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May, 2025

CATALOG MERCHANDISING ASSISTANT

ARE YOU READY TO LOVE YOUR JOB?

Bring your eye for detail and love of organization to Becker's School Supplies, where learning and creativity come together.

We're looking for a Catalog Merchandising Assistant to support the planning, production, and execution of our print and digital catalogs-used by educators nationwide. If you're organized, detail-oriented, and ready to contribute to a creative, collaborative marketing team, we want to hear from you!

Becker's has been in business for 97 years, and we're still growing! Customers love Becker's for our dedicated customer service and our educational and fun products. Employees love working at Becker's. That's why we have low turnover and don't often have full-time openings. However, we are still growing, so, to continue our mission of making lives easier for educators and the developing scholars (the kids!) they inspire, we are now ready to hire a professional to assist our Catalog Manager.

This is a salaried position, 40 hours/week, Monday through Friday. This position can be in our Pennsauken, NJ, office, or hybrid, or fully remote-whatever works best for you. This position can be in our Pennsauken, NJ, office, or hybrid, or fully remote-whatever works best for you. We have fair, appreciative, and respectful bosses and friendly co-workers. We offer interesting, challenging, and fast-moving work.

Wear your hoodie.

The Becker Family has been leading our company since our founding. Now, with the 4th generation in management, we continue to demonstrate a sense of belonging, and we believe in coaching our employees, whom we consider family, every step of the way.

We want everyone to grow with us. We let you be yourself and be your best self. We respect you, and we care. Wear what you want and express your individuality. People in our office wear khakis, jeans, yoga pants, t-shirts, sweats, hoodies, sandals, and more.

Show me the money.

The starting salary depends on your relevant work experience. You'll also enjoy benefits and potential bonuses, depending on your efforts and the company's continued success. We're not gigantic, but what we have-we share. We even won the "Family Business of the Year" award because of the kind way we treat our employees.

This job is not for you.

This job is not for you:

If you dislike interesting, challenging, and fast-paced work.

If you want to do the same thing every day, all day.

If you aren't serious about helping your organization succeed.

If you dislike children, toddlers, infants, or early childhood education products.

If you're not what your friends would call nice (it's actually a job requirement at Becker's that you have to be nice).

You will not be bored on the job. Our Catalog Merchandising Assistant will:

1. Support our Catalog Manager in gathering, organizing, and maintaining accurate product information-descriptions, images, specs-for print and digital use.
2. Help plan layouts and paginate catalogs by preparing materials and communicating across teams.
3. Write and edit product descriptions in a friendly, informative tone that aligns with our brand voice.
4. Proofread catalog pages and marketing content with precision, catching inconsistencies, typos, and data issues.
5. Collaborate with product managers, vendors, and creatives to ensure content is complete and correct.
6. Assign index categories and help ensure products are searchable and well-organized.
7. Help manage timelines, track deadlines, and assist with coordination of vendor advertising assets.
8. Enter and update product information in our Product Information Management System (PIMS).

In order for us to swipe right:

What We're Seeking:

1. Associate's or Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, education, or related field-or equivalent work experience.
2. 1 - 2 years of experience in merchandising, marketing, publishing, or education.
3. Exceptional attention to detail, with a proactive, "can-do" attitude.
4. Strong writing and editing skills.
5. Comfort with Microsoft Office (especially Excel), Photoshop, and digital content tools.
6. Team-first mindset with a desire to learn and contribute.

Nice to Have:

1. Familiarity with educational products or catalog publishing.
2. Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud tools (especially Photoshop).
3. Knowledge of merchandising principles and product categorization.

We've been told we're kind of cool:

University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School named us Family Business of the Year.

The Philadelphia Area Network Chapter of APICS named us their Company of the Year.

Internet Retailer named us in their Top 1000 ERetailers.

Seriously-our benefits are awesome:

• 401(k) retirement plan with 100% employer matching contribution
• Tax-saving cafeteria plans
• 9 paid holidays/year
• Paid time off days in addition to holidays
• Incentive program to earn additional paid time off days
• Additional paid time off for volunteering at a non-profit/ charitable organization
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription insurance (we pay the lion's share, and employees pay the much smaller portion)
• Disability, life, and spouse life insurance
• AFLAC benefits
• Domestic partner benefits
• Paid parental leave and adoption assistance
• Legal services plan
• Educational assistance
• Merchandise discount
• Becker University personal enrichment classes
• Credit union
• Smoke-free workplace
• Free parking
• NJ transit discounted passes
• A management team that genuinely respects you!

Stuff everyone says, but we really mean it:

• We are dedicated to keeping employees happy, doing whatever it takes to delight our customers, and helping the community-we've been in business continuously since 1928!
• Becker's is proud to be an equal access/ equal opportunity smoke-free, drug-free organization and is committed to providing equal opportunity through its employment practices.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, expression, or affirmation, differently-abled status, or nationality. Women, minorities, veterans, LGBTQAI+, non-binary people, and returning citizens are encouraged to apply.

At Becker's, we believe in supporting educators, empowering students, and producing tools that make a difference in the classroom. We're a family-owned company with a collaborative culture, competitive benefits, and a passion for what we do.

Apply today and help us bring high-quality educational resources to schools and classrooms across the country. Please email your resume, completed application from ShopBecker.com, and salary requirement to Dr. Jacquelyn Bader at Jacquelyn.Bader@cjbinc.com.

Ready to love your job? We are ready to hear from you!