DIRECTOR OF MERCHANDISING ABOUT YOU: As the Director of Merchandising, you will be the driving force behind Jostens' merchandise function, overseeing product strategy across all categories. Your leadership will shape both short-term and long-term merchandising initiatives, ensuring alignment with Jostens' brand identity, key customers, and company financial objectives. You will spearhead product assortment strategies in an evolving omnichannel environment, optimizing both top-line sales and bottom-line profitability. Your ability to balance trend-driven innovation with data-backed decision-making will be critical to success. YOU HAVE: + Extensive Merchandising Experience. 10+ years of experience in buying, planning, and merchandising at a multi-channel retailer, including a proven ability to drive category growth. + Leadership & Team Development. 3+ years of experience managing, mentoring, and developing teams, fostering an innovative and collaborative culture. + Strategic Vision & Execution. Expertise in strategic planning and performance monitoring, with a demonstrated track record of influencing change in complex organizations. + Sales & Customer Engagement. Prior hands-on experience collaborating with a sales force and integrating offline and online customer engagement strategies. + Omnichannel Business Acumen. Experience building and leading large-scale e-commerce and omnichannel businesses, leveraging data analytics to drive performance. + Analytical & Financial Expertise. Strong financial acumen with the ability to analyze market trends, pricing strategies, and sales data to optimize product performance. + High Attention to Detail. Comfortable managing complex product assortments, pricing structures, and performance reporting. + Entrepreneurial Drive. A polished yet scrappy self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-energy environment while juggling multiple priorities. + Risk & Performance Management. Ability to anticipate, mitigate, and manage risk to both top-line revenue and bottom-line profitability. + Project Execution. Strong ability to manage aggressive project timelines and execute on strategic roadmaps. YOU WILL: + Drive Strategy. Develop and implement product assortment strategies leveraging trend insights, consumer data, and analytics to maximize performance. + Optimize Product Offerings. Manage seasonal product planning, balancing internal manufacturing with product development for a comprehensive assortment. + Lead Pricing Strategy. Execute pricing strategies through competitive analysis, cost negotiations, and value engineering to drive profitability. + Enhance Digital Merchandising. Collaborate with the website business unit to create innovative site features, merchandising approaches, and buying strategies. + Lead Key Initiatives. Oversee the merchandising and buying strategy for Mascot Shop, Jostens’ custom school apparel platform, including product planning and supplier partnerships. + Expand Partnerships. Identify and engage new brand partners, collaborators, and suppliers to enhance assortment strategy. + Analyze & Optimize. Utilize data insights to evaluate product performance, adjusting strategies for strong and weak sellers. + Support Marketing & UX. Work cross-functionally to enhance product visibility and promotion strategies. + Lead & Develop a Team. Manage and mentor a team of three direct reports, fostering a high-performance and collaborative work environment. + Typical/expected % of overnight travel: 25% LOVE WHERE YOU WORK: + We care about your health. We offer competitive healthcare (health, dental, vision, coverage) in addition to voluntary benefits including home and car insurance, pet insurance, flexible spending account, amongst many more. + We invest in your future. Our 401K plan has immediate vesting, so you can start saving for retirement right away. + We believe in flexibility. We provide hybrid work options. + We want you to unplug when needed. We believe in taking your time off without guilt and offer accrued paid time off and company paid holidays. *For Washington residents, you will receive 13 vacation days, 8 paid sick leave, 8 company paid holidays, and family paid leave. + We care about your development. We support tuition reimbursement after 6 months of service. + We believe in pay transparency. The salary range is $115,000 to $130,000 with annual bonus eligibility. APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 31, 2025 ABOUT US: Jostens leads the student commemoration market and has been serving local communities for over 125 years. We work with thousands of K-12 schools, colleges and universities each year, and have the honor of partnering with beloved sports teams and esteemed organizations across the country. Our iconic products — like yearbooks, letter jackets, class jewelry and championship rings — keep meaningful traditions alive and inspire millions of people to celebrate their unique stories, milestone moments and biggest accomplishments every year. We have 13 first-class facilities across the globe, from North America to the Caribbean. Watch a short video about us here (https://f.io/HIAsH659) . ALL ABOUT MARKETING Our Marketing team leverages digital marketing strategies and tactics focused on schools, independent sales reps, parents, and students to deliver the right message, to the right customer, at the right time. Team members will understand and leverage customer insights through data analysis & testing to then create experiences and relevant content throughout the customer journey and to support our specialized products lines including Yearbooks, Class Rings, Graduation Products, and Professional Sports. Through executing across a variety of consumer touchpoints on jostens.com, social, e-mail and print materials, the team collaborates with internal partners to create relevant and timely marketing campaigns to meet the needs of our customers. Jostens allows for a hybrid work setting that focuses on creating professional and personal development. We can’t wait to show you what our Marketing Team has to offer at Jostens! AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA): Jostens is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the position, please reach out to our HR team at recruiter@jostens.com or (952) 830-3399. Jostens is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply. California Privacy Policy: https://www.jostens.com/about/california-employee-privacy-policy