Ecommerce Merchandising And Curation Manager (REMOTE)

Do you live and breathe music? Have experience in the music or tech industries? We’re looking for someone like you to help us enhance engagement and drive conversions, ultimately growing our orders. If you’ve got a knack for analyzing and developing merchandising strategies, join us at Discogs and bring your expertise to our vibrant community of music enthusiasts.

Location

This is a remote position. Open to candidates located in OR, WA, CA, CO, TX, IL

Compensation

Starting Base Salary: $95,000 yearly

Who We Are

Discogs is the largest crowd-sourced, community-driven database of recorded music information in the world. Every day, millions of people use the Discogs Marketplace to connect, learn about music, and buy and sell vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes. As Discogs continues to grow, we are looking for bright, dedicated, creative, and highly motivated people to help us realize our mission to serve the music fan in everyone. We are relatively small, so individual contributions can have a large impact. High value is placed on quality, critical thinking, and continuous improvement. Our teams work collaboratively but are distributed geographically and open-source tools are important to who we are and how we work. We value the experiences and skills each team member contributes to helping us serve our music community.

Who We’re Looking For

The Ecommerce Merchandising and Curation Manager will be responsible for enhancing the buyer experience on our platform, driving sales and optimizing product visibility. Your role involves analyzing sales data and music consumer trends to curate compelling product shopping experiences that appeal to vinyl record enthusiasts globally. The role focuses on developing and executing an effective merchandising strategy to promote high-demand inventory, manage promotions, and oversee merchandising programs.

What You’ll Accomplish

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Oversee Merchandising Programs: Manage and refine content across key merchandising pages, ensuring content relevancy and engaging layouts.
• Promotion Management: Plan and execute sales and promotions based on an annual calendar, coordinating efforts across teams to maximize campaign impact.
• Inventory Curation: Identify and promote inventory with high sales potential, considering seller sourcing, market demand, and seasonal trends.
• Campaign Management: Set clear deadlines, ensuring cross-functional teams stay aligned and campaigns launch successfully.
• Data Analysis: Work with the Marketing Research Strategy Specialist and utilize tools such as Metabase, Google Analytics, Looker, and spreadsheets to analyze data, informing merchandising decisions, optimizing page performance, and identifying areas for improvement.
• Reporting: Develop and manage comprehensive reports to track and analyze campaign performance, making adjustments as necessary.
• Seller Promotion: Collaborate with the Seller Engagement Lead to spotlight sellers as part of the broader merchandising strategy.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with channel marketers to optimize traffic to key merchandising pages, collaborate with the content team to use effective communication to buyers and partner with product and engineering squads to identify and leverage merchandising opportunities for web and mobile.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What You’ll Contribute

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, E-commerce, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in e-commerce merchandising, preferably within a two-sided marketplace or similar platform.
• Strong analytical skills with hands-on experience in data tools such as Metabase, Google Analytics, and Looker.
• Proven track record in managing campaigns including promotions and merchandising initiatives that drive sales and enhance user experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead projects to completion and on-time
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively promote inventory and engage with sellers.
• Attention to detail to continuously refine and add content to the merchandising page program.
• Understanding of key web and mobile platforms to leverage merchandising opportunities effectively. 
• Can leverage content management systems to create campaigns without needing engineering involvement. WordPress preferred. 
• Preferred Experience
• Ability to use data querying skills with SQL.
• Understanding of the music industry is preferred.

Benefits

What We Provide

• Competitive compensation: salary, plus performance-related bonus program
• 401(k) with employer match
• 100% company-paid medical, dental and vision insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 4 weeks paid vacation, increasing based on tenure
• 18 weeks paid leave for birth moms
• 8 weeks paid parental leave, including for adoption
• Monthly wellness allowance
• Annual professional and personal development allowance
• Work from home office set-up and expense allowances 
• Flexible work location opportunities 
• Employer matching toward charitable contributions

What We Believe In

Discogs’ mission is to serve the music fan in everyone.  We represent a diverse and inclusive community, and we are committed to serving our community with innovative and creative solutions. We know that innovation happens best when varying perspectives are embraced and integrated. Our global team reflects our global community.

Discogs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants needing accommodation to apply should contact us at 503-597-6340

Discogs does not promote job openings through text messaging. If you receive a text message claiming to offer a position at our company, please disregard it as fraudulent. For a list of our actively open positions and to apply, please visit the official Careers page on our website: https://www.discogs.com/about/careers

If you apply for this role, you will be required to upload a resume, cover letter, and fill out a few questions regarding your application. Once submitted, our hiring team will review your application and contact you if you are selected for an interview. Whether you are successful or not, we will store your application and data in our system for a maximum period of one year from the application date in case another role becomes available that you are suitable for. If you have any questions or concerns about us storing this data and/or the period of time, please contact us at legal@discogsinc.com and we will respond to you within 30 days.