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Design Developer 2 - Snow
full timeNorth Vancouver, BC (Corporate)
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AT A GLANCE
CreativeFull Time
Your opportunity at ARC’TERYX: As Design Developer 2, you build fully resolved solutions that are in alignment with the original design intent and vision of the product. You are a hands-on innovator, keen to sew, pattern, and prototype in pursuit of smarter, more creative ways to
About the role
Your opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As Design Developer 2, you build fully resolved solutions that are in alignment with the original design intent and vision of the product. You are a hands-on innovator, keen to sew, pattern, and prototype in pursuit of smarter, more creative ways to innovate product. In close collaboration with cross-functional teams, you support design and contribute to all stages of concept development, from early ideation through to seasonal inline focused on how we create for our Snow product categories.
Key Products You’ll Be Designing For:
Gore-Tex shells, Gore-Tex pants, down insulated pants, synthetic insulated shells, down insulated shells, synthetic insulated shells and mid-layers
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on-location.
Meet your future team:
We are builders, problem solvers and passionate outdoor enthusiasts. Fueled by curiosity, we take an immersive approach to identifying future needs then build, test, and validate products that solve for real functional challenges. We are innovative problem solvers with a focus on collaborative teamwork.
Responsibilities
- Contributing to product design by developing unique and resolved solutions through patterning and concept prototyping, ensuring alignment with Arc’teryx design philosophies, original intent and vision for the product
- Producing production level and resolved garments, along with the supporting documentation to ensure scalable construction in a bulk production environment
- Collaborating with Designers, Pattern Makers and Product Developers to create, document and communicate new concepts, construction processes, techniques and manufacturing solutions that meet Arc’teryx product ideals
- Building partial or complete concept prototypes to allow solutions to be tested, reviewed, and validated
- Collaborating with Pattern Makers and Product Developers on seasonal projects as required
- Influencing and contributing to developing design standards and to ensure consistency across all styles within the line plan, including working with Pattern Making, Product Development and Fit & Pattern teams to validate and implement standards
- Testing various materials to assess suitability for various construction techniques and end uses, providing recommendations on final selection as well as documenting information and results throughout the process
- Supporting in the creation of field and wear-test samples by providing direction and requests to the Cutting team as required
- Assisting the Sample and Design teams in responding to problems as they arise
- Supporting the onboarding and training of new Design Developer hires
Benefits
- Vision
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