Careers
At Simply Framed we enjoy what we do, care deeply, demonstrate honesty, and choose to be bright. If our Core Values sound like where you want to be, drop us a line at hello@simplyframed.com!
We are looking for the following current open positions:
Customer Success Manager (Denver, CO)
Manager [stealth product] (Denver, CO)
Operations Associate (Maumee, OH)
Simply Framed Ambassador (New York, NY)
Customer Success Manager (Denver, CO)
The Position:
Simply Framed is making custom framing simple, painless, and free of regret. We are in growth mode and looking for a driven Customer Success Manager to join our Denver CO team. Your role as a customer success expert is to help our individual customers and pro account holders be successful and remain raving fans. You care about traditional customer service metrics like speed to first response and NPS, but what really drives you is solving problems big and small. When the pressure’s on is when you shine! Can’t? Won’t? Impossible? Those words just mean that the challenge is exciting for you and that much more rewarding when overcome.
You’ll wear many hats (see below) but above all else, you will be our clients' framing partner, helping them grow their business and in doing so, ours.
Most days you’re not up until midnight putting out fires - you work smart so you don’t have to be. We use cutting edge tools, automation when it makes sense, and very defined processes to continually search for and remove repetition from your day so you can focus on the customer.
The right candidate will be passionate about serving customers, excel at managing details, thrive in a fast-paced and changing work environment, and in their own way, value design and respect art.
The Role:
As a Customer Success Manager, you are on the front lines everyday, interacting with customers big and small via phone, video, and email. You find joy in both solving issues quickly and establishing better processes so they don't pop up again. You not only suggest areas for improvement, but provide thoughtful solutions based on your experience on the front lines and deep understanding of customer needs and motivations.
You laugh and find a way to inspire laughter in others, even if just a chuckle. Happy teams do great work, and happiness is achieved through clear goals, planning, hard work, and a few shenanigans along the way. You know that what works today might not be the best choice next quarter or even next month and are periodically looking for ways to improve our processes. Here you are expected to rewrite the manual.
You’re polished and knowledgeable, able to come across as a mini-CEO in all communications.You understand our technology inside and out. If you have a question, you ask it or figure it out yourself.
We empower you to make thoughtful decisions on behalf of the company. We may not always agree on the exact solution, but we believe that empowering you to make your own decisions, backed by our support if you need it, is far better than running every single decision up the chain.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Therapist: You know how to listen, diffuse tension, and get to the root of the issue. Our customers may not lie on a couch when you speak to them, but you might as well have a PHD when it comes to handling them. Our relationship with each customer is stronger as a result of interacting with you, no matter the outcome.
- Advocate: Your daily interactions with customers enables you to know what does or will make them delighted, upset, or frustrated. Armed with this, you act as an internal advocate for the customer, able to predict how marketing materials, platform changes, and product offerings will impact them before we roll them out.
- ER Doctor: You are fast, thorough, and don’t dwell or dawdle. You know how to triage and prioritize. Lives aren’t on the line, but they might as well be given the energy you put in and what’s at stake for us. When it’s Code Black, you make decisions in the best interest of the customer and move on.
- Sales Person: You can quickly identify opportunities to up-sell, cross-sell, and down-sell when it’s in the customer's best interest. A good salesperson should absolutely talk customers out of spending more money than they should given their needs.
- Advisor: Customers trust you to help them make the right decision, even if that means talking them out of an order. A referral is far more valuable than a sale, because it reflects that we (and you) are a trusted advisor.
- Professor: You don’t just answer a customer’s question, but arm them with enough information to avoid the next question. More than an instructor, you approach their needs from a higher level, making them better and more self-sufficient as a result of your interactions.
- Product Manager: You know what we need to offer, build, and improve next because you know what life is like without it. Your in-depth knowledge of our customers, business, and technology allows you to suggest thoughtful solutions and features to our technology and operations teams.
- Engineer: You spot room for optimization and take action, creating templates, automating workflows, and using technology and process anywhere you can to reduce your workload and focus on the most fun and challenging work. You’d prefer to do it the right way, but you’re not above grabbing a roll of duct tape to get something off the ground.
Requirements:
- 5 years experience in a customer service position, e-commerce preferred
- Proven track record of goal setting and process improvement
- Proficient with Google Apps
- Excellent communication skills by telephone and email
- Detail oriented and organized
- Comfortable taking calculated risks
- Passionate about art (painting, drawing, photography, graphic design, etc.) and working with artists and art businesses
- Have our Core Values running through your veins. They aren’t just words; we hire, fire, and live by these each day.
Manager [stealth product] (Denver, CO)
The Position:
Simply Framed is making custom framing simple, painless, and free of regret. We are in growth mode and looking for a driven Manager [stealth product] to join our Denver CO team.
Why the secrecy? Well, this one deserves it. Since we can’t talk about the product, let’s talk about the position.
Your role will be that of a vertical manager for a specific product line. You will have indirect reports from horizontally integrated function leaders including sales, technology, operations, and marketing. Armed with a dedicated P&L, you’ll achieve revenue and business milestones backed by the oversight of the COO and CEO personally. The Next Big Thing is going to be your thing.
You are a driven individual that plans to run your own company in the near future. With that in mind you are looking for an ambitions position that combines a wide degree of ownership across multiple departments without the obligations that come with managing a number of people directly. You’ve seen those “Special Assistant to the President” roles, but 80 hour weeks just to learn the ropes isn’t for you. You want to skip to the Doing part right now.
The Role:
You’ll manage the operations, sales, and marketing goals related to [stealth product] via our suite of proprietary tools and proven management system. All executives will share your goals but you will own them. This is your core focus and you do not get distracted.
