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Jonathan Adler is a design company specializing in home furnishings and decorative home accessories. We are dedicated to bringing style, craft, joy, and a general feeling of grooviness to homes. Join our world, we are currently seeking qualified people for the following positions:
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HARD GOODS PRODUCT DESIGNER – JONATHAN ADLER HQ
We are looking for a versatile Product Designer with strong graphic capabilities to work with the Head Design Manager and Jonathan Adler on full extensions of the Jonathan Adler hard good product line. This position will offer the opportunity to design and develop a wide range of product from decorative accessories, hard tabletop, gift and games to lighting and decorative objects.
We work under fast paced timelines and are looking for someone with strong program skills, product design experience, and eye for detail and a good work ethic to bring creativity and life to new extensions of the Jonathan Adler brand.
Qualifications:
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Product Design or related field
• 2 years industry experience minimum in product design required
• Proficiency and working experience in the Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• Hand Drawing/Illustrative Skills are a huge plus
• Strong Ability to express ideas through design
• Outstanding Communication Skills both written and verbal
*Applicants should send resumes and work samples to jajobs@jonathanadler.com. Please put HARD GOODS DESIGNER APPLICATION as the subject line. Emails with no resumes or work samples attached will not be considered.
*Salary is negotiable – commensurate with experience
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BUYER / MERCHANT JONATHAN ADLER HQ
Overview:
Jonathan Adler is a design company dedicated to bringing style, craft, joy, and a general feeling of grooviness to the home. We are based in New York City with 17 stores nationwide with growing wholesale and web businesses.
The Buyer/ Merchant will take over current outside vendor relationships and will be responsible for working with the team to scout additional potential items that complement the Jonathan Adler assortment.
Responsibilities:
• Manage current outside vendor relationships. This includes, but is not limited to, books, art pieces, limited textiles and toys.
• Manage current Artist relationships (Rex Ray, etc).
• Seek out and present ideas for new outside vendor products to leadership team.
• Seek out and present ideas for additional Art to leadership team.
• Work with Director of Planning to assure that IMU meets department goals.
• Work with Director of Planning to assure that unit and cost buy is within budget.
• Monitor weekly sales and manage re-order process.
• Communicate with all suppliers on delivery issues.
• Provide all retail stores, web, and wholesale divisions with product knowledge.
• Act as the liaison between stores, outside vendors, Artists, design team, warehouses, logistics and visual teams.
• Monitor any special orders, manage store communication and manage inventory levels for Hospitality division.
• Work with Planning and Production teams to insure business best practices.
• Manage outside vendor and Art POs for new store openings.
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Relevant experience in buying / merchandising of Decorative Accessories a plus.
• Knowledge of local/ regional art scene a plus.
• Knowledge of luxury product lines a plus.
• Appropriate taste level required.
• Demonstrates initiative, is conscientious and provides complete follow through on all aspects of responsibility.
• Self starter. Ability to work with minimal direction required.
• Ability to multitask and focus in a busy atmosphere.
• Excellent time management and communication skills.
• MS Office Suite proficiency required.
• Knowledge of NetSuite a plus.
• 4-5 years of experience, college degree in related field preferred.
Please forward resumes to Director of Planning, Carolyn MacBain cmacbain@jonathanadler.com.
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STORE MANAGERS, ASSISTANT MANAGERS, & SALES ASSOCIATES - DALLAS, TX / AUSTIN, TX / GEORGETOWN, WASH D.C.
Responsibilities:
• Overall store operations and procedures
• Meeting weekly/ monthly sales goals
• Sales staff management
• Clientele building
• Client troubleshooting and problem solving
• Merchandising and visual display
• Store events
• Shipping and receiving
Qualifications: Management
• 5-7 years of retail management (2-4 years for ASM) in the interiors/home furnishings field
• Excellent leadership skills, business acumen
• Highly organized and able to multi-task
• Pleasant and upbeat demeanor
• Strong contacts in and knowledge of the local interior design community
• Contemporary sense of style and culture
• Microsoft Windows proficiency, especially Word and Excel
Qualifications: Sales
• 2-3 years Interior Design and/or Retail Home Furnishings experience
• Excellent sales skills
• Eye and passion for design
• Warm and outgoing people skills
• Enthusiastic and dependable
• Strong work ethic and drive
We offer a very enthusiastic and positive team environment. We are groovy and fun but professional with no attitude. We are here to create the best shopping experience for our customers.
