Garment Technologist

Title: Garment TechnologistLocation: London studio Contract: Full-time, permanent

About Us

Wiggy Kit is a women’s ready-to-wear brand founded in 2015 by designer Wiggy Hindmarch. Built around the idea of a wardrobe that works as hard as the women who wear it, we create versatile, elevated pieces designed to move effortlessly between occasions. Every piece is created to be worn, re-worn, and styled in multiple ways, with each season building on the last to help customers continuously “Build Your Kit.”

The Role

This is a broad, hands-on role for a commercially minded Garment Technologist who thrives in a small, fast-moving brand environment. You will own fit, quality, and technical standards across the full range, working directly with the founder, design and production team, and our suppliers.

The role spans traditional garment tech responsibilities but extends into product development, supplier management, and production support — ideal for someone who wants visibility across the whole product journey rather than a narrow specialism.

RESPONSIBILITIES - including, but not limited to: Fit & Technical Development Lead all fit sessions on the house model, owning the brand fit handwriting and ensuring consistency season on season.

Develop and maintain size specs, grading rules, and block patterns across categories (jersey, wovens, knitwear, outerwear). Work closely with our pattern cutter to drive fit and construction development, briefing pattern amendments clearly and reviewing outputs. Write clear, commercial fit comments and mark up patterns to communicate intent unambiguously to suppliers.

Approve proto, fit and pre-production samples, balancing perfection with critical path realities. Product Development & Supplier Partnership Issue tech packs, specs, and construction details to suppliers. Work hand-in-hand with the founder and design on fabric, trim, and construction choices, advising on feasibility, cost, and quality implications.

Build close, accountable relationships with our factories; visit suppliers when needed. Drive a Proto → Fit → Approval sampling flow, keeping it disciplined and on track. Quality, Compliance & Returns Set and uphold quality standards across make, finish and packaging.

Manage fabric and garment testing, care labelling, fibre composition and country-of-origin compliance for UK and EU. Review and advise on fabric test reports — interpret results against brand testing standards (pilling, colourfastness, tensile strength, dimensional stability), flag failures or marginal results, and make clear recommendations on whether to proceed, retest or reject.

Support CSR and factory compliance — supplier audits, certifications, and ethical standards. Own the returns investigation process — analyse return reasons, identify fit and quality patterns, and feed insights back into future development. Lead on resolving customer quality complaints. Critical Path & Production Work to the critical path, escalating sample or production risks early.

Liaise with our freight forwarder and production team on shipment readiness, inspection requirements, and quality sign-off. Support landed cost conversations with realistic input on construction, trims, and finishing. Retail & Cross-functional Provide technical input into the costing and range planning process. Support the retail store team with product knowledge and resolve any in-store quality issues.

Partner with the wider team on continuous product improvement. Key Skills & Experience 4+ years in a dedicated Garment Technologist role, ideally with multi-category exposure. Strong pattern understanding — able to brief, review and direct a pattern cutter with confidence, and markup patterns to communicate corrections. Strong grading knowledge.

Confident across jersey, wovens, knitwear, and outerwear — or strong in two with willingness to develop the others. Experience of casual and washed garments helpful — understanding of garment washes, finishes, shrinkage allowances and how wash processes affect fit and spec. Experience working with suppliers near and far shore.

Ability to read and interpret fabric test reports — comfortable working with standard test methods (e.g. Martindale pilling, ISO colourfastness, wash dimensional change) and making clear, commercially grounded recommendations. Awareness of CSR, ethical sourcing and factory compliance frameworks (e.g. Sedex, SMETA, BSCI) — comfortable contributing to compliance processes rather than owning them outright.

Commercial mindset — understands the link between fit, quality, returns and margin. Comfortable in a small-team environment: hands-on, adaptable, no job too small. Excellent Excel skills; comfortable with Shopify and tech pack tools (Google Sheets, PDF tech packs, or PLM). Calm, organised and proactive — happy to own a process end-to-end. Nice to Have Experience in a founder-led or independent brand.

Exposure to direct-to-consumer return analytics and customer feedback loops.

What We Offer

A genuine seat at the table — your work directly shapes the product and the business. Close collaboration with the founder and a small, talented team.  Full time, based in our London studio Interested? Drop me a message or send your CV to jobs@wiggykit.com. Know someone brilliant? Please share. #FashionJobs #GarmentTechnologist #FashionHiring #LondonJobs #WomenswearBrand