Metadata Curation Specialist I

About the Team

The Catalog Operations Team is responsible for the curation, maintenance and expansion of GOAT Group’s metadata as it relates to the overall product catalog. This team works to improve accuracy, depth and range over time, ensuring high quality output that enhances discovery, purchasing and selling experiences across GOAT Group. You will be executing on assigned tasks/projects, both proactive and reactive, working towards growing the Fashion Catalog. 

In this role, you will:

• Work with the Metadata Curation Manager for Fashion, to understand priority focus areas for categorizing and backfilling data in the Fashion catalog and work proactively to make progress against the key focus areas. 
• Be both proactive and reactive in assembling Metadata to create products. Proactively creating products within the areas of priority while also hitting run the business SLAs for assigned tasks. 
• Gain a deep understanding of GOAT Group standards. Be able to reference standards in normal workflows and provide feedback to external agents where relevant as well as socialize with peers. 
• Understand and achieve team success frameworks as defined by the Catalog team leads. 
• Gain a deep understanding of the Catalog tooling in order to execute on tasks efficiently, train others and provide useful feedback to the Fashion team lead.
• Be able to debug reported Metadata issues and escalate to leads when relevant. 
• Work with Buying and Research team members to deeply understand guardrails and standards as it relates to the creation of Fashion products within the Catalog.

We are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree, and 2+ years of experience in an e-commerce or marketplace environment or relevant experience
• Possess extensive knowledge about fashion brands, streetwear, vintage items and  trends with a proficiency in research
• Strong ability to prioritize work autonomously, be prompt, and execute under strict timelines
• Great interpersonal skills, ability to gather, document and share information clearly and concisely with teammates, leadership and key stakeholders
• Ability to take accountability for tasks/project areas of ownership 
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets knowledge (certification is a plus)
• Technical curiosity to learn and become an expert in new processes, technical applications and internal tools/software
• Ability to write/desire to learn simple SQL requests to identify missing product information, work with the leads to outline requirements for basic reporting