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Master Tailor

alts| Alteration Specialists + LABEL
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 1/22/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/21/2025

Master Tailor Job Description

Alterations Specialists of New York is looking for a Master Tailor

We are looking for a dynamic professional Master Tailor, distinguished by their charisma, technical prowess, and professional integrity. This role will include sewing on the machine, and supporting the tailor shop manager. This is a full time role in New York.

Responsibilities

Machine Production and Sewing

  • Demonstrate that you are meeting personal production targets
  • Cultivate proficiency with mens, womens, and bridal alterations as well as alterations of difficult fabrics
  • Provide some guidance for specialty fittings where the work would be done by you

Attributes

  • You are a skilled communicator. You're both a great listener and an effective speaker and writer. You treat sensitive information with respect and discretion.
  • You are respectful, compassionate, and empathic. You have a calming demeanor and a way of building trusting, caring relationships with ease.
  • You are mission driven. You are motivated to help change the fashion industry, and move towards a more sustainable future and serve as an excellent ambassador for a cause you believe in.
  • You are systematic. You derive pleasure from being highly organized, creating order, and checking things off your list.
  • You are detail-oriented. You take pride in delivering beautifully altered garments and you meticulously check work for accuracy.
  • You are thoughtful. You can anticipate the needs of your tailoring team and clients, and feel committed to proactively creating a supportive environment for all. You are able to recognize how your individual role feeds into the larger organization's objectives.
  • You have great professional integrity. You take ownership over your work, ask for help when you need it, and are committed to your own growth and development.
  • Experience

  • 5-10 years of alteration tailoring experience required
  • This is a mid- to late career role.

    Compensation

  • Range is from $18 / hour- $35 / hour or Salary $55K- $80K yearly
  • Standard / Basic Tailors are between $18-$24 / hour

  • Intermediate from $25-$30 / hour
  • Advanced $30-$35 / hour
  • This is based on skill level and classification of tailoring work
  • Why the Role is Compelling

    As a Master Tailor for an Alteration Specialists team, you would play an integral role in creating a welcoming and professional environment that has a profound impact on some of the most important events and days in a client's life. You would establish rewarding relationships with the studio's clientele and partner community, and serve as an expert talent for any alteration jobs that walk into the studio. You would feel the support of a tight-knit tailoring and operations team, and the excitement of being part of a growing, multi-studio operation disrupting the fashion industry with many opportunities to grow as quickly in your career as the brand is growing.

    Alteration Specialists is committed to working with and fairly rewarding the best talent in the industry. We believe in treating people right - through fair compensation and benefits, comprehensive training, thoughtful management and specific attention to growth and development of our staff.

    Salary : $55,000 - $80,000

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