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Part-Time Retail Embroidery Associate

New York, NYOnsitePart TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • embroidery orders
  • embroidery machines
  • single-head embroidery machines
  • Wilcom
  • Pulse
  • editing designs
  • machine repairs
  • cleaning
  • oiling
  • preventative maintenance

Nice to have

  • Barudan
  • bilingual skills

Role summary

FIGS is looking for a Part-Time Embroidery Retail Associate (Suture Specialist) for their Upper East Side Community Hub. This role involves managing in-Hub embroidery orders, operating and maintaining embroidery machines, and ensuring product quality. The ideal candidate will have experience with various embroidery machines and software, strong organizational and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently. Responsibilities include order fulfillment, quality assurance, machine maintenance, and assisting with inventory and store operations. Training and mentoring of team members is also part of the role, along with ensuring safety compliance. Availability during peak seasons like Black Friday is required.

FIGS is seeking a skilled Part-Time Embroidery Retail Associate (Suture Specialist) to manage the embroidery operations at our Upper East Side Community Hub. This role involves handling in-Hub embroidery orders, maintaining and cleaning machines, and ensuring the quality of finished garments. The ideal candidate can work independently, manage multiple projects within deadlines, and possess a solid understanding of various embroidery machines. This position reports directly to the Lead Embroidery Machine Operator and Store General Manager.

What You’ll Do:

Embroidery Operations

  • Read, interpret, and complete embroidery orders accurately.
  • Set up embroidery machines (design loading, thread selection, hooping, trimming, packaging).
  • Track and communicate order status with the retail team.
  • Inspect merchandise against order specs; perform adjustments or repairs as needed.
  • Steam and prepare garments for customers.

    • Workflow & Quality

  • Workflow & Scheduling: Oversee embroidery workflow by prioritizing and assigning jobs to ensure orders are completed accurately and on time.
  • Quality Assurance: Establish and monitor embroidery quality standards, ensuring consistency across all products and catching issues before they reach customers.
  • Training & Development: Train, mentor, and evaluate embroidery team members on machine operations, safety, and customer service, fostering a culture of skill development and accountability.
  • Safety & Compliance: Ensure compliance with all safety protocols related to machine operation and embroidery production.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with store leadership and HQ teams (VM, product, supply chain) to share embroidery trends, machine performance, and customer feedback.

    • Maintenance & Organization

  • Perform minor machine repairs, cleaning, and oiling to ensure optimal operation.
  • Coordinate preventative maintenance and third-party servicing as needed.
  • Keep the work area clean and organized.
  • Manage embroidery supplies, storage, and assist with inventory checks.

    • Team & Store Support

  • Assist store leadership with non-embroidery tasks, including sales, and operations.

    • Qualifications:

  • Flexible schedule, with availability to work weekends
  • Strong organizational and time management skills; ability to manage multiple embroidery orders simultaneously.
  • Experience operating and troubleshooting embroidery machines (Barudan experience a plus).
  • Experience with single-head embroidery machines.
  • Technical proficiency in embroidery software (Wilcom, Pulse, or equivalent).
  • Proficiency with computer software for editing designs.
  • Familiarity with preventative maintenance programs and ability to coordinate third-party servicing.
  • Strong problem-solving skills; able to troubleshoot both machine and workflow issues under tight deadlines.
  • Bilingual skills are beneficial but not required.
  • All employees are expected to be available to work “Black Friday” (the day after US Thanksgiving) until the end of the holiday season, to be defined each year based in part on the time period guests are permitted to return holiday merchandise, on an annual basis

    • Other must haves:

  • Positive attitude
  • Proven work ethic and integrity
  • Ability to respond to short term deadlines
  • Detail and quality oriented
  • Desire to excel and grow with FIGS
  • 100% awesome, like our scrubs

    • FIGS Compensation and Benefits

    Pay Range

  • This role's hourly rate is between $18/hr and $20/hr. Actual hourly rate is determined based on a number of factors, including but not limited to your relevant skills, qualifications, and years of experience.

    • A little bit about us…

    FIGS, Inc. is a founder-led, direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand that seeks to celebrate, empower and serve current and future generations of healthcare professionals. We redefine what scrubs are by creating technically advanced apparel and products that feature an unmatched combination of comfort, durability, function and style, all at an affordable price. With the largest DTC platform in healthcare apparel, we sell our products to a rapidly growing community of loyal customers. Through these customer relationships, FIGS has built a community and lifestyle around a profession, revolutionizing the large and fragmented healthcare apparel market and becoming the industry’s category-defining healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand.

    Our Threads for Threads initiative is integral to our mission to improve the lives of healthcare professionals on a global scale. Founded alongside FIGS in 2013, Threads for Threads donates scrubs to healthcare professionals working in resource-poor countries around the world.

    FIGS considers all Qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories (e.g., arrests or conviction records), for Employment in accordance with applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.

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