PLEASE NOTE: Candidates must be local to Eden Prairie, MN (or be willing to relocate) as we utilize a hybrid work model (2 days onsite, 3 days from home).

I See Me! is the leader in the personalized book market, with millions of copies sold through its website www.iseeme.com and high-end retailers. The company has developed an extensive line of award-winning personalized books and gifts that celebrate the uniqueness of each child and make keepsake gifts. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, People Magazine and other media have given I See Me! accolades for its very high quality, unique personalized books. With a customer base in the hundreds of thousands, I See Me! has continued to expand sales by developing personalized puzzles, coloring books, growth charts and other personalized products that feature the colorful and distinctive art from their beautiful books. I See Me! has recently expanded into books for adults with the launch of our new brand, Book Of Us, a relationship-based book appealing to thoughtful adult gift-givers. The company has plans to further expand its adult line over the next few years. I See Me! is owned by PlanetArt LLC, which owns leading brands in the personalized gift space.

What You'll Do:

We are looking for a skilled Product Manager who is an innovative thinker and able to take end-to-end ownership over the features and user experience of our mobile and desktop ecommerce stores, both in the US and in the UK. As a Product Manager, you will have responsibility for understanding consumer behavior through analytics, creating a product vision and feature roadmap, writing user stories and working with a Technical Project Manager to implement the roadmap with our team of software engineers.

This role reports to the VP of Marketing. Extensive experience with online consumer-facing products (whether websites or mobile apps) and demonstrated ecommerce expertise is a must. Other requirements are the ability to collaborate with a team, strong communication skills, a passion for and knowledge of technology and user experience, and a quantitative focus. You will own the user experience and feature development for iseeme.com and bookofus.com in the US and iseeme.com in the UK.

• Develop and evolve business and product strategy for our mobile and desktop ecommerce stores in an entrepreneurial fast-paced environment
• Maintain the product backlog and manage the process of prioritizing new features
• Define and execute the development roadmap with the help of both local and overseas developers
• Manage and ensure the high-quality execution of initiatives from conception through delivery, including gathering requirements, defining business rules, crafting user flows and writing functional specs and user stories
• Work with the engineering and design teams to estimate, implement and build features and ensure that we're always working on the highest-priority projects
• Be analytics obsessed for our brands, draw conclusions about pain points and needed improvements to incorporate into a backlog that results in revenue-based prioritized development
• Monitor sales rates of products and ensure that the top-selling products are merchandised at the top of browsing categories
• Respond quickly to developers and QA to address unforeseen scenarios in new functionality
• Capable of stepping in and acting as an individual contributor in one or more of the following ways: software QA, content/editorial/copywriting, user experience, analytics

Our websites:

• Iseeme.com
• Bookofus.com

Requirements

What You'll Need:

• 3+ years of experience in product management -products that you have owned and delivered
• Bachelor's Degree
• Data-driven
• Passion for excellent ecommerce customer experience
• Strong understanding of established web and mobile standards and UI best practices, and a curiosity about emerging trends
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Detail-oriented, process-driven and organized, able to stay two steps ahead of the work your team is doing
• Start-up experience or prior roles launching new websites/apps is a plus
• Covid-19 vaccine is required - reasonable accommodations will be considered
• Ability to work in the office in Eden Prairie, MN on Mondays and Wednesdays, and remotely Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Benefits

PlanetArt offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• Hybrid In-Office Work Schedule
• Employee Product Discounts