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What can Propper offer you?

Join the Propper Team

Propper is seeking a detail-oriented Embroidery Digitizer to join our Distribution Center team in Dickson, Tennessee. In this role, you will transform customer artwork into production-ready embroidery files, ensuring designs meet quality standards and run efficiently on embroidery equipment.

If you have experience with graphic design, embroidery digitizing, and vector artwork, we'd like to hear from you.

Who is Propper?

We got our start in 1967 with a contract for the U.S. Navy, manufacturing the iconic "Dixie Cup" hat worn by U.S. sailors. Over the decades, we've supplied more than 120 million garments to the U.S. Department of Defense, law enforcement agencies, and the public safety community.

What will your day look like?

In this role, you will create, and design digitized embroidery files from customers' artwork to run on our embroidery machines. Work with digitizing embroidery files. You will be responsible for entering new embroidery orders on the digitizing computer system and testing the results for quality and efficiency. Work with embroidery operators to gather insight to resolve embroidery design issues. Follow through on orders to ensure designs meet the objectives, deadlines, and technical abilities of embroidery.

Key Responsibilities

• Create digitized embroidery files from customer artwork
• Convert artwork into embroidery-ready formats with accuracy and efficiency
• Optimize stitch types, densities, sequencing, and design settings for production
• Convert PNG, PDF, GIF, and JPEG files into vector formats such as AI, EPS, SVG, and Vector PDF
• Review artwork and determine the best embroidery techniques for quality results
• Modify and edit embroidery files to meet customer requirements
• Create proofs and colorized artwork for customer approval
• Perform quality checks on digitized designs before production
• Maintain organized archives of embroidery files and approved stitch-outs
• Collaborate with Customer Service, Quality Assurance, and Production teams
• Assist with special projects and custom product development as needed

Qualifications

• Certificate in Graphic Design required
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Graphic Arts, or related field preferred
• 3–5 years of embroidery digitizing or related graphic design experience
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Adobe Illustrator
• Experience converting artwork into vector formats
• Experience with Wilcom software preferred
• Familiarity with Barudan or Ricoma embroidery equipment is a plus
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines