Production Assistant (Fabric and Sewing)

Materialistic; Toronto; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Materialistic, a specialty fabric house, is seeking a Fabric and Sewing Production Assistant to join their supportive team in Etobicoke. This full-time role offers hands-on experience with various sewing projects in a positive culture focused on growth. Ideal for those passionate about fabrics and looking to learn in a creative industry.

Benefits

Vacation

Overtime and benefits

Qualifications

• 1 to 2 years of proven experience operating various sewing machines, industrial machine experience preferred.
• Pattern drafting skills are an asset.
• Physically fit and able to lift 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Sew with industrial machines and handle custom manufacturing requests.
• Track projects and maintain inventory database.
• Assess returned products and clean screens & materials.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Initiative

Customer Service

Education

Post-secondary education in fashion program

Tools

Sewing Machines

Microsoft Office

Job description

• 17.20-$19 per hour commensurate with experience
• Vacation
• Etobicoke, Kipling Avenue & Evans Avenue (TTC accessible)
• Recent graduates encouraged to apply You love working with fabrics and your hands and are hoping to turn that passion intomeaningful work. We’d like to offer you a positive, supportive, and fun work environmentwith opportunity for growth. You may have studied fashion, have a love for sewing and materials, or maybe you’vebeen doing costume, set design and manufacturing. Whatever your background, we canteach the skills required for success in this role. You'll be able to learn and develop yourcareer here, in-house. We’re Materialistic, a specialty fabric house providing green and blue screens, backdrops,drapery, technical fabrics and custom soft goods for films, television, and variousentertainment industries. We’re looking for a new Fabric and SewingProductionAssistant with a willingness to learn, and we hope that search ends now, with you. Production Assistant (Fabric and Sewing) Your days will be full of variety since our clients have various needs, both made to orderand maintenance sewing projects. This work will always keep you moving. You’ll be working closely with the team for the first few months to fulfill regular and customclient orders while familiarizing yourself with our products, materials, warehouse layoutand best practices. Your experience with fabrics and sewing will be your head start on what you’ll learn here. Practically speaking you will :
• Sew with industrial machines
• Handle custom manufacturing requests
• Track projects and maintain inventory database
• Draft patterns for a range of projects
• Assess returned products and fabrics
• Clean, as well as repair screens & materials The best person in this role is organized, can work independently, take initiative, bring new ideas to the table, and follow up on deliverables. Working at Materialistic This is a full-time permanent position, offering $17.20-$19 per hour, commensurate withexperience, plus vacation, overtime and benefits. You’ll work Monday to Friday in oursunlit warehouse in Etobicoke, from 9 : 00-5 : 00pm, with flexibility as needed. We’re a small company doing elite work. You’ll work closely with the owner, who has over25 years in the entertainment industries. This is your chance to become an expert infabrics and their role in film productions. Our culture is positive and energetic. We careabout one another and enjoy working hard together. You’ll grow personally andprofessionally in our supportive environment. We are constantly inspired here because the projects we work on touch the lives of somany people. We get to be a small part of entertaining and inspiring the world. We knowthat what we do matters. If this sounds like your kind of job, we want to meet you! Qualifications
• 1 to 2 years of proven experience operating various sewing machines (Industrial sewing experience will be given preference)
• Pattern drafting skills an asset
• Physically fit and able to lift 50 lbs
• Experience with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Post-secondary education in a fashion program or similar an asset
• Experience in a customer service role is an asset
• Driver’s license an asset How to Apply Our online application will give you the option to apply to this role as a complete person– not just a resume. The application will assess your qualifications, personality traits andworkplace preferences, and should take 10 to 15 minutes to complete. After submitting,you'll receive an email inviting you to log in and view your assessment results. We strive to build a team that reflects the diversity of the community we work in andencourage applications from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women,visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, andpeople with disabilities. If we can make this easier through accommodation in therecruitment process, please contact us using the “Help” button. We will review applications, with priority given to those who have completed theassessment and look forward to hearing from you!

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