Please email your resume and include salary requirements and include the position for which you are applying in the subject line. Paste your resume into the body of the email AND attach a copy. Reply to: retailstores@jonathanadler.com
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OPERATIONS LOGISTIC COORDINATOR
Overview:
• Liaison between stores, design team, factories, distribution center, and visual team on custom & floor set deliveries.
• Monitor and ensure on-time product delivery by troubleshooting issues with international & domestic logistics.
• Monitor weekly shipping status from domestic and international vendors to ensure compliance with event schedules.
• Work with freight forwarders, manage domestic and international shipments assuring
compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Arrange the pickup & distribution of in-home white glove deliveries with multiple carriers.
• Maintain weekly Retail furniture ship list.
• Communicate with stores on delivery issues & arrange evaluation/restoration if necessary.
• Evaluate air & ocean ship costs and identify opportunities for saving on freight.
• Coordinate freight consolidation.
• Create invoices and packing lists for export goods.
• Monitor shipment of design samples & tradeshow materials.
• Work with Manager of Sourcing/Production and Planning Manager to insure business best practices.
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Demonstrates initiative, is conscientious and provides complete follow through on all aspects of responsibility.
• Ability to multitask and focus in a busy atmosphere.
• Excellent time management and communication skills.
• Relevant experience in supply chain, logistics and/ or white glove delivery.
• MS excel proficiency required, Retail-pro a plus.
• 1-2 years of experience, college degree preferred.
To apply, please e-mail bmullan@jonathanadler.com with the subject heading:Logistics Coordinator. Include why you would like to intern at Jonathan Adler and what you can bring to the team along with your resumé.
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WEB GRAPHIC DESIGNER
We are seeking a mid-senior level Graphic Designer at our SoHo headquarters to help contribute to our graphic identity, as it is represented through email marketing campaigns, the website, PR, and wholesale. The Graphic Designer will also contribute to shipping boxes design, business cards, letterhead, stationary, vehicle signage, etc. The successful candidate will be a proven self-starter and leader. He/she must have a strong work ethic as well as a passion for both graphic design and Jonathan Adler!
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Create design concepts and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and aesthetic design styles.
- Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
- Use computer software to generate new images.
- Assemble final layouts to prepare for printer.
- Review final layouts and suggest improvements as needed.
- Confer with peers and/or supervisors to discuss and determine layout design.
- Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and internet websites.
- Prepare illustrations or rough sketches of material, discussing them with peers and/or supervisors and making necessary changes.
- Prepare notes and instructions for workers who assemble and prepare final layouts for printing.
- Photograph products for SKU book and website.
- Produce flash graphics for website homepage.
- Manage 2-3 graphics interns, setting a professional example, while helping them to learn and contribute to Jonathan Adler’s voice and image
Requirements:
- Proven experience in the field.
- Illustrator, Photoshop, DreamWeaver, PowerPoint and InDesign proficiency
- Flash and HTML experience.
- Photography skills.
- Highly organized.
- Ability to communicate effectively, using text, color and images.
- Flexibility and openness to new ideas as well as a personal desire to always outdo what has been done.
- Ability and willingness to interpret Jonathan Adler’s style and sensibilities, while translating these ideas through the proper medium (email blast, product, signage, etc.).
- A “Y-E-S” attitude.
Please email your resume and include the position for which you are applying in the subject line. Paste your resume into the body of the email, attachments will not be opened.
Reply to: damen@jonathanadler.com
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PR INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
We are looking for talented and motivated students to intern in our Marketing and Press department. Rising juniors and seniors preferred. Strong communication skills and previous internship experience required. School credit may be arranged based on the requirements of your school. Scheduling is flexible, however we prefer that interns are available a minimum of 20 hours per week.
To apply, please e-mail atrop@jonathanadler.com with the subject heading: INTERNSHIP APPLICATION. Include why you would like to intern at Jonathan Adler and what you can bring to the team along with your resumé.
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