Production Assistant - Fort Brands

Location: Lincoln, NE

Full time - Monday through Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Reports to: Production Manager

Fort Brands is seeking a Production Assistant who will help produce materials and apparel for our various family of companies - The Fort, Fort Tuff, Dirty Jobs Workwear, and BrandedFX.

This is an entry level position with room to grow.

Applicant must be detail oriented and work in a timely manner to meet production deadlines. Applicant will help in all aspects of product - heat press - banner making - embroidery - stocking - inventory - sales - order processing - order gathering - cleaning - and organizing.

Duties:

- Signage, flyers, and forms production
- Custom apparel production
- Customer service; answering phones, emails, etc.
- Product photography
- Reading and making work orders
- Receiving shipment deliveries
- Unbagging garments, prepare for decoration, trimming, and folding
- Packaging customer orders for pick up or shipping
- Run embroidery machines and heat presses
- Maintain ongoing professional communication with coworkers and customers
- Operating shop equipment like printers, cutters, etc.
- Light social media assistance- digital pictures of completed orders.
- Maintain a clean and organized workspace
- Other various duties as needed

Requirements & Skills:

- Firm understanding in digital photography
- Time management- able to meet or exceed deadlines
- Flexibility to successfully complete various tasks daily
- Willingness to learn all processes in production
- Strong communication skill
- Previous experience with embroidery machines or heat press is a plus.
- Experience with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator is a plus but not required

The Fort Inc,. is a EOE - Drug Free - Clean Environment