Digital Merchandiser

Design Public Group; Muscatine (IA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Design Public Group seeks a Digital Merchandiser to manage and optimize online merchandising programs. You will curate products, maintain online catalogs, and analyze site performance to drive engagement and sales.

The role emphasizes AI-driven workflows and collaboration with the Digital Merchandise team to enhance product presentation. You will build repeatable AI workflows, ensure data integrity, and work with vendors to implement pricing and promotional strategies.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with e-commerce standards and best practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to present to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability and data-driven decision making.
• Experience navigating a complex organization and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute sales initiatives, including discounts and product variants.
• Manage vendor relations and coordinate sales events with brands.
• Collaborate with marketing to execute campaigns and promotions.
• Maintain the marketing calendar for ongoing and upcoming sales events.
• Oversee large Excel data sheets for product updates and pricing.
• Build and document AI workflows; ensure consistent results across the team.

Skills

E-commerce standards

Data-driven decisions

AI fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Communications

Tools

Excel

AI tools (Copilot/ChatGPT)

CMS/Content management systems

Job description

Digital Merchandiser

At Design Public Group (DPG), we connect design-driven customers with thoughtfully curated ancillary furniture from leading brands around the world. We obsess over the details—from product expertise to logistics execution—so designers, architects, dealers, and procurement teams can focus on creating exceptional spaces.

Built for the A&D community, contract dealers, and hospitality partners, the Design Public Group platform is trusted to deliver on vision, budget, timeline, and reputation. Simply put, it's where great design is easy to find.

Design Public Group is proud to be part of the global family of industry-leading workplace and residential brands under HNI Corporation.

Join Our Team

Design Public Group is seeking an Digital Merchandiser to manage and optimize digital merchandising programs and strategies by curating and sourcing products that align with marketing and sales objectives.

In this role, you will oversee the accurate design and maintenance of online product catalogs, analyze website performance daily, interpret product and category performance data to make data-driven decisions, and collaborate closely with the Digital Merchandise team to manage the display of design products, driving customer engagement and sales. You will AI tools as a core part of daily work, building efficient, repeatable workflows that raise the speed and quality of merchandising across the team.

What You'll Do

• Plan and execute sales initiatives, including applying discounts to products and managing sales for specific product variants.
• Manage vendor relations for sales, coordinating sale dates, securing additional discounts, and ensuring all brands participate in sales events.
• Collaborate with and advise the marketing team on the execution of marketing campaigns, ensuring awareness of upcoming sales and recommending products for promotion.
• Maintain and communicate the marketing calendar, informing the company of ongoing and upcoming sales events.
• Oversee large Excel data sheets to add new products to the website and update pricing for existing vendors.
• Build, document and maintain repeatable AI workflows, such as saved prompts, skills, projects and templates, and share them with team members so results are consistent across the team.
• Review and validate all AI-generated output for accuracy, brand voice and data integrity before it is published to the website.
• Identify manual or repetitive merchandising processes that could be improved with AI, and recommend and pilot solutions.
• Configure product hierarchy for new and existing vendors to optimize online presentation.
• Manage quality assurance tasks, ensuring the accuracy and consistency of product information and images on the website.
• Assist in online content management, including product enhancements, image editing, and maintaining up-to-date product information.
• Contribute to achieving sales goals by effectively merchandising products online to create an engaging shopping experience.
• Act as a brand steward, representing the company and its designers to the world.
• Participate in activities as appropriate to ensure the success of the organization.

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated history of proficiency in e-Commerce standards and practices required.
• Demonstrated history of excellent verbal and written communication skills, including but not limited to creating and delivering presentations to a wide audience, writing reports, meeting facilitation, and ability to solicit participation in the exchange of information preferred.
• Demonstrated problem solving ability in isolating the causes from symptoms, involving others as appropriate, and researching and implementing solutions that show sound judgement preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of business concepts and ability to navigate in a complex organization preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, establish and leverage professional network, and share resources cross-functionally required.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, effectively guide a team, and make decisions within the framework of the organization’s strategic intent preferred.
• Demonstrated success working independently toward project goals and timelines with minimal direction required.
• Proven experience navigating through internal systems and in-depth product knowledge required.
• Demonstrated AI fluency, including hands-on experience using large language model (LLM) tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini to complete complex, multi-step tasks required. Experience with any of these tools is relevant. Fluency in how to work with AI matters more than familiarity with a specific product.
• Working knowledge of responsible AI use, including protecting confidential company, customer and vendor data when using AI tools required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field required.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience required; 4 years of experience preferred.

Why Join Design Public Group?

• Competitive compensation package with significant earning potential
• Established brand presence and strong industry reputation
• Entrepreneurial environment with the freedom to shape your market strategy
• Industry-leading portfolio of ancillary furniture solutions
• Opportunity to work alongside innovators in commercial and hospitality design
• Backed by the strength and stability of HNI Corporation
• Make a direct impact on how ancillary furniture is specified, sourced, and delivered in today's evolving market

HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI) is a manufacturer of workplace furnishings and building products, operating under two segments. The workplace furnishings segment is a leading global designer and provider of commercial furnishings, going to market under multiple unique brands. The residential building products segment is the nation's leading manufacturer and marketer of hearth products. We offer benefits starting from Day 1. To learn more, visit www.HNIbenefits.com. Our company endeavors to make www.hnicareers.com accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at 563-272-7400 or via email at [email protected] Company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.