Junior Product Assessor - Jewellery

Vintage.com; Spankeren; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Dutch pension scheme (Pensioenfonds)

Lunch provided

Company laptop

Opportunity to work with UK team

Job summary

Vintage.com is seeking a Junior Product Assessor - Jewellery in Dieren, Netherlands. You will inspect, authenticate, and catalogue diverse jewellery items, ensuring accurate listings and smooth inventory flow.

The role emphasizes learning hallmarking, metal purity, gemstone identification, and precise description writing. The position requires keen attention to detail, basic IT skills, and a passion for vintage pieces.

Qualifications

• Interest in vintage and antique jewellery and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Inspect items to verify precious metals, gemstones, hallmarks, and maker's marks.
• Authenticate incoming pieces for restoration, damage, weight discrepancies, or synthetic components.
• Research unhallmarked or unusual items using reference materials and internal docs.
• Draft precise product descriptions capturing features, condition, and era.
• Record technical specs including dimensions, weights, stone types, and purities.
• Categorise inventory for accurate platform placement and search visibility.
• Sort stock across costume, silver, gold, and antique categories to maintain flow.
• Meet daily listing targets while preserving high quality and organization.
• Collaborate with colleagues to troubleshoot ambiguous markings and share insights.

Job description

Junior Product Assessor - Jewellery

Department: Marketplace

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Dieren, Netherlands

Compensation: €34,776 / year

Description

Why This Role Matters

Every day, the team receives a vast and diverse range of jewellery, from everyday costume pieces to fine silver, gold, and antique treasures.

As a Jewellery Product Assessor, this role bridges the gap between incoming stock and the marketplace. By carefully identifying, sorting, and cataloguing each piece with accuracy and attention to detail, this position ensures every item is properly categorized and accurately listed so it can be rediscovered and find its next home.

• Jewellery is evaluated, catalogued, and listed accurately, minimizing item errors and queries.
• Daily processing targets are met consistently while maintaining high standards of inspection and description quality.
• Practical knowledge of precious metals, hallmarks, and gemstones develops steadily through hands‑on work and shared team expertise.
• Inventory moves smoothly through the department without bottlenecks or backlogs.

What You’ll Do

Assessment & Inspection

• Inspect items to verify precious metals, test and identify gemstones, decipher hallmarks, and recognise maker's marks accurately.
• Authenticate incoming pieces by checking for signs of restoration, damage, weight discrepancies, or synthetic components.
• Research un-hallmarked, antique, or unusual items using reference materials and internal documentation.

Cataloguing & Listing

• Draft precise product descriptions that capture key features, condition, and stylistic era.
• Record accurate technical specifications into departmental systems, including dimensions, weights, stone types, and metal purities.
• Categorise inventory systematically to ensure correct platform placement and search visibility.

Operational Excellence

• Sort incoming stock efficiently across costume, silver, gold, and antique categories to maintain stock flow.
• Process items at a consistent pace to meet daily listing targets and prevent department bottlenecks.
• Maintain clear workspace organisation to safeguard high-value and delicate inventory during evaluation.

Teamwork & Knowledge Sharing

• Collaborate with colleagues to troubleshoot ambiguous hallmarks, unidentified stones, or complex pieces.
• Share technical findings and testing techniques across the team to build collective product knowledge.
• Assist with onboarding new team members by demonstrating inspection processes and cataloguing standards.

What You’ll Bring

• A demonstrable interest or passion for vintage and antique items, such as jewellery, gold, silver.
• The aptitude and willingness to learn to work productively and accurately when performing regular tasks, maintaining a high standard.
• Basic competency with IT and online tools, and a strong desire to learn how to create listings and maintain records on online platforms.

• Hands‑on experience working directly with jewellery, vintage goods, or precious metals.
• Practical understanding of hallmarking systems, alloy purities, and core gemstone characteristics.
• Sharp visual awareness to identify subtle maker's marks, metal wear, and signs of alteration or repair.
• Proficiency using computers and digital inventory systems to record accurate product details.
• Ability to maintain high detail accuracy while consistently meeting daily processing targets.
• Collaborative mindset with an openness to asking questions and sharing product insights with team members.

• Prior experience with e-commerce listing workflows or online product database entry.
• Knowledge of specific historical design movements, such as Victorian, Art Nouveau, or Art Deco jewellery.
• Familiarity with basic gemmological testing tools, such as loupes, magnet tests, and refractometers.

In this role, living our values means:

• Fostering an open learning environment, encouraging questions, curiosity, and the continuous sharing of expertise so the whole team grows together.
• Taking collective ownership of performance, stepping up to support teammates and keeping output consistent without sacrificing quality.
• Cultivating mutual care and respect, building a positive, dependable workplace where everyone is treated with fairness and integrity.

Our Benefits

Time off & leave

• 25 days paid holiday per year (24 days plus 1 life-event day)
• 8% holiday allowance (vakantiegeld), paid annually in May

• Competitive salary based on a 40-hour work week
• Participation in the Dutch pension scheme (Pensioenfonds Detailhandel)
• Commuting allowance of €0.23 per kilometre (tax‑free maximum)

• Lunch provided during working days
• A supportive, people-first working environment
• Access to Alleo, a benefits and wellbeing platform offering discounts, perks, and wellbeing support

• Company laptop provided

• Be part of a fast-growing, globally expanding business
• Opportunities to collaborate with and work alongside our UK team
• Exposure to — and potential involvement in — new international markets as we continue to grow