Jr. Manager, Ecomm & Marketing - The Orchard

Los Angeles, CA (Unknown)

$55K/yr – $65K/yrIntern/New Grad3+ years exp

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive a Shopify-based music merch store, coordinating product pages, collections, and live links while leveraging email marketing and analytics to optimize editorial-driven commerce.

  • Must-have: 3+ years of hands-on Shopify/eCommerce merchandising experience
  • Standout: Direct collaboration with merch partners and editorial calendars

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Shopify store in partnership with Indie Merch, including the creation and maintenance of product pages, and diverse collections (genre, artist, editorial and event-specific) while optimizing product pages for SEO and conversion efficiency.
  • Serve as the liaison with Indie Merch and the Shopify developer for triaging product issues (stock accuracy, variant errors) and tracking store improvement requests.
  • Monitor daily eCommerce performance (sales, stock, conversion data) to flag issues and opportunities in real time.
  • Ensure all editorial content (reviews, interviews, news) covering a band with merch includes a live store link.
  • Support the lead Editor and external ecommerce marketing partners in overseeing the comprehensive email strategy, encompassing both editorial-focused newsletters and sales-driven communications like product drops, cart recovery flows, and promotional campaigns for new arrivals.
  • Grow our first-party email and fan data list through digital acquisition campaigns and on-site capture optimization.
  • Track and report performance across all marketing channels with actionable learnings for editorial and commerce teams.
  • Execute promotional activities, including seasonal sales, bundling strategies, and tracking ROI on content-driven marketing initiatives.
  • Administrative/Partner Support:Support occasional outreach to advertising clients, produce campaign recap reports, and handle administrative tasks like invoicing, contractor payments, and creating supporting creative assets (e.g., collection banners, social imagery) using Photoshop.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of hands-on eCommerce or retail merchandising experience, with direct Shopify store management.
  • Experience coordinating with a merch fulfillment or distribution partner (e.g., Indie Merch, Printful).
  • Strong analytical skills, comfortable with Google Analytics, Shopify analytics, and email reporting.
  • Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop or comparable asset creation software.

Preferred

  • A genuine connection to metal music and culture is a significant advantage.

Benefits

  • You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to channel your passion every day
  • A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork empowering you to bring your best
  • Opportunities to connect with our valuable resources, such as our Counsel of Equity & Progressive Action (CEPA), a group created by our employees tasked with developing and implementing innovative solutions to advance a globally-shared goal of ensuring fair and inclusive spaces for all
  • An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
  • Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, and programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition, and student loans
  • Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.
  • The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt, and create what happens next
  • Time off for a winter recess
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At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey. We’ve played a pioneering role in music history, from the first-ever music label to the invention of the flat disc record. We’ve nurtured some of music’s most iconic artists and produced some of the most influential recordings of all time. Today, we work in more than 70 countries, supporting a diverse roster of international superstars, developing and independent artists, and visionary creators. From our position at the intersection of music, entertainment, and technology, we bring imagination and expertise to the newest products and platforms, embrace new business models, employ breakthrough tools, and provide powerful insights that help our artists push creative boundaries and reach new audiences. In everything we do, we’re committed to artistic integrity, transparency, and entrepreneurship. Sony Music Entertainment is a member of the Sony family of global companies.

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