About the Company:
Perrin Sportswear is a leader in the decorated apparel industry having longstanding partnerships at both the national and international levels. We continue to lead the way in the travel resort, retail and souvenir industries.
We have a facility of over 235,000 square feet that houses 19 automatic presses, over 100 embroidery heads and a team of approximately 300 Employees. Perrin runs on the hard work of our employees. We are employee owned and employee driven, which is one of the many reasons we go the extra mile to be the best. We provide an amazing work environment, along with exceptional benefits and state of the art equipment. We are committed to our partners and each other. For more information please visit:
www.bit.ly/perrin-careers
About the Position
Currently, we are seeking a full time Embroidery Digitizer to develop designs for resort and retail markets. You will partner with the embroidery and art departments to create and digitize our new product designs using the digitizing software, Punto. This position is a full time position working 100% onsite at our headquarters in Comstock Park, MI, which is situated just north of Grand Rapids. If you love figuring out how to make an art concept into a beautiful piece of embroidery, then this is the job for you!
Essential Duties:
• Work with Adobe Illustrator and Punto to create stitch files from Illustrator or Photoshop files.
• Manipulate digitized files to make them production ready for embroidery.
• Cut Appliques and sew out samples for approval.
• Assist with Production and other projects as needed.
Qualifications:
• Minimum 1 year experience digitizing graphics for commercial embroidery, experience using Punto is a plus.
• Ability to design and manipulate vector files using Adobe Illustrator.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.
• Ability to operate and maintain embroidery equipment; trouble-shoot basic issues is a plus.
• Must have an artistic eye for detail and be able to offer suggestions in the sew-out process for improved results.
• Ability to work in a fast-pace, deadline-driven, multi-project environment.
• Must be able to work in a team environment.
• Professional conduct with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to accept suggestions and revisions easily and professionally.
• Excellent Work History.
• Other acceptable digitizing software include Punto, Wilcom, Melco, Pulse Microsystems, Hatch Digitizer or other professional software.
Why You Should Work for Us:
• Did we mention we have a cool culture? We do! We regularly hold employee events like pizza parties and cook outs.
• We're employee-owned so you have a voice here plus the company stock is awesome.
• 401k matching $1:$1 up to 4%. Nice!
• Your choice of 3 different medical plans, dental, vision, free life insurance and the opportunity to buy additional life and disability insurance.
• Fantastic perks like gym memberships and apparel discounts.
• Super clean and safe work environment. We're not your typical manufacturer.
Perrin is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Type: Full-time
Digitizer-- Full Time position in Michigan
