Karis Blakeman: Ecommerce Merchandiser in Costa Mesa, CA
Karis Blakeman

Ecommerce Merchandiser
Costa Mesa | United States
Skills
No information
Interests
Travel
Photography
Design
Film
Merchandising
Summary
Activity
Projects
No information
Work experience

Urban Armor Gear
Ecommerce Merchandiser | 01/2020 - Current

Mad Engine LLC dba NEFF / LRG
Ecommerce Merchandiser | 11/2018 - 01/2020
• build, assort and merchandise product for neffheadwear.com and l-r-g.com
• responsible for pick up shoots, coordinating inventory go live dates, product descriptions, collection creation, overall website sorting and merchandising
• work with product development and design team to ensure tech pack and product accuracy
• proficient with numerous softwares and highly adaptable: Full Circle, Shopify, OmniSend/Klaviyo, Glew, Google Analytics, Microsoft Suite, SEMRush, Parabola, Trello, ZenDesk, FourSixty, Photoshop, ShipMonk, Signifyed and more
• managed site updates including new seasons, content refreshes – writing SEO-rich, brand-right copy for product, Alt/meta tags, categories, emails, social media, and customer-facing content
• create email campaign messaging consistent with company brand, analyze and report campaign results and KPIs, highlighting successes, trends and opportunities, including A/B testing, partner with various teams to compile assets and traffic emails through the routing and approval process
• gathered and curated tertiary information for website like size chart data, size analysis and model details
• create and develop strategic site placements for all products, build relevant
merchandised assortments in support of business priorities, leveraging sales, analytics
and high converting products to improve conversion
• maintained bulk/reserve inventory, converting Bulk Full Circle Orders to Reserve, pulling data and analyzing for replenishment weekly.
• mastered the responsibilities of a Customer Service Representative: answering tickets, calls, chats, editing orders, issuing RMAs, discount codes, curating customer reviews, etc
JACKS SURFBOARDS
E Commerce Merchandiser, Purchasing Prebooks, In-House Photographer | 05/2016 - 11/2018
• responsible for coordinating inventory go live dates, product descriptions, collection creation, overall website sorting and merchandising
• managed site updates including new seasons, content refreshes – writing SEO-rich, brand-right copy for product, Alt/meta tags, categories, emails, social media, and customer-facing content
• create and develop strategic site placements for all products, build relevant
merchandised assortments in support of business priorities, leveraging sales, analytics
and high converting products to improve conversion
• own all aspects of product merchandising on the brand’s site(s) from how the product is represented on site from navigation to categorization to search results and the product data itself
• develop and deliver the seasonal campaign marketing briefs in partnership with the Marketing team grounded in consumer insights/motivations for our targeted consumer segments
• create budget for each season for the year, comparing to previous seasons and sales
• creating purchase order summaries to present to owners and buyers with sales details for each store and brand
• assist buyers and owners with which brands have done well with each store and placing orders accordingly
• setting appointments with buyers, issue purchase orders, coordinate with owners and brand representatives to set process revisions to order confirmations
• ensure all calendar deadlines are met
• shoot/Reshoot Company merchandise (flat lays, or model), coordinate with social media directors for creative flat lays or specialty campaigns
Education history
Golden West College
American Sign Language | 2015 - 2017
Connections
Companies (0)
No information