Freelance Garment Technician

About Us:

Showpo is the Australian owned, global, social media led ecommerce brand, redefining fashion retail for the new generation.

Showpo was established in Sydney in 2010 from our Founder & CEO Jane Lu's garage. Forward to now, we have disrupted the traditional retail model, are a global fashion destination and one of Australia's home grown true global success stories. We pride ourselves on empowering women worldwide and being one of Australia's largest and most successful social media brands.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Showpo Product team as a Freelance Garment Technician

No two days will be the same in this dynamic role as you work with a diverse range of product, directly with our suppliers and have huge impact on our end product working directly with our designers.

Day to day, you will:

• Demonstrate strong technical skills with a focus on product quality, fit & improvements
• Customer centric mentality displayed in all thinking & execution of product
• Using critical judgement to achieve best results within critical path deadlines and price point.
• Develop strong working relationships with the buying & design team, demonstrating technical fit & fabric knowledge. Be a passionate driver for this collaboration
• Build and nurture strong and effective relationships with suppliers, understanding relationship building, seeking out solutions to problems
• Completion of fit comments & bulk specs to QC standards, within set timelines, maintaining library & developments of templates and procedures. Communicating with the team to ensure priorities align with critical path
• Assist in Supplier Sourcing & onboarding

Who are you?

• Excited by scale and pace & not afraid to suggest process improvements
• Organised, team player with the ability to prioritise, multi-task and be flexible to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Empathetic values driven approach, able to understand issues from multiple perspectives & find an appropriate solution
• Previous experience as a Garment Technician

What's in it for me?

• Live for fashion? You'll love working for Australia's largest social media fashion brand that was founded locally and is expanding globally. The list is growing, but here are some of the things you will enjoy:
• Our embedded culture of Think Big, Get S**t Done and Have Fun gives everyone the ability to make a massive impact across the entire organisation. We are a fun team with a high-growth hustle
• Flexible working environment including the ability to work from home
• Huge staff discounts across Showpo and over 50 amazing brands on site including: Bilinni, Therapy, Lioness, and many more
• Celebration is part of our core DNA from social events, to cruises on the harbour, to costume parties and Karaoke. We work hard and celebrate connecting as a team
• Opportunities to find purpose and give back through volunteering and hosted presentations from our charity partners with workplace giving and donation matching supported
• Dog friendly office, Breakfast Bar
• Education, Wellness and Lunch & Learn Programs
• Company wide I S**t Rainbow Awards - Reward & Recognition Program - come and celebrate your colleagues with bubbles every Friday

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At Showpo we are committed to fostering an environment where everyone can belong and be their authentic selves. We strive to craft a culture that reflects the diversity of our customer, where our differences make us stronger and help us become better humans. We celebrate our people and support them, ensuring we're a workplace welcoming to all, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work. We are on a journey and sometimes might make mistakes, but we are committed to learning, growing and backing up these words with positive action.