Garment Technician

Make an impact on our local, Preston based sustainable fashion business
- Highly collaborative, family centric and supportive team environment
- Join a workplace genuinely committed to Work Life Balance

**About The Role**
We are searching for an experienced, positive, proactive and quality focused Garment Technician to join our collaborative Production team here at ELK.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Support the design team through all stages of garment product development from design to manufacture
- Closely partner with our intimate network of offshore makers to achieve critical path from design through to bulk production
- Create tech packs (specification sheets, measurements and grades for new styles) including technical drawings (using Illustrator), garment details, fabric, print, colourways and labelling
- Oversee effective and efficient fit sessions, making proactive suggestions to ensure best fit and performance

This is a full time, hybrid role based in our Preston office in Melbourne.

**What We’ll Love About You**
You have a love of fashion and have a positive, proactive, solutions focussed mindset. You take a great deal of pride in the quality of your work. Your attention to detail, time management and organisation is second to none. You’re tech savvy, you embrace & immerse yourself in new technology, always looking for the opportunity to improve. Illustrator and a good PLM are your best friends, you know your way around like the back of your hand.

Your values are aligned to ours - you’re focussed on sustainability both personally and professionally, and you love nothing more than being part of a collaborative, supportive and nurturing team where everyone lends a hand to get the job done.

**Who are you?**
You are a perfect match with:

- Minimum 5+ years’ experience in a similar, Garment Technician role developing apparel
- Qualification in Fashion Production / Pattern Making / Quality Control or related
- Pattern making, fit & grading experience (essential)
- Adobe Illustrator (intermediate proficiency essential)
- Ability to interpret design sketches to create tech packs
- Experience working with 3D design software (highly regarded)

In return we offer:

- Salary and benefits commensurate with experience
- Access to our generous annual profit share incentive scheme
- Genuine commitment to work life balance
- Highly collaborative, family centric and supportive work environment
- Market leading product discounts for you, your family & friends
- Your birthday off every year
- 2 days paid volunteer leave every year

**About ELK**
A pioneer of Australian design, ELK was established in 2004 in Melbourne, Australia. The ELK aesthetic holds a unique place within the international fashion landscape. With a highly considered approach by brand founders Marnie and Adam, ELK collections resonate with their global audience through sustainable and ethical practices, design refinement, trend curation and an intellect that is innately their own. Their sculptural accessories, hand-made leather and ready-to-wear collections define their artful vision while their devotion to ethical and sustainable practices has endured them as a leader in the practice of responsible innovation for the fashion industry.

At ELK, we nurture an open, inclusive workplace, valuing authenticity, transparency and community and celebrate individual strengths. We strive to ensure our team reflects the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we work. We embrace the opportunity to welcome talent who are passionate not just about what we do but why we do it, irrespective of background, life stage, identity, and ability. Join us on our journey as a responsible business, making better products for a healthier planet.

**How To Apply