E-Commerce Customer Service Associate (Seasonal) - job 1 of 2

Catbird, a fine jewelry company, is currently looking for full-time Customer Service Associates in our E-commerce Department.

This is a temporary position expected to start on June 9th, 2025. The position will extend through the holidays and is expected to end in January 2026, with the possibility for extension or permanent placement.

This position is hybrid, required to be onsite 3 days per week (Tuesday-Thursday) at our Brooklyn, NY HQ. Mondays and Fridays are remote.

SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday, 9:30am-6:00pm EST 

About Catbird

In over 20 years in business, Catbird has become an icon, the ultimate destination for gifts and jewelry. Founded in Brooklyn, NY, Catbird is a mecca for an international cast of shoppers who come to visit the brick and mortar stores of their beloved website. Both our stores and website are filled with a carefully curated selection of designers, including our in-house line of jewelry. Our Catbird line is made in our Brooklyn studio and with a few trusted partners, using ethically sourced materials and conflict-free stones. Highly trained Catbird jewelers oversee every step of the process. We are dedicated to a return to local manufacturing – what our neighborhood was famous for. Catbird is a proud member of the CFDA, certified Made in New York, and No Dirty Gold.

The key to our success is remaining true to our values:

-We believe in being an anti-racist organization and actively championing diversity, inclusion, and equity

-We believe in making and selling things people will want to keep forever and will bring continuous joy.

-We believe in doing everything we can ourselves. 

-We believe in always thinking of the long game and not focusing on a quick profit.

-We believe we are the best at what we do and we work hard to make sure we know how to sustain it as we grow.

-We believe in treating everyone (coworkers, customers, vendors) with deep respect, kindness, and honesty.

• Provide exceptional and personalized service to customers via email, social media channels, and live chat within a 24hr SLA window 
• Navigate multiple order management systems, along with substantial catalog of Google documents and sheets to provide and follow up on order status’ and product details
• Learn the Catbird ‘voice’ and customer service culture to support a long term customer relationships
• Strong command of multiple communication styles: social media, chat, and email, ability to navigate and switch between coverage assignments as needed 
• Provide styling and jewelry care advice to customers with a strong knowledge of Catbird products
• Brainstorm ways to create out-of-this-world customer experiences with your manager and team members
• Help cultivate a warm and inviting culture in order to assist our customers; clearly communicate policy and offer friendly assistance in all customer interactions
• Display a command of product knowledge, procedure and policy to resolve any and all customer questions
• Communicate daily via Slack and email with store, merchandising, inventory, fulfillment, and shipping teams to process, cancel, change, and update order details following trained procedures
• Ability to think clearly and provide issue resolutions to customer concerns in the kindest and most efficient way possible

• 1+ year(s) of experience in E-commerce Customer Service
• Maintains a positive attitude with an all-hands-on-deck team mentality
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with flexibility in various areas of coverage 
• Problem solving mastermind 
• Computer savvy
• Empathetic, genuine, honest, encouraging and kind
• Experience with jewelry or luxury brands is a plus
• Experience using Kustomer is a plus 
• Located in Los Angeles/San Francisco a plus; opportunity to hybrid train our SF/LA area stores