Position: Embroidery Production Manager
Department: Embroidery Production
We’re Miami Mixed Media a creative production company proudly located in Miami’s Little River business district.
For over 11 years, we’ve built a reputation as one of Miami’s most innovative apparel production companies partnering with clothing brands, artists, businesses, and national companies to bring their ideas to life.
At MMM, we specialize in premium embroidery, screen printing, specialty decoration, and live customization events.
Our embroidery department continues to grow with advanced equipment, including our Barudan multi-head embroidery systems, allowing us to produce everything from custom hats and uniforms to premium brand collections.
We’re looking for an experienced embroidery professional who is ready to take ownership, lead a department, and help us continue building something special.
This is a leadership position inside our embroidery department.
We are looking for someone who understands embroidery production from start to finish not just operating a machine.
You will oversee daily embroidery workflow, manage production priorities, ensure quality standards, troubleshoot issues, and help train the next generation of embroidery operators.
The right person takes pride in clean stitching, efficiency, organization, and solving problems.
- Operate multi-head embroidery machines
- Manage daily embroidery production schedule
- Review jobs before production begins
- Prepare threads, backing, hoops, and materials
- Inspect digitized files before running production
- Identify potential stitch issues before production
- Perform machine setups and changeovers
- Maintain production speed and quality
- Troubleshoot:
- Thread breaks
- Registration issues
- Tension problems
- Needle breaks
- Material issues
- Perform quality control during and after production
- Manage embroidery operators and assistants
- Train new team members
- Maintain machine cleanliness and organization
- Track production completion and deadlines
- Communicate with management regarding workflow
Preferred:
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3+ years embroidery production experience
- Experience operating multi-head machines
Experience with:
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Barudan
- Tajima
- Happy
- Brother
- Melco
preferred.
Understanding of:
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Hats
- Polos
- Jackets
- Hoodies
- Heavyweight garments
- Puff embroidery
- Appliqué
- Specialty embroidery techniques
- Different backings
- Thread types
- Digitizing requirements
You are someone who:
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Takes ownership of your department
- Catches mistakes before customers do
- Works clean and organized
- Understands production deadlines
- Leads by example
- Helps teammates improve
- Takes pride in quality
At Miami Mixed Media, embroidery is more than just putting a logo on a shirt it’s craftsmanship, creativity, and bringing ideas to life one stitch at a time.
We’re looking for someone who wants to help build and lead a department, improve the process, and create work they’re proud of.
We can’t wait to meet the next member of the MMM Team!
