Junior Web Merchandiser

Job Title : Junior Web Merchandiser

Location : Vancouver, BC

Work Type : Full-time, Permanent

Salary : 45-55k

The Role :

JD Sports is looking to welcome a Junior Web Merchandiser to our growing team. This merchandiser is supporting the optimization of the online curation and promotion of merchandise across our three brands, enhancing customer experience and driving sales.

Key Duties / Responsibilities :

• Responsible for merchandising and placement of products featured on home and landing pages, as well as categorizing products within navigation structure.
• With the Senior Web Merchandisers, ensure the best product placement and content to increase sales.
• Ensure customer experience is seamless throughout the funnel by consistently performing a series of checks of product pages, category pages, cross-sells, search keywords, navigational elements, customer feedback, and more.
• Assists in ensuring overall online product presentation, including photography, copy content and other pertinent information is cohesive with the brands’ overall merchandising strategy.
• Assists in managing the website content calendar for all product categories, focusing on new launches, inventory availability, and marketing initiatives.
• Support in execution of curated category landing pages to support editorial features and highlights to reinforce the brand's relevance and point of view.
• Leverages web analytics to understand performance of and customer interaction with site content, such as categories, featured placements (including promotions / sales) and general online shopping experiences to identify business opportunities and risks.
• Assesses the competitive landscape by examining merchandising strategies of key competitors and best-in-class online retailers to understand emerging online trends and recommend changes to the online category strategy
• Continually seeks to improve the online experience by researching and staying abreast of new and innovative online solutions and capabilities;

key competitor actions; industry trends and emerging customer and market needs.

• Ensure pricing on our brand sites is accurate and promotional pricing is coordinated with internal teams.
• Leverage all possible cross-selling techniques to increase average order size.

Qualifications :

• 1-2 years' experience in a similar role.
• Prior E-Commerce experience required.
• E-Commerce platform experience; Shopify preferred.
• Knowledge of Algolia, Dynamic Yield, or similar merchandising, personalization, and testing platforms
• Superior time-management and prioritization skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to follow-up on tasks without reminders.
• Strong eye for curating product assortments that are visually compelling and on trend.
• Experienced visual merchandiser with strong background in maximizing conversions and cross-selling, paired with an innate sense of luxury retail
• Effective analytical, critical thinking and quantitative problem solving abilities
• Excellent proofreading skills and grammar skills. Strong interpersonal, verbal and written skills

The Perks :

To match our culture, focused on creativity, innovation and love for fashion, we offer our employees unique benefits such as product discounts, learning and development allowance & social events!