Creative Arts Screenprinting Instructor in Providence, Rhode Island at Tides Family Services Inc

Tides Family Services is a nonprofit organization that is committed to providing comprehensive support and resources to children, adolescents, and families facing various challenges. The overall mission of Tides is to provide services and supports that allow youth to live in a community-based setting. An "Agency Without Walls" our services are delivered in homes, communities, schools...wherever our youth are.

The Creative Arts Screenprinting Instructor oversees daily operations of the screen printing facility, ensuring high-quality production, efficient workflows, on-time order fulfillment, and a safe, organized work environment. This role combines leadership, production knowledge, quality control, and skill-building to offer vocational training to youth participants.

The successful candidate will work to empower students to be fully engaged in the vocational learning environment and promoting growth and educational development to support the development of skills and future success of the program participants.

Vocational Shop set up and Instruction

• Initial operational responsibilities associated with setting up a small screen printing production shop for youth participants.
• Support youth in developing workplace readiness skills, including communication, teamwork, professionalism, and problem-solving.
• Delivering quality screen-printing related instruction for youth participants.
• Providing timely feedback to participants.
• Monitoring progress/attendance and ensuring a safe vocational learning space is maintained.

Operations & Production

• Manage day-to-day shop operations, setup, and production flow.
• Ensure youth participants safely learn about operations, quality standards and safety processes.
• Oversee equipment maintenance, screen prep, reclaiming, and ink management.
• Ensure safety at all times, including de-escalation as needed from time to time.

Team Leadership & Training

• Supervise, train, and motivate youth participants.
• Assign daily tasks and ensure skill development.
• Provide ongoing coaching on best practices, safety, and quality control
• Enforce shop policies and maintain a positive, productive shop culture

Quality Control

• Inspect test prints and final production runs
• Identify and resolve printing issues quickly (ink problems, screens, substrates, registration)
• Reduce waste and reprints through process improvements

Inventory & Supplies

• Track and manage inventory of inks, garments, screens, chemicals, and supplies
• Coordinate ordering to maintain optimal stock levels
• Minimize material waste and control costs

Safety & Compliance

• Maintain a clean, organized, and OSHA-compliant shop environment
• Ensure proper use of PPE and safe handling of chemicals and equipment

• Experience working with high-risk or justice-involved youth in a positive, supportive, and trauma-informed manner
• 3–5+ years of hands-on screen printing experience
• Strong knowledge of manual and/or automatic presses
• Experience with screen prep, reclaiming, inks, mesh selection, and garment types
• Excellent problem-solving and time management skills
• Ability to lead by example

Preferred Skills

• Experience with production management or shop software
• Basic understanding of color theory and separations
• Mechanical aptitude for press and equipment troubleshooting
• Strong communication and organizational skills

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand for extended periods
• Lift up to 50 lbs
• Work in a production environment with inks, chemicals, and machinery

Compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, education, language capacity, skills, and other qualifications relevant to the role, in alignment with organizational parity guidelines and market conditions.

The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to satisfactorily perform essential duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Tides Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values our diverse workforce and encourages all mission driven candidates to apply. We are a PBN Best Place to Work recipient, a Safe Zone Certified Employer, and a Veteran Friendly Employer. Join our team!