Acne Studios Creative Patternmaker Women's Wear

Acne Studios is a progressive luxury house and through collaboration and curiosity, we set high aspirations and strive for excellence. We value everyone's contribution and embrace feedback to develop ourselves and others. We aim to minimize our environmental impact across all our operations and to address societal challenges in the way we conduct our business.

As Creative Patternmaker at our Paris Design Office you will work closely with our womenswear design team and support our designers, from the first idea idea by studying shapes and creating patterns from sketch or canvas. Furthermore you will follow the garment throughout the whole development and production process, working closely with our product developer and production team.

CULTURE OF COLLABORATION

We firmly believe that when you feel supported, included, and trusted, it enables you to enjoy your work and thrive in it. You will be a part of a team of colleagues with diverse roles and backgrounds, each with their unique skills and experiences.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As Creative Patternmaker your main contribution will be to create high quality patterns for all women's wear collections. You will report to the Head Patternmaker in Paris. You will play a vital role by:

• Deliver high quality patterns with clear information to in-house atelier or suppliers for the designated product group
• Provide expertise on technical criteria and solutions
• Responsible for pattern quality of the style from sketch handover to last production fitting for the designated product group
• Participate in fitting sessions, take comments, provide proactive and focused input to ensure further development and smooth production processes
• Interact closely with inhouse atelier regarding construction and finishing's
• Work closely with product developer, technical designer and designer of the designated product group during the development process, show preparations and production phase

WHO YOU ARE

You have high aspirations and focus on details that create substantial impact. You enjoy working as a team and you embrace feedback to develop yourself and others. You are curious and thrive in a dynamic environment. Cooperation, respect, and clear communication are important, along with your ambition to learn and grow. If these qualities speak to you, we would love to have you on our team.

Specific personal qualities for this role:

• Organized, detail-oriented with strong follow-through
• Cooperative, positive mind set and a team player
• Ability to efficiently work towards tight deadlines

Specific experience and knowledge for this role:

• Academic degree within design and/or patternmaking
• Minimum 7 years' experience as a pattern maker preferably in an international high-end fashion brand within flou, tailored and casual pattern making
• Strong communication skills in written and spoken English with a good command of English technical terms, knowledge of French is meriting
• Good understanding of the creative process and experimental pattern solutions
• Highly proficient in a CAD pattern software (Gerber, Lectra, etc.)
• Knowledge of CLO is meriting

Please include your portfolio with your application.

What matters most to us is not whether you master all the listed knowledge and skills. We are dedicated to recognizing the potential in each individual. We embrace diversity of people as well as ideas and viewpoints and encourage everyone's individual expression of their own identity.