Assistant Garment Technologist

Location: London, UK

Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Role

As the Assistant Garment Technologist, you’ll support the delivery of a consistent, high-quality product across all Motel categories. You’ll play a critical role in supporting the technical development process and transforming creative designs into commercially viable products. You’ll work across multiple areas, ensuring high-quality, well-fitting products that meet Motel brand standards, customer expectations, and critical path deadlines.

Main tasks & responsibilities

• Support the technical and design teams to ensure product fit, quality, and aesthetic standards are delivered consistently.
• Support product and design teams to ensure Motel aesthetic is achieved across all products.
• With guidance from the Senior Garment Tech, support fit consistency across each collection, ensuring garments meet brand quality standards.
• Develop Product Development Packs ensuring accuracy of information to improve ‘right first time’ sampling.
• Work closely with yarn suppliers and factories to ensure adherence to required specification and quality standards.

Fit Sessions & Product Development

• Play an active role in supporting fit sessions, learning best practice and taking ownership of some product areas.
• Assist in fit meetings with Design, taking detailed notes and images and supporting follow‑up actions.
• Ensure tech packs are updated with fit comments and measurement specifications and communicated to suppliers in line with the critical path.

Critical Path & Product Tracking

• Help ensure technical processes remain on track, maintaining accuracy across product development stages.
• Maintain and update the development tracker throughout the sampling process.
• Support adherence to the critical path, ensuring all updates and actions are completed on time.
• Assist in risk assessment of product, working closely with Senior Garment Tech, Buy and Production teams.
• Support Motel’s sustainability initiatives by considering how practices can improve and working in line with the sustainability journey of the business.

About You

• Very good technical background across multi‑product categories.
• Experience in true knit is an advantage but not essential.
• 4+ years’ experience in a Garment Tech team, ideally within a fast‑paced fashion environment.
• Experience fitting garments, with a strong understanding of garment construction.
• Working knowledge of garment grading and specifications.
• Confident communicator, able to collaborate effectively across teams.
• A collaborative team player who builds strong working relationships with ease.
• Enthusiasm to continue developing technical skills and gaining confidence across the product lifecycle.
• Calm disposition who works well under pressure.
• Awareness of product costing and ability to identify negotiation opportunities.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary in line with industry benchmarking.
• 3% employer pension contribution, 5% employee contribution as standard.
• 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, with additional days for long service.
• Birthday day off.
• Team socials and meetups.
• Monthly well‑being activities to support your health and wellbeing.
• Tailored progression pathways.
• A thorough EAP scheme offering financial, legal and health support.
• Access to professional support & mentoring.
• Bonus Scheme for all employees paid out twice a year.
• Motel 50% discount.
• Motel is a growth mentality company.

Motel Rocks Group Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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