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Summary
We are a female-founded upcycling design studio, creating sustainable boho-modern leather accessories from vintage designer goods. We foster creativity, collaboration, and career growth in a beautiful artisan production environment. We give back to our community, practice product sustainability, and provide a white-glove experience for our customers. We work on location in our studio and production facility headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Your amazing responsibilities and opportunities will include:
- Dividing your time between creating artisan leather goods, and packaging and shipping products.
As a Leather Crafter, you will be:
- Measuring, stamping and cutting leather hides, designer leathers, and canvases.
- Operating leather working machines, including hand operated and industrial machinery
- Repurposing designer leathers and upcycle pieces into new products
- Building leather accessories exactly to the customer’s specifications
- Maintaining required level of production output and the highest quality of artisanship
As a Shipping Coordinator, you’ll also do these very cool things:
- Be the sole shipper for our boutique business
- Coordinate domestic and International shipping.
- Complete order tracking and supply orders
- Prepare and log manifests for daily / weekly orders shipped.
- Coordinate and assure the staging, restocking, cleanliness and efficiency of the shipping area.
- Coordinate the box construction and packaging to ensure a luxury experience for our customers.
- Print and adhere labeling, print manifests and prep for USPS and International shipping.
- Deliver UPS/FedEx packages as needed.
Your strengths:
- You notice and appreciate artisan details.
- You are well organized and you take great pride in creating beautiful, well crafted goods.
- People tease you about being a perfectionist. (Welcome home We are your people!)
- You are efficient. You use your time wisely and get things done.
- You are tidy and clean up after yourself.
- You demonstrate a high level of integrity, and would never consider stealing. We have zero tolerance.
- Your verbal and written communication style is clear and concise.
- You know how to solve problems and you learn quickly.
- You play well with others and want to collaborate in a fun and positive work culture
- You agree to adhere to our safety policies at all times without exception. Your safety is paramount.
Let us know if you have one of these SuperPowers:
(Full training is available)
- Leather crafting knowledge
- Leather crafting or cutting machinery experience
Job Specifics
- $15 an hour
- Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm OR 9am-6pm (TBD)
- Full Time position available in our Studio (position not available remote)
Are you interested in joining the Sparkl Squad?
If yes, please send your updated resume as well as a cover letter. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sparkl is committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. We believe in personnel processes that are merit-based and applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or military service status, or other protected characteristic, making us an equal opportunity employer beyond what is required by law. We do this because it’s the right thing to do. It’s just who we are.
