Launched in 2014 by former philosophy professor David Barnett, PopSockets is a global digital-lifestyle company that sells empowering, fun, and expressive products that improve people’s digital lives. PopSockets has sold over 245 million of its iconic phone grips in 75 countries and now has an expanding ecosystem of related products, including phone cases, wallets, mounts, batteries, and chargers.
Our mission is to build an eternal positivity machine--an enduring global brand that makes a growing positive impact on the world. Impact initiatives to date include Climate Neutral certification in 2022, our Poptivism platform and ChangeUp partnership, which have resulted in over $4 million in donations to over 400 non-profits, low-friction recycling programs with TerraCycle, use of 99% recyclable and FSC certified packaging, Fair Labor Association accreditation, and adoption of an animal-free policy with respect to products and corporate sponsored meals.
In 2021, PopSockets was honored as one of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies.
The Role:
The Product Development and Merchandising team within PopSockets drives our global product roadmap from concept to shelf through the constant lens of the consumer. We are the “product CEOs” and partner cross-functionally with almost every other team within the company to drive high satisfaction for our end user and to drive business results. We’re consistently striving to deliver a 5-star experience for every customer on every product we bring to market.
The product development coordinator position performs a broad range of administrative and logistical support duties to assist a product development and merchandising team. They create and maintain product inventories, spec sheets, and other documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for coordinating the complete product development lifecycle to ensure an efficient and effective workflow across multiple teams as we develop new products and brands which includes but is not limited to sku initiation, render requests, BOM approvals, etc.
- Collaborate with internal teams such as Design, Doc Control/Ops, Marketing, and Merchandising, to track and communicate deliverables, samples, and follow-up with China counterparts
- Ensure style details are properly documented and relayed to the cross functional teams through spec creation and database
- Engage in regular communication with cross-functional teams to proactively manage issues and minimize disruptions to the business
- Create and maintain project documentation, including sku tracking, render request tracking, and BOM approvals
- Work closely with the DTC and operations team to communicate product information related to new skus and product launching
- Support tasks include but are not limited to creating and maintaining Excel files, Image/Spec databases
Requirements:
- A strong candidate for this role will be a motivated self-starter who can confidently push projects through to completion with minimal supervision
- You will be expected to jump in and start contributing quickly
- Attention to detail and strong communication skills are a must
- Proficient in Google Suite, Microsoft Excel, and Powerpoint
PopSockets is dedicated to the practice of equal opportunity employment. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, color, creed, ancestry, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual’s work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, offensive, unsafe or otherwise non-welcoming work environment. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, co-workers; and non-employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc.
