Join Our Team

 

The Woolly Thistle is a fast-paced, growing e-commerce company that specializes in the highest quality knitting and crochet yarns, patterns, and kits. We are a small and passionate team doing great things together. Our core values include: being creative, tenacious, inclusive, caring, and courageous in all we do. We collaborate constantly, so honesty and integrity are baseline requirements. 

Our mission is to serve our customers who value the collections we create, the supportive insights we share, and the inclusive community we’ve built; and our suppliers, those hardy souls shepherding in the fields to raise the wool we hold in high esteem. When our customers and suppliers succeed, we do too.

 

CURRENT OPENINGS  as of April 11, 2024

Email Specialist:

The Woolly Thistle is looking to hire a part-time email marketer with professional experience in copywriting and/or marketing. Email is an important piece of our business outreach and growth. We are seeking a local candidate who can join our team and work in our West Lebanon, NH office.

Hours and Schedule: Flexible scheduling, ideally M-F, 8:30-12:30

Pay commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities:

• Write, edit, and proofread engaging emails that are error-free and help drive traffic and sales to the store.
• Follow a campaign plan to ensure email content is finished in a timely manner and supports sales goals.
• Attend weekly team meetings to stay in-the-know about new products, launches, and other events to be communicated to customers via email.
• Collaborate with our Marketing Coordinator to improve the impact of our email marketing efforts by conducting tests and optimizing send times and segmentation.
• Coordinate tasks and deadlines with our remote copywriter.
• Other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications, Traits, Skills, And Values we seek in the right candidate:

• 2+ years of experience in a copywriting or digital marketing role.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher showing critical thinking and excellent written skills.
• A versatile writing portfolio demonstrating strong written communication skills and the ability to self-edit.
• A love of knitting, yarn, wool, and other fiber arts preferred.
• Familiarity with Shopify and Klaviyo (or a similar email marketing tool).
• A high level of attention to detail, especially when crafting and proofreading emails.
• Ability to work effectively within a team and independently and the will to seek answers and solve problems on your own when necessary.
• Comfortable receiving feedback on writing, performance, etc., and respond appropriately, making changes when asked.
• Capable of pivoting to meet sudden changes in priorities or deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Able to stay calm under pressure and complete tasks with a sense of urgency.
• Collaborative mindset and the willingness to contribute and share ideas and insights.
• A strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and the tenacity to pursue new challenges to master.

Think you, or someone you know someone, would be a good fit? We'd love to meet!

If interested, please send your resume and a cover letter to: info@thewoollythistle.com.