Job Description
Leave the corporate grind behind. Join a team that values its employees and embraces diversity. We're Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois - a 100% non-profit organization doing good work throughout an 18-county area in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Our Mission is changing lives and transforming communities. We're a retailer and a recycler that puts all of our sales revenue back into the communities we serve through employment services for people with barriers and programs like Good Grads, Good Taxes, and Life Launch.
Where else can you work that values every donation, gives back to the community, and reduces waste in landfills?
About the position: Our auction listers are the heart of the Goodwill E-Commerce operation, transforming unusual, collectible, and repurposed donated goods into online auctions.
Listers must be able to write crisp, creative descriptions of antique and vintage items of all types, including toys, games, clothing, kitchenware, tools, art, decorative glassware, music, home dcor, electronics, jewelry, personal accessories, footwear, guitars and instruments, military memorabilia, and much more.
Using a web-based application, a listing specialist works with a wide and interesting variety of items, preparing each to appear in multiple sales channels, such as shopgoodwill.com and ebay.com.
Each lister is efficient, organized, and prepared to meet organization and sales' channel standards. They also support the E-Commerce team through other responsibilities as needed.
Attention to detail is critical to creating appealing, successful auctions with precise data and measurements to accurately and thoroughly offer Goodwill merchandise to prospective customers.
Specialists focus on creating satisfying customer experiences while meeting hourly listing goals.
This position is temporary with potential to be permanent.
Recommended Skill Set - Knowledge of collectibles, antiques, thrifting, and/or collecting strongly preferred.
- Proficient with PCs, including email, Microsoft applications, and internet use.
- Ability to follow instructions and work independently in fast-paced environment.
- Strong English writing skills, including grammar and punctuation, to list merchandise for auction
- Comfortable staging merchandise and using digital device or smart phone for photography.
- Basic math and communication skills.
- Able to coordinate and work courteously as a team member to achieve group and department goals.
- Exhibit a friendly demeanor and cooperatively interact with diverse co-workers and customers.
- Preference given to experience researching merchandise online using web browser and eBay
- Able to stand or sit for long periods, plus bend, lift, and reach often throughout a shift.
- Understand and follow established safety rules.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- High school diploma or equivalent, though relevant training and experience will be considered in lieu of this requirement.
Additional information This is a full-time opportunity with benefits, including:
- health insurance
- vision insurance
- dental insurance
- basic life insurance
- 401K options (retirement savings)
- PTO
- vacation day accrual
- paid holidays
- tuition reimbursement
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Holiday work, Permanent employment, Full time, Temporary work, Shift work,