready-to-wear patterns with precision and craftsmanship. Exceptional attention to detail and ability to translate design intent into production-ready garments. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Effective communicator, fluent in written and spoken English. Nili Lotan is committed to building a diverse workforce. We believe diversity in all its forms - gender, age, nationality, culture, religious beliefs and sexual orientation - enriches the workplace. It opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to adapt to a changing world. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background. About Nili Lotan: Nili Lotan, after a very successful career leading design teams at top American fashion houses including Ralph Lauren, Liz Claiborne, and Nautica, launches her own namesake label in 2003, designing a wardrobe of luxurious, chic, and timeless pieces for today’s woman, grounded in the belief that a wardrobe should function as an extension of oneself. Her philosophy is that clothes should be elements for self-expression. Lotan’s design process is highly intuitive. She is inspired by women with a strong sense of personal style, and draws from art, music and rock n’ roll to design her collection. By designing pieces she herself want to wear, Lotan’s collection instinctively resonate with a woman’s lifestyle. Since its debut, the brand has expanded beyond womenswear to include a men’s collection. Nili Lotan has several retail stores in the United States and the collection can be found at upscale retailers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. #J-18808-Ljbffr Nili Lotan New York

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