Strategist, Ecommerce & New Business

Barrel is a digital agency that designs, builds, and optimizes e-commerce websites for brands. We work with exciting brands across fashion, beauty, CPG, and home goods. We are a highly collaborative and fully distributed team.

We are looking for a Strategist to help support our ecommerce clients and new business efforts.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Leading new business phone calls with inbound and outbound prospects looking for Shopify website design and development work.

- Working with business development team and team leads to craft proposals and SOWs for qualified opportunities.

- Working with our account teams to figure out best approaches to various ecommerce challenges (e.g. optimizing Shopify workflows, recommending the right apps, retention marketing, etc.).

- Being point of contact for select partnerships with tech solutions, agencies, and other platforms/orgs. Includes communicating developments to our internal team and sharing updates with partners as well as exploring potential co-marketing opportunities.

- Attending industry events and conferences to network and nurture existing relationships with partners, clients, and prospects.

Qualities we are looking for:

- Great communicator both in conversations and in writing; ability to synthesize and clearly articulate complex topics in easy-to-understand ways

- Professional, organized, and meticulous attention to detail

- Proactive and works with a sense of urgency

- Open to feedback and making necessary changes to improve performance

- Resourceful and creative in developing solutions; unafraid to bring ideas to the table

- High integrity and follow-through on promises

We prefer candidates with experience and knowledge of:

- Shopify tech ecosystem, including intimate knowledge of Shopify Plus, Recharge, and Klaviyo.

- Agency experience as an account manager, strategist, or other client-facing role

- Digital marketing, analytics, and SEO