Category & Digital Merchandising Contractor

Role Overview

This contract opportunity is for a Category & Digital Merchandising professional who can contribute across merchandising, assortment planning, product storytelling, and go-to-market execution. The role is suited for future openings and is intended for candidates who want to join the contract talent pool for upcoming work.

The position is associated with Beaverton, Oregon, and Boston, Massachusetts, and offers work flexibility across remote, on-site, and hybrid arrangements.

Typical Role Titles

Brand & Category Merchandising

Core Contribution

The specialist in this area helps shape category and digital merchandising efforts by combining consumer insight, product knowledge, and commercial data. Work typically includes seasonal assortment support, product storytelling, analysis of performance trends, and coordination of go-to-market activities.

What the Role Involves

• Backing category, brand, digital, and eCommerce merchandising plans with consumer, product, and business insights.
• Keeping seasonal assortment details, product information, and storytelling content current for launch and go-to-market use.
• Reviewing sales, traffic, inventory, product, and competitor indicators to guide recommendations.
• Working closely with marketing, planning, product, content, and channel teams.
• Creating product lists, summary notes, briefs, and merchandising updates for stakeholders.
• Sharing assortment strategies and category performance updates with Director- and VP-level partners.

Background Sought

Candidates should bring relevant experience in merchandising, category management, digital commerce, retail buying, or product operations, along with a solid understanding of commercial analysis, consumer trends, and product presentation.

Success in this role depends on attention to launch timing, seasonal priorities, and product detail, plus the ability to collaborate across multiple functions.

Experience and Tools

Hands-on experience with seasonal line plans, product pages, digital experiences, or commercial recaps is helpful. Strong working knowledge of Excel, product information management systems, reporting, and presentations is also important.

About the Company Culture

The organization emphasizes innovation, ambition, creativity, and diversity. It values people who are willing to push boundaries, adapt quickly, and contribute ideas in a fast-moving environment.

Additional Information

This is an expression of interest for future contract opportunities rather than a current active opening. Candidates who submit their interest may be added to a contract talent community and a category and digital merchandising talent pool.

Location options mentioned for this work include Beaverton, Oregon, and Boston, Massachusetts.