Job Description

Overarching headline

As a Brand Merch Stylist, working between our Merchandise and Brand Design Teams, you’ll source compelling, elevated, and on-trend items to feature in 360 campaigns. The scope of work includes sourcing for global television campaigns, out-of-home advertising, social media content, and more. You’ll support Etsy in showcasing the best-in-class products handcrafted by our sellers.

Description

Etsy is seeking a Brand Merch Stylist to source items of high quality and handmade craftsmanship for TV and Marketing Campaigns. You are self-motivated with the ability to work independently and collaboratively, and are capable of working on multiple projects at once.

As a member of the Brand Design Team, you’ll support the concept and execution of marketing campaigns that express Etsy’s unique value to shoppers. You will partner with our Etsy Merchandise Team and Brand Team to provide styling direction and source items for photo and video shoots across our customer journey to create a holistic brand experience. Your process will be informed by strategic and cultural insights, research, brand positioning, business goals, and an up-to-date knowledge of the competitive landscape.

About The Role

• Day to day, you’ll collaborate with partners across different disciplines at Etsy and externally with agency partners to bring our campaigns to life with a joyous, confident, and authentic brand identity
• Brainstorm with ATL brand team members to identify merch items that best support the strategic considerations and campaign goals
• Work collaboratively with Brand Team and operations members, Marketing partners, and Legal & Vetting to ensure proposed creative solutions can be executed within the time and budget
• Ensure visual concept consistency and quality across multiple areas of work by sharing progress, providing thoughtful critique, and working collaboratively with Brand Team and partners
• Contribute to the evolution of our brand by exploring unique and best in class merchandise
• Resolve ambiguity to execute high-quality creative work in a fast-paced environment.
• Research and leverage current merchandise trends
  
  

Hard Skills

• Has on set styling experience for advertising and/or editorial projects
• Has proven experience working with creatives, designers, producers and merchandising teams
• Enthusiastic about brand and marketing strategy, creative concepts, and design
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to articulate creative concepts and rationale to partners
• Has a strong aesthetic point of view, with a discerning eye for color, composition and on-set styling needs
• Exceptional initiative, attention to detail, and follow-through skills executed at a high level of craftsmanship
• Confident and collaborative leader with the ability to identify and act on ways to keep work moving forward
• Passionate about the Etsy brand
  
  

About You

• 8+ years of on-set styling experience with studios or in-house brands
• Experienced in sourcing and styling products across various brand touch points including digital experiences, marketing channels, visual guidelines, out-of-home advertising and more
• You keep up to date with popular style, home, and cultural trends, as well as creative work produced within the advertising industry
• You propose creative work that elevates and evolves brand aesthetics
• Forward-thinker who can anticipate questions, independently assess solutions, and think critically and creatively
• Experienced providing creative supervision working with photographers, directors, illustration and motion graphics production vendors pre- and post-production
• Feel comfortable working in a fast-paced creative environment
• Proven track record proactively building strong working relationships with individuals and teams at all levels of the organization
• Excel in the ability to self-manage and exercise stellar time-management skills
• Enjoy creating together! You are passionate about using collaborative methods as a part of the design process, to encourage idea generation and shared decision making among designers and partners