Brand Specialist, The RealReal

• 1+ year of experience in a luxury fashion environment
• Extensive knowledge and awareness of current fashion trends and brands
• General computer proficiency with the ability to learn new technology quickly
• Strong research skills and understanding of fashion collection information
• Ability to analyze data and provide feedback to peers and leadership
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks and stay organized in high volume, fast- paced environment
• Highly motivated with ability to work independently and with a sense of urgency
• A positive, can-do attitude with a team oriented mindset
• Ability to adapt in a dynamic work environment and balance multiple competing priorities
• Comfortable working cross functionally and communicating to groups of all sizes

Desirable

• As a Brand Specialist, you will play a part in driving business operations forward by maximizing the product pipeline through auditing rejected items and finding covetable pieces which add value to our business If you are a self-motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced, production-driven, team environment, this could be the perfect match!
• Work as a team to review all rejections within the inbound pipeline while meeting daily and monthly SLA’s and save goals
• Identify items using fashion and trend knowledge along with TRR brand and condition standards to find covetable items with high saleability potential within product “rejections”
• Clean and process products that can be re-added to our pipeline
• Scan products into proper locations and ensure delivery to designated staging areas
• Maintain neat, organized, and clearly signed, labeled & dated work and staging areas
• Research, input designer requests, and update brand codes in our system
• Support Fashion Product Receivers by answering questions, participating in team huddles, and lending impactful feedback and guidance both 1:1 and in group settings; Act as go-to brand and condition standard acceptance expert
• Maintain continuous, open communication with the Receiving leadership, Training, Merchandising, and Authentication teams
• Complete daily/weekly email recaps, monitor team specific reporting, identify and proactively communicate opportunities to leadership and help strategize on solutions
• Attend and participate in all scheduled brand and merchandising meetings
• Support the Receiving team, which may include but is not limited to, processing consignments, saving items, auditing Receivers, gathering examples, participating in assessment creation, or other assigned projects or tasks as needed