E-Commerce Internship


FLSA: Part-time (non-exempt)
Schedule: Monday-Friday (TBD)
Hours: 30 hours or less per week
Location: Tacoma, WA
WA Minimum Wage: $16.28

Emerald Home is a full-line supplier to home furnishings retailers throughout the United States and around the world. Emerald Home’s regional distribution center occupies a 200,000 square foot building in Tacoma, WA. Emerald operates its own fleet of trucks covering the western states, along with a distribution center in North Carolina.

We are looking for a college student or recent graduates to join us this summer working in our E-Commerce team. We are interested in hearing from students studying Marketing, E-Commerce, and Business Administration. This is a wonderful opportunity to work directly with our experienced E-Commerce team in planning, controlling, and analyzing product listings. Interns will have the opportunity to learn Product Information Management (PIM) software systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software systems, Digital Asset Management (DAM) software systems, as well as popular retailer platforms (Amazon, Wayfair, Overstock, and more).

Internship Will Include Hands-On Experience and Exposure To:

  • Learn elements of a successful Product Detail Page (PDP) in E-commerce
  • Build valuable experience in a PIM with product images, copy, attributes, and other product information management
  • Experience how major vendor platforms like Amazon’s Vendor Central manage content and reward certain listings over others including images, video, copy, sales history, and in stock rates.
  • Co-ordinate with Marketing, Product Development, and E-Commerce teams to enhance our consumer experience.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to work in a temperature controlled indoor office environment. Changes in temperature and sound volumes will occur when entering our warehouse environment.

How to Apply

Interested students please submit the following information to careers@emeraldhome.com:

  • A cover letter outlining why you feel you are the person we need to fill this internship
  • A current resume

Emerald Home Furnishings is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity to all. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, otherwise qualified disabled or veteran status.