Digital Merchandising – Joe Fresh Co-op Student

Loblaw Digital; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 35,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Loblaw Digital invites a highly organized co-op student to support product onboarding, promotions, and site merchandising on joefresh.com. Work with cross-functional partners to ensure accurate data, assets, and timely launches that enhance the customer experience.

You will gain hands-on ecommerce exposure, collaborating with Category, Trading, Content, Production, Product and Digital Merchandising teams while learning best practices in digital merchandising and site operations.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program in Business, Marketing, eCommerce, Digital Media, Retail Management, or a related field.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable taking ownership of assigned work.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and respond effectively to time-sensitive business needs.
• Strong interest in eCommerce, retail, digital merchandising, and the online customer experience.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, trackers, and digital tools; experience with Excel or Google Sheets is an asset.
• Previous exposure to a CMS, eCommerce platform, product information system, or merchandising tool is an asset but not required.
• Analytical curiosity and an interest in understanding how merchandising decisions influence customer behaviour and business performance.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end onboarding of products onto joefresh.com.
• Coordinate required product information, content, imagery, and other digital assets with cross-functional partners.
• Track onboarding timelines and deliverables to ensure timely launches.
• Review product setup and site presentation for accuracy and consistency.
• Identify missing information or launch issues and follow up with partners.
• Support the setup and execution of site promotions and clearance campaigns.
• Coordinate promotional requirements, timelines, approvals across stakeholders.
• Ensure promotional messaging, product inclusion, pricing, and landing experiences align with plan.
• Conduct pre-launch and post-launch quality assurance checks and elevate issues.
• Merchandise category, collection, campaign, and shop pages for intuitive customer experience.
• Support product sequencing and assortment presentation based on priorities, inventory, and performance.
• Maintain a strong visual standard across digital shop pages for discoverability and conversion.
• Assist with ongoing site updates and refreshes to stay relevant.
• Monitor site experiences and flag opportunities to improve presentation or journey.

Skills

Organization

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Time management

Excel/Sheets

CMS/Commerce exposure

Education

Post-secondary program in Business, Marketing, eCommerce, Digital Media, Retail Management

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Winter 2027 Work Term

Term Length: 4 months

Term Start: January 6, 2027

Term End: April 16, 2027

The pay range for the co-op student role will reflect factors such as the candidate's experience, academic level, and the specific skillset required for the role.

Loblaw has adopted the following hybrid working model (a combination of working between the office and remotely). Colleagues can work remotely up to 1 day a week, while spending the other 4 days in the office (to be determined by each business unit).

Why is this role important?

As a Co-op, Digital Merchandising, you will support the day-to-day execution of key eCommerce workflows, with a focus on product onboarding, promotional setup, and site merchandising. Sitting at the intersection of several cross-functional teams, you will help ensure products, promotions, and digital experiences are launched accurately, on time, and with the customer experience in mind.

This role is ideal for someone who is highly organized, detail-oriented, and interested in learning how an eCommerce business operates from end to end. You will work closely with partners across Category, Trading, Content, Production, Product and Digital Merchandising to coordinate deliverables, manage timelines, and bring commercial priorities to life on the website.

You will also contribute to the merchandising of digital shop pages, balancing strong visual presentation with business performance and customer discoverability. In a fast-moving retail environment, you will support both planned initiatives and reactive business needs while developing a strong understanding of digital merchandising best practices.

What You’ll Do

Product Onboarding

• Support the end-to-end onboarding of products onto joefresh.com.
• Coordinate required product information, content, imagery, and other digital assets with cross-functional partners.
• Track onboarding timelines and deliverables to help ensure products are customer-ready and launched on schedule.
• Review product setup and site presentation for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Identify missing information, dependencies, or potential launch issues and proactively follow up with the appropriate partners.

Promotional Execution

• Support the setup and execution of site promotions and clearance campaigns.
• Coordinate promotional requirements, timelines, approvals across relevant stakeholders.
• Help ensure promotional messaging, product inclusion, pricing presentation, and landing experiences are accurate and aligned with the approved plan.
• Conduct pre-launch and post-launch quality assurance checks and elevate issues where required.

Digital Merchandising

• Merchandise category, collection, campaign, and shop pages to create an intuitive and engaging customer experience.
• Support product sequencing and assortment presentation based on business priorities, customer relevance, inventory availability, and performance.
• Maintain a strong visual standard across digital shop pages while considering product discoverability and conversion.
• Assist with ongoing site updates and refreshes to ensure merchandising remains relevant and commercially effective.
• Monitor site experiences and flag opportunities to improve product presentation or the customer journey.

Core Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program in Business, Marketing, eCommerce, Digital Media, Retail Management, or a related field.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable taking ownership of assigned work.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and respond effectively to time-sensitive business needs.
• Strong interest in eCommerce, retail, digital merchandising, and the online customer experience.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, trackers, and digital tools; experience with Excel or Google Sheets is an asset.
• Previous exposure to a CMS, eCommerce platform, product information system, or merchandising tool is an asset but not required.
• Analytical curiosity and an interest in understanding how merchandising decisions influence customer behaviour and business performance.

What You’ll Gain

In this role, you will gain hands-on experience across the eCommerce lifecycle, including product onboarding, promotional execution, digital merchandising, cross-functional project coordination, and site operations. You will have the opportunity to develop a strong foundation in how commercial, creative, and operational teams work together to deliver a compelling digital customer experience.

How You’ll Succeed

At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce.

If you have big ideas, undeniable enthusiasm, and thrive in a collaborative, creative, and diverse group, we’ll get along just fine.

Looking for a challenge? Good. Love an innovative work environment? Even better.

Employment Type

Full time

Type Of Role

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Loblaw Digital recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Hiring Range / Échelle Salariale à L’embauche

$35,100.00 - $65,700.00 / 35.100,00$ - 65.700,00$ (per year / par an)

A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.