Embroidery Operator

Come join our incredible Retail team!

Here’s our Current Opening:

Position: Embroidery Operator, Campus Outfitters

Reports to: Supervisor, In-house Garment Production, Campus Outfitters

Division: Retail 

Location: North York, Dufferin & Steeles

What You’ll Be Doing:

As part of a fantastic entrepreneurial team, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop new skills and train on various embroidery and digital printing processes. You’ll work with all aspects of custom order garment production and operate embroidery machines. Our experienced team members invite candidates to join our team: we are looking for candidates who are excited by embroidery, digital printing, and new learning opportunities. While we appreciate experience, we invite candidates who have an interest in learning about embroidery. Your interest and aptitude will drive the direction of your training experience! We’d like you to be available to work approximately 20 hours weekly. Our Campus Outfitters business operates year-round, and we offer flexible scheduling including early morning, and late afternoon shifts along with weekend day shifts. We are located at Dufferin Street and Steeles Avenue with easy access to TTC.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare garments for decoration


• Operate the equipment in compliance with quality and safety standards


• Decorate garments using embroidery, printing or heat transfers


• Perform regular production quality control


• Unpack, tag and pack product; maintain the storage space


• Assist supervisor with equipment maintenance and troubleshooting

Education, Qualifications and Experience:

• Post-secondary degree, or equivalent combination of education/experience


• 1-2 years’ production experience is preferable, willing to train

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

• Intellectual curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning is highly valued – a growth mindset.


• Values matter to you. You bring your whole self to work, and you live our values to be the trusted collaborator, lead with intention and ingenuity, and empower many views and voice.


• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment


• Basic mechanical aptitude for equipment maintenance and troubleshooting


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills


• Organized; attention to detail


• Excellent time management skills and ability to meet deadlines


• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 notably Outlook, Excel and Word


• Energetic; you thrive in a team environment


• Move/lift cartons/product weighing up 25 kg 

About University of Toronto Press   

The University of Toronto Press (UTP) is one of the largest university presses in North America, publishing landmark scholarship since 1901. Each year UTP releases over 250 new scholarly, course, and general interest books in print, audio and ebook formats, and over 80 journals. In addition, UTP manages the distribution for over 250 publishers and imprints in Canada, the US, and around the world, with warehouses in Toronto, Ontario and Buffalo, New York. UTP also runs the University of Toronto Bookstores across the three main campuses, serving over 100,000 students and 16,500 faculty.  

As the leading university press in Canada and one of the largest in North America, we acknowledge our role and responsibility in effecting positive change. With this, we seek to continuously improve the diversity and representation of our publications and the clients we represent, as well as within the makeup of our organization. With strong commitment from leadership, we are collectively bringing forward change across the organization, both within our company culture and in our publishing, distribution, and retail endeavours. UTP operates with mutual trust, respect, and integrity as we strive to identify and remove barriers. We are committed to making UTP a great place to work by addressing and challenging systemic inequities.  

Interested in applying?  

We truly thank all applicants for their interest in joining the Press, only those candidates considered for an initial interview will be contacted. 

The University of Toronto Press encourages applications from all qualified candidates. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact the People Team at (647) 805-5082.