Paloma Danger is Hiring a Studio Assistant
Part Time Design Assistant
Mountain View, California
About the brand:
Paloma Danger is a place for colorful zero waste kitchen sponges, dish towels, cloth napkins, and other eco friendly kitchen and home items. We are all about supporting your individual relationship with eco-friendliness and celebrating your cultural heritage. I am a Latina-owned brand and love to support businesses owned by historically excluded creatives. I sell mainly at in person markets and am looking to expand the wholesale portion of my business.
About the work:
We will often start work together and then I will leave you to complete projects on your own. I’m looking for someone who I connect with and who I feel comfortable leaving alone in my personal spaces.
- Very part time (5 hours per week to start with), flexible, but mostly during school hours.
- To be done in my apartment, in my storage unit, and some can be done in your home.
- Packaging products, taking and maintaining inventory, organizing fixtures and products, prepping packages for shipping, researching wholesale opportunities, and other small jobs.
- Projects and work change weekly, but keeps to a similar rhythm overall. Some weeks might be lots of packaging and others might be organizing the storage unit. During busy seasons we may be doing more packing and shipping.
- OPTIONAL: Booth help at markets. This would vary, depending on your schedule and my market schedule. Bonus pay is available for markets. Market help includes helping me load the car, vending at the market, helping me unload the car at the end of the market. Customer service skills are essential for this part of the work.
HOURS:
- Flexible, but must be during school hours.
- Optional booth help hours are on weekends
About you- totally essential:
- You follow through with commitments.
- You communicate quickly when plans change.
- You like to learn new things.
- You have an eye for detail- crooked paintings on a wall really bother you.
- You are crafty- any kind of crafty.
- You are a tidy person.
- You can sort and organize without direction.
- You are comfortable asking questions.
- You are comfortable using some tech for record keeping.
About you- super bonus:
- You knit or work with yarn
- You sew
- You love handmade businesses
- You have or have thought about starting a handmade business or Etsy shop
- You want to learn how to run a handmade business
- You love animals, period dramas, and are comfortable with social justice talk.
To apply for this position:
Email paloma@palomadanger.com and use the subject “I PLAY WITH SCISSORS” so that I know you have read all the way through this job listing. I will not respond to emails that do not have this subject.
In your email please include (in this order):
1. An introduction to yourself and your interests.
2. Your relevant experience. This can be either professional or personal.
3. Your availability, including availability for an interview.
4. Why you think we are a good fit.
I’d like to fill this position asap, however the job will remain open until I find the right person.