Responsibilities

• Sample Coordinators ensure continuous accuracy and timely flow of samples for all Marketing or eCommerce projects (depending on assigned media).
• Sample Coordinators streamline sample handling across multiple media channels, ensuring samples for all medias are tracked and deadlines are met for availability on set.
• Sample Coordinators ensure proper sample management is executed through correctly barcoding samples submitted and validating style information assigned to the offer/shot in Workhorse.
• Marketing Coordinators, capture thumbnail pictures for each sample submitted at Turn-In to ensure the correct samples are photographed, eliminating the need for reshoots.
• Sample Coordinators maintain organization in Sample Processing areas (at Corporate and Photography Studio) through processing of Outbound and Inbound Shipment. This includes scanning, boxing/unboxing, and sorting. As well, ensuring Corporate samples are returned to merchants on a weekly schedule.
• Sample Coordinators play an active role in Marketing and eCommerce Turn-Ins through sample receiving, processing, and resolving any discrepancies for all assets needed for each shot. Communicate any discrepancies or problems with samples to the Sample Manager in a timely manner. Including late and missing samples.
• eCommerce Coordinators manage their Sample Queue to eliminate Aged Samples and ensure Rejected Samples are communicated.
• Sample Coordinators must understand their impact in the Marketing Production process and be Solution Based problem solvers in partnership with Manager, Marketing & eCommerce Sample Team
• Execute other projects as assigned by Manager, Marketing & eCommerce Sample Team.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree and/or equivalent experience
• Experience as merchandise assistant or fashion education experience preferred
• Good written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and negotiation skills. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels. Great soft skills.
• Ability to work with PC and Mac, MS Excel and learn other necessary computer programs.
• Must demonstrate a capacity to operate successfully in a fast paced, changing environment to make fact based decisions and implement recommendations quickly to drive for continuous improvement. Reacts to business trends in a timely and efficient manner, while ensuring continuity with strategic goals.
• Proven ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, establish priorities, and meet deadlines. Ability to multi-task.
• Aptitude for finding creative solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to work with little supervision. Good Organizational skills; detailed oriented.

Preferred

• Experience as merchandise assistant or fashion education experience preferred