Embroidery Digitizer  

An Embroidery Digitizer is responsible for performing all duties related to the embroidery process. This includes but not limited to:

• Providing or suggesting the best arrangement for embroidery artwork that have high visual impact while meeting embroidery standards
• Converting artwork to stitch files
• Preparing and operating embroidery machines.
• Ensures that all embroidery orders are accomplished/completed within SLAs/KPIs of the department.
• Meets quality targets and be able to produce error-free outputs by carefully following the approved artwork.
• Digitize customer’s art files into a finished, high-quality product exceeding customer’s satisfaction

Critical Functions:

Queue Management

• Process daily pending embroidery orders
• Recreating quality DST files
• Accomplish all approved embroidery orders per day.

Art Development

• Creates digitizing tapes that reflect the approved artwork
• Develops and Improves layout ready to sew.
• keeping abreast of emerging technologies in embroidery

Quality Assurance

• Maintain quality Digitizing tape and error-free output
• Double check approved artwork and instructions to ensure all requirements are met
• Error rate should not be more than 10% rate annually.

Comprehension

• Interpreting the client’s needs and developing a tape to suit their purpose
• Thinking critically on how to improve stitches to better improve the DST file.

Education and Training

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s/College Degree, Fine Arts ad Design, Advertising Arts, Multi Media Arts, Graphic design, Information Technology, Computer Science, or any formal courses related to digitizing.

Background and Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience as an embroidery digitizer or of similar scope.

Skillset required:

• Proficient in: Specifically: Tajima Pulse Embroidery Software.
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and other applications.
• Working knowledge of the operation, maintenance, repair and adjustment of single and multi-head embroidery machines.
• Time Management and organizational skills.
• Familiar with a Windows 7
• Good Communication skills – both oral and written.

Ability to:

• Multi-task
• Flexible and able to meet deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Goal-oriented
• Work driven and can easily grasp instructions.
• Anticipate, recognize and fix possible issues with the tape
• Estimate stitch counts