Fashion Online Merchandiser; FTC

JOB PURPOSE

This is a 6 month fixed term contract, with the possibility of extension.

Please submit your application in English.

DEPT is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

This role is part of our Global Studios team. We create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is hyper-personalised, digital communications that change perceptions, shape new behaviours, and shift market share for our clients.

Our Merchandising team partners with our client eBay to produce a range of tailored digital shopping experiences. As a Fashion Online Merchandiser you will be responsible for prioritising merchandising based on conversion and business performance for promotional and seasonal campaigns across fashion categories. Additionally, you’ll help wire framing, source and curate inventory, launching campaigns, and tracking performance.

• Management of fashion category pages, ensuring site standards are always achieved or exceeded
• Manage client briefs from start to finish - supporting with inventory planning, wire framing, campaign and events builds and QA-ing, ensuring successful delivery to client deadlines across multiple activities
• Build a full understanding of the clients’ content management systems and objectives, advising on the solution that best meets their needs
• Construct the optimum product range for the target market by balancing price architecture, product variety and other parameters
• Source items - uploading, merchandising and continuously optimising events, campaigns and category pages
• To ensure all campaigns and events are prioritised consistently across desktop, mobile and email platforms
• Conduct regular performance analysis and feeding insight and proposed actions into Lead Merchandisers and clients for weekly trading reports.
• Conducting trend research and competitor analysis for weekly/quarterly planning.

• 2 years merchandising experience, ideally within ecommerce or fashion industries
• An eye for style and retail trends and an interest in current and upcoming trends
• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven ability to work independently, prioritise, meet deadlines under pressure and make the best use of resources; has a good sense of urgency and measurement of risk
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to take ownership and accountability
• Experience with various CMS and the ability to quickly grasp new processes or learn new tools
• Proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets
• An understanding of SEO
• Analytical experience and a degree of business acumen
• Fluency in both French and English languages

• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days per week from client’s office ).
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• EAP and Wellbeing Scheme.
• Retirement contribution.
• Mutuelle / Healthcare Contribution: 50% contribution to Single Person Cover with Ociane et Matmut.
• Meal ticket contribution: 50% contribution of up €10 spend per working day (based on 5 day working week).
• Commuting contribution: reimbursement at 50% of the monthly public transportation ticket (84.10€) in the Paris area.
• Learning and Development, continuous growth opportunities through internal training, and “inspirational talks” guest speakers.
• Buddy Program, you will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you navigate your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
• A Certified BCorp Agency and is multi-award winning “Agency of the Year”.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• Global DEPT® Cares Month, an annual initiative where our teams donate…