Free People Movement Sample Coordinator

Urban Outfitters; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO

Employee discounts

Retirement savings

Job summary

Urban Outfitters, Inc. is seeking a Sample Coordinator for Free People to manage photo samples across direct, catalog, retail and wholesale channels. You will track sample whereabouts, coordinate turnover, style out, shoots and activations, and work with buyers, merchandisers and studio teams.

Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required along with a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion, Business or related field. Retail experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must exhibit strong communication, time management skills and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize projects and handle multiple tasks.
• Must demonstrate creative thinking.
• Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships and communicate effectively with internal partners.
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion, Business or a related field required.
• Retail experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Checking in and logging merchandise using the company system STEP
• Pulling multiple reports in support of merchandising team
• Maintaining tracking system for sample whereabouts
• Responsible for all sample orders including returning samples back to the DC and maintaining a monthly recap report
• Maintaining and organizing samples in an orderly fashion to bring over to studio every week
• Preparing and tagging all samples for web and catalog photo shoots including styling callouts and additional relevant information
• Overseeing weekly turn meetings and working closely with studio sample coordinators on marketing projects
• Working closely with studio and buying to maintain sample organization and return completed samples back to buyers
• Preparing samples for weekly homepages/marketing & style outs
• Preparing outdated samples for sample sale by packing boxes and labeling by class
• Building strong relationships with buying and studio teams
• Sharing creative ideas through monthly inspiration meetings

Skills

Communication

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Prioritization

Creative thinking

Relationship-building

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion, Business or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Role Summary

Free People is looking for a Sample Coordinator who will be responsible for maintaining photo samples for all channels – direct, catalog, retail and wholesale. This person will know the whereabouts of all samples using company programs and self-knowledge. They will coordinate the flow of samples from turnover, style out, photoshoot and activation. They will manage and organize by catalog and category. The coordinator will need to work closely with the other sample coordinators, copywriters, buyers, merchandisers, marketing and studio teams.

Responsibilities

• Checking in and logging merchandise using the company system STEP
• Pulling multiple reports in support of merchandising team
• Maintaining tracking system for sample whereabouts
• Responsible for all sample orders including returning samples back to the DC and maintaining a monthly recap report
• Maintaining and organizing samples in an orderly fashion to bring over to studio every week
• Preparing and tagging all samples for web and catalog photo shoots including styling callouts and additional relevant information
• Overseeing weekly turn meetings and working closely with studio sample coordinators on marketing projects
• Working closely with studio and buying to maintain sample organization and return completed samples back to buyers
• Preparing samples for weekly homepages/marketing & style outs
• Preparing outdated samples for sample sale by packing boxes and labeling by class
• Building strong relationships with buying and studio teams
• Sharing creative ideas through monthly inspiration meetings

Qualifications

• Must exhibit strong communication, time management skills and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritize projects and handle multiple tasks
• Must demonstrate creative thinking
• Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships and communicate effectively with internal partners
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion, Business or a related field required
• Retail experience preferred

Perks

URBN offers comprehensive perks & benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

Urban Outfitters, Inc. celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.