Urban Outfitters: Associate, Ecommerce - Philadelphia, United States - URBN

URBN

Verified Company

Philadelphia, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

A lifestyle retailer dedicated to inspiring customers through a unique combination of product, creativity, and cultural understanding.

Founded in 1970 in a small space across the street from the University of Pennsylvania, Urban Outfitters now operates over 200 stores in the United States, Canada and Europe, offering experiential retail environments and a well-curated mix of women's, men's, accessories and home product assortments.

Title:
Urban Outfitters: Associate, eCommerce & Web Production
Reports to:
Urban Outfitters: Manager, eCommerce & Web Production
Overview:
Responsibilities:
Responsible for the daily setup, activation and maintenance of products and strategic usage of product attribution and merchandising
Audit all product activations across UO's global websites and iOS app
Work closely with cross functional teams to research, resolve and QA productrelated issues
Creation of compelling, trenddriven and brand appropriate product categories based on product attribution, merchandising feedback, current trends and analysis of product and category report metrics.
Attend meetings and work collaboratively with Buying, Operations, Photo Studio/Styling, Copy, DC/Call Center, Planning, and Merchandising teams to insure delivery of brandappropriate web categories and merchandising.
Execute weekly markdowns and category promotions.
Identify and resolve technical issues before they go out to the customer; followthrough until resolution is vital.
Ongoing QA and monitoring of website content and proper functionality.
Required Skills and Experience:
Bachelor's degree or higher.
Experience working in a collaborative or professional environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills that can be applied inter/intra departmentally to obtain critical information from other teams or individuals.
Strong capacity for multitasking, organization, working independently and time management.
Proactive personality.
An appreciation for and understanding of the Urban Outfitters customer and aesthetic.
A passion for retail and specifically ecommerce in today's marketplace.
Indepth computer literacy and internet proficiency.
Must be comfortable working with technical systems and troubleshooting web issues.
An impeccable eye for detail and strong quality assurance skills.
Preferred Skills:
Understanding of global e-commerce website experiences and international fashion markets.
Technical expertise to answer questions about or troubleshoot problems with the website.
Interest in utilizing data to make decisions. Basic understanding of Google Analytics, IBM Core Metrics or Adobe Omniture is a plus.
Location:
Philadelphia, PAUrban Outfitters Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.