Manager, Graphic Design (Apparel & Embroidery)

We’re looking for a highly creative, brand-driven Manager, Graphic Design (Apparel & Embroidery) to lead the design and development of embroidery, customization, localization, and personalization across the FIGS ecosystem. This is not a technical embroidery production role. We’re looking for someone with a strong eye for graphic design, typography, product application, and storytelling who can translate the FIGS brand into elevated, scalable customer experiences.

Reporting to the Creative Director, this role will partner closely with Brand Creative, Product Design, Experiential Marketing, Merchandising, and Production to create thoughtful personalization experiences across products, retail, digital, and community initiatives. This person will help shape how customization comes to life at FIGS, ensuring every customer-facing touchpoint feels premium, intentional, and unmistakably FIGS.

What You’ll Do

Design Personalization Experiences

• Design embroidery, customization, and personalization concepts that align with the FIGS brand.
• Create elevated visual solutions for customer-facing personalization across products, retail, digital, and experiential activations.
• Develop scalable graphic systems that maintain consistency across multiple customer touchpoints.
• Apply localization principles to adapt designs for different languages, cultures, and regions while maintaining a cohesive brand experience.
• Contribute creative ideas that continue to evolve and elevate the FIGS personalization offering.
  
  
  

Create Graphics & Embroidery Artwork

• Design original embroidery artwork, iconography, monograms, patches, stickers, and branded graphics.
• Develop creative for:
• Monograms and personalization
• Medical specialty graphics
• TEAMS customization
• Regional and localized creative
• Seasonal and culturally relevant launches
• New personalization formats and techniques
  
• Design thoughtful embroidery placements across apparel and accessories.
• Develop color palettes, typography, graphic systems, and embroidery applications that align with the FIGS brand.
  
  

Product Design & Customization

Lead embroidery and personalization design across:

• Scrubs
• Jackets
• Hats
• Beanies
• Scrub caps
• Bags
• Totes
• Pouches
• Accessories
• Partnership and limited-edition products
• Partner with Product Design to explore embroidery applications on new fabrics, silhouettes, and product categories.
• Ensure embroidery designs balance creativity with functionality, scalability, and production requirements.
  
  
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Creative, Product Design, Experiential Marketing, Merchandising, Production, and E-commerce teams.
• Collaborate with production partners to ensure creative intent is maintained throughout execution.
• Support time-sensitive launches and business initiatives with thoughtful, high-quality design solutions.
• Stay current on trends in embroidery, personalization, graphic design, fashion, and culture to continually inspire new ideas.
  
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• 5–8 years of experience in graphic design, embroidery design, apparel graphics, product design, or customization.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional typography, composition, illustration, color, and graphic design.
• Experience designing graphics for apparel, accessories, or branded products.
• Understanding of embroidery applications, stitch limitations, placements, and production considerations.
• Ability to translate brand strategy into elevated customer-facing creative.
• Experience creating scalable design systems across multiple product categories.
• Strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Experience with personalization, branded merchandise, apparel graphics, or customization is highly preferred.
• Passion for product design, storytelling, and creating meaningful experiences for healthcare professionals.
  
  
  

FIGS Compensation And Benefits

Pay Range

• At FIGS, your base salary is one part of your total compensation package. This role's base salary range is between $115,000 and $125,000. Actual base salary is determined based on a number of factors, including but not limited to your relevant skills, qualifications, and years of experience.
  
  
  

Additional Compensation And Benefits

Equity: All FIGS employees have the opportunity to own shares of FIGS stock through our new-hire equity program. Additionally, FIGS provides a discount when purchasing FIGS stock voluntarily through our FIGS Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Annual bonus: This position is eligible to participate in the FIGS annual bonus program

Other compensation and benefits offered include:

• Comprehensive benefits and perks package focused on your well-being, including premium medical, dental and vision coverage, and full access to wellness services through Breethe and Classpass. 100% FIGS-sponsored life insurance and disability insurance
• Amazing 401(k) program, with a company match up to the first 6% of your contribution
• Generous paid time off - We have 12 company holidays. For salaried team members, we offer flexible vacation. For our hourly team members, we offer up to 3 weeks of accrued vacation
• Meaningful time away for baby bonding, including parental leave, new parent care meals, and a transition back to work for primary caregivers
• FIGS sponsored Uber Eats voucher for in-office weeks
• Personalized discount code for 50% off all FIGS products, along with a separate code to share with family and friends to enjoy a 25% discount site-wide
• Access to FIGS Vet, Discounted Pet Daycare, Discounted Pet Insurance, and so much more…
• Benefits eligibility is determined by hour requirements and length of service
  
  
  

A Little Bit About Us…

FIGS, Inc. is a founder-led, direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand that seeks to celebrate, empower and serve current and future generations of healthcare professionals. We redefine what scrubs are by creating technically advanced apparel and products that feature an unmatched combination of comfort, durability, function and style, all at an affordable price. With the largest DTC platform in healthcare apparel, we sell our products to a rapidly growing community of loyal customers. Through these customer relationships, FIGS has built a community and lifestyle around a profession, revolutionizing the large and fragmented healthcare apparel market and becoming the industry’s category-defining healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand.

Our Threads for Threads initiative is integral to our mission to improve the lives of healthcare professionals on a global scale. Founded alongside FIGS in 2013, Threads for Threads donates scrubs to healthcare professionals working in resource-poor countries around the world.

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