You are in effect the CEO of this line, and given wide latitude for decision making. Efforts are always measured and retrospectives performed, but we’d rather have you make decisions and move forward than be slowed down by unneeded oversight.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Direct responsibility for P&L related to [stealth product]
- Lead business development and strategic partnerships for all aspects of [stealth product]
- Lead marketing planning and execution for [stealth product]
Requirements:
- 5 years experience in a marketing or technical leadership role
- The proven ability to manage others but the desire to do you own thing
- Polished in every sense of the word
- Excellent communication skills by telephone and email
- Comfortable taking large calculated risks
- Passionate about art (painting, drawing, photography, graphic design, etc.) and working with artists and art businesses
- Have our Core Values running through your veins. They aren’t just words; we hire, fire, and live by these each day.
Operations Associate (Maumee, OH)
The Position:
Simply Framed is looking for someone to assist with operations and office administration at our Maumee, Ohio production facility for a full time position. The right candidate will be passionate about serving customers, excel at managing details, thrive in a fast-paced and changing work environment, and in their own way, value design and respect art.
Job Duties:
- Open, measure, and check in artwork
- Convert online orders to the format suitable for framing via Microsoft Excel
- Enter and review completed frames for order accuracy
- Prepare tubes/mailers for shipment and create shipping labels
- Create invoices for customers
- Complete other tasks as assigned
Required Skills / Experience:
- Proficient with Microsoft office products, especially Microsoft Excel
- Proficient with Google Docs
- Proficient with online e-mail clients and web applications
- Excellent communication skills by telephone and email
- Detail oriented and extremely organized
- Proficient in basic math skills including adding and subtracting fractions
Suggested Skills / Experience:
- Experience with art handling
- Knowledge of the framing industry
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize and re-prioritize without explicit instruction
Simply Framed Ambassador (New York, NY)
The Position:
We are so excited to open our first Pop-Up store in SoHo, from February 20-March 26, 2019, in partnership with an internationally recognized retail partner. The position is located as a Pop-Up within a permanent retail store near Crosby Street & Spring Street. We are looking for amazing Sales Associates to join the Simply Framed team during that time period.
Over the course of the Pop-Up, the on-site manager will either be Simply Framed’s Founder & CEO or the Director of Operations, so this is a great chance to work alongside and get to know the leadership team at Simply Framed.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, holidays, and weekend shifts
- Great with numbers and can measure to the 1/16th of an inch
- Loves art and working with artists and art businesses
- Ability to communicate clearly, confidently, and enthusiastically
- Strong judgment and a service and solution-oriented approach
- Passionate, friendly, and positive
- Ability to prepare tubes/mailers for shipment and create shipping labels
- Passionate about making custom framing affordable and accessible
Required Skills / Experience:
- 1-5 years (or more) of experience in a retail environment
- Proficient with Google Suite, Slack, and web applications
- Excellent communication skills by telephone and email
- Detail oriented and extremely organized
- Proficient in basic math skills including adding and subtracting fractions
Suggested Skills / Experience:
- Experience with art handling
- Knowledge of the framing industry
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize and re-prioritize without explicit instruction
The Hiring Process:
We’re thrilled you’re applying for this role and want to shed light on what our hiring process will be like. We’ll be screening applications through February 1, 2019 (so apply quickly if you’re interested!) and you’ll be hearing from us soon after.
If your experience is a good match with what we’re looking for, we’ll be in touch with a quick video interview.
If you are hired, on-site training will be on February 20, 2019. The Pop-Up opens to the public on February 21. We look forward to hearing from you!
Application Instructions:
Please submit your resume and cover letter to hello[at]simplyframed[dot]com with why you are interested and uniquely qualified for this position. Please include a link to your LinkedIn profile if you have one.
Please include 2-4 references as well, if available. You may also send salary expectations.
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About the Simply Framed Pop-Up:
The Pop-Up hours are Monday - Saturday 10am-8pm ET, Sunday 11am-7pm ET.
This position is part-time, with a minimum of 15 hours / week. The Pop-Up location is in the heart of the SoHo neighborhood in NYC.
The Pop-Up is in partnership with two distinguished NYC-based art partners. Both unframed and framed artwork will be for sale in the space through the retail partner. Unframed art will be purchased through the retail partner and the customer will be encouraged to take the purchased art to the Simply Framed table for framing consultation onsite. Simply Framed Ambassadors will walk customers through the custom framing journey, measuring their art and choosing their Frame and Mat Styles.
Customers will order and pay through Simply Framed and then Simply Framed will carefully pack and hold the art. Several times daily, we will ship the art to our frame shops. The art will then be framed and shipped directly back to the customer’s preferred address (not back to the Pop-Up).
Anyone shopping the Pop-Up will also be able to bring their own artwork and mementos to the Pop-Up for framing consultations. We will also have appointments available for customers to set up times for a one-on-one consultation. Ambassadors will be fully versed in all of the services that Simply Framed offers, including Full Service Framing, Print & Frame, and Simply Framed Black Label, and may also walk customers through the experience of uploading a photo for printing and framing.
About Simply Framed:
In 2014, Dara Segal launched Simply Framed, the first end-to-end solution for online custom framing using only archival methods and materials. The industry standard for artists and art lovers alike, Simply Framed combines the personalized service of a frame shop with a guided online experience to make timeless, archival photo printing and custom framing easy, affordable, and available from anywhere with free shipping both ways. In 2017, Simply Framed introduced Black Label, Fine Art Framing, Made Simple.™ Black Label is handmade from American hardwoods, available in 22 hand-applied finishes with spline jointed and seamless corners. In 2018, Simply Framed redefined the brick & mortar frame shop experience with the launch of the Simply Framed Studio in Denver, Colorado.