Outdoor Research is a company driven by a passion for the outdoors and community. They are seeking a detail-oriented Digital Merchandising Coordinator to manage their digital product catalog, ensuring an elevated shopping experience through effective merchandising strategies and collaboration with various teams.
Responsibilities
- Build, launch, and maintain all digital product listings
- Manage product discovery and category page merchandising, aligned to DTC editorial calendar and brand storytelling throughout the year
- Own the item attribution, categorization, seasonal presentations, and visual filter management to enhance customer navigation
- Coordinate product launches by partnering with product managers, inventory, and marketing teams to ensure accurate images, inventory presentation, and compelling product copy
- Manage technical aspects of product catalog maintenance, including routine Excel imports, Notify Me functionality, product setup, and redirect management
- Develop and analyze merchandising reports to inform ongoing site merchandising strategies and optimizations, supporting overall site KPIs
- Explore and leverage AI-powered tools and automations to enhance our merchandising strategy and present a more personalized experience to our customers
- Proactively identify areas of opportunity for new products, address digital product-related issues, and determine needs for onsite merchandising and product discovery
- Monitor competitive landscape for emerging DTC merchandising trends and identify opportunities for continued innovation on OR.com
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in e-commerce, marketing, communications, or related field
- 0-2 years' experience working in ecommerce, any Shopify exposure a plus
- Experience working in Excel (including V-Lookups) and bulk managing large data files
- Exposure and/or some familiarity with Google Analytics and/or other marketing or ecommerce analytics tools
- Strong quantitative skills to analyze sales reports & campaign results and implement action plans
- Strong project management, problem solving, and communication skills with the proven ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines with attention to detail
- Ability to demonstrate big picture thinking and knowledge of company initiatives, business priorities and cross-functional relationships that can be translated to customer-facing strategies
- Self-motivated, results-oriented team player mentality
- Adaptable to changing priorities and flexible to urgent issues
- Desire to consistently learn and apply new technologies
- Passion for the outdoors and Outdoor Research's core activities is a plus
Benefits
- 11 paid holidays each year and 3 floating holidays
- PTO/PSST
- Transportation benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
- 401k with discretionary company match
- Ron Gregg Annual Outdoor Benefit
- Bouldering wall and Gym
- Product discounts
- Employee interest groups including various sports activities
Company Overview
- Outdoor Research® is Designed by Adventure®. We provide Innovation and Inspiration for the Relentless Adventurer. It was founded in 1981, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.outdoorresearch.com.