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Job Title: Digital Embroidery Trainer
Position: Digital Embroidery Trainer
Location: Gaborone, Botswana
Employer: Confidential (through Freedom 77 Recruitment)
Employment Type: Permanent
Industry: Education & Training / Digital Fabrication / Textile Technology
Salary Guide: N/A
Positions Available: 1
Job Description:
Train and support users in modern digital embroidery—from safe machine operation to design software and project execution. The role delivers hands-on learning, develops training materials, mentors startups/students/designers, maintains lab equipment, and nurtures a creative innovation culture within the Digital Innovation Lab (community makerspace).
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and deliver training on embroidery machines, software, and design techniques.
- Provide day-to-day technical support and troubleshooting for users (students, startups, professionals).
- Guide participants from concept to finished product; advise on fabric choice, stitch types, and design optimisation.
- Maintain, calibrate, and ensure safe operation of digital embroidery machines; enforce lab HSE/rules.
- Create instructional content: user guides, SOPs, tutorials, and course documentation.
- Organise and promote workshops, events, and collaborative projects in digital embroidery.
- Support and mentor textile-innovation projects; document best practices and outcomes for community sharing.
- Collaborate with other innovation labs/makerspaces to exchange knowledge and drive joint initiatives.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion, Textile Technology, Industrial/Product Design, or related field.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in digital embroidery or textile fabrication.
- Proficiency operating digital embroidery machines and using digitising software.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree (advantageous).
- Experience with digitising tools such as Wilcom, Hatch, Brother PE-Design; familiarity with open-source design tools.
- Exposure to training programme design and creative project management.
Skills:
- Strong autonomy, organisation, and initiative; excellent pedagogy and facilitation.
- Project management; ability to collaborate with technical experts.
- Innovation mindset; creativity in textile arts and emerging tech.
- Clear written & verbal communication; user-centric approach; community building.
Relevant Experience:
- Delivering instructor-led training and building training materials (SOPs, tutorials, curricula).
- Managing equipment maintenance and safety compliance in a lab/makerspace.
- Mentoring startups/students/designers on textile/digital-fabrication projects and documenting results.
Application Deadline: This job is open for applications until further notice.
How to Apply:
- We only accept applications done via our online Job Portal.
- Applications done via email will automatically be rejected.
- Simply Upload your Cover Letter and CV on our Job Portal.
- No need to upload Certifications or References. (we will request them at a later stage before you attend the interview)
Contact Information:
- Website: www.freedom77.org
- Email: info@freedom77.org
- We only accept applications done via our online Job Portal.
Disclaimer:
Applying for this job does not guarantee placement nor does it guarantee placement of the specific job post applied for.
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