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Sophie Marx

Head of eCommerce
Previous Brands
Alviero Martini
Angels Fancy Dress
ASOS
Avenue 32.com.
Dundas World
Ermenegildo Zegna N.V.
Girl Meets Dress
New Look
oasisfashion
PANGAIA
QVC
Selfridges
Work Experience
Head of Ecommerce
Jan ‘23 - Mar ‘23
Dundas World

Ecommerce Manager
Sep ‘20 - Dec ‘22
PANGAIA

I joined PANGAIA as Ecommerce Executive and was promoted to Manager a year later. The company started with 5 people in 2019 and it now employes over 170. Key achievements: •2020 surpassed all targets and netted $80m, vs $500k in 2019 •Presented to investors, securing round one investment •Launched pre-orders, planning HP, assets, emails including post-purchase communications •July 2020 Pre-Order created 100 styles, driving $3m sales over 2 days, taking $1m in the first 20 minutes •Launched EU website in March 2022 •I was a key stakeholder in the project managing and actioning of the website's full redesign which launched September 2022 •I am flexible and dynamic in a rapidly changing and evolving environment. I moved from a start-up 'doing' role into a planned, project focused one where I worked with every department in the business. I am the person who sees a task from end-to-end and can implement it, fulfilling extreme (and sometimes impossible) deadlines. • I won the first Problem Solving & Innovation Award in my final week with the company for my work on integrating Netsuite and Shopify stock Ecommerce Manager • In 2021 launched 70+ collections on the site, worked with designer on HP, creative assets, overseeing VM, and post-launch reporting • Twice-weekly site-walks, reviewing previous actions and monitoring the results – all data-driven • Worked with Marketing and leading on Channel Planning meetings, identifying risks • Led Production/Delivery, Ecom/Merchandising meetings highlighting opportunities to drive conversion • Actioned first company 'archive' sale, introducing password to page for customer data capture • Presented 'Product Launch Manual' to Senior Managers to flag holes in product processes, all reviewed and resulted in change in work flow for Ecom Team • Put in place a new process to enable better stock monitoring and management, maximising ST of legacy styles and SKUs. Creation involved working cross-functionally with Logistics, Ops & Production • Implemented showing male/female function imagery across site based on customer journey • Wrote business cases for ClearPay and FitAnalytics • Effectively managed Coordinator and expanded their skills, leading to promotion • Redesigned size guides and part of PDP redesign team to optimise site, customer journey – to be released in May Projects of note: Website redesign, integrated the new VM tool Graphene, upgraded to Shopify 2.0 and expanded Shopify Markets, integrated Netsuite with Shopify, evolved the pre-order functionality, oversaw Farfetch project Weekly tasks: Collated user problems and bugs, fed back to Product Owner and Developers, added to the tickets raised, stock management across the two sites (15k SKUs), problem-solving

Ecommerce Executive
Sep ‘19 - Sep ‘20
PANGAIA

• Responsible for CRM, weekly emails, customer services, trade reports identifying wins and risks/actions, order management – creating tagging system for customers, new product launches, creating blogs and editorials, managing on-site assets, sample management for the studio, co-ordinating moving warehouses x2. Additional responsibilities: Chosen as Digital Champion for our online work hub (Hive), which I also named.

Digital International Trading & Marketing Coordinator
Mar ‘19 - Aug ‘19
oasisfashion

•Responsible for 9 sites •Maximized marketing emails in line with International calendar and identified holiday/festival opportunities •Planned with content team – identifying 'easy win' emails across International, looking at LY performance. Kept copy, design and marketing teams up to date with plan and changes •Demand increase/cost reductions: Created incentive offer, taking an additional £2k in first weeks of launch plus 1300 new email addresses, based on £10 off £60 spend. Led design and development to create, copy sign-off and added footer and pop-up sites-wide •Identified £5k savings by switching to ReBOUND returns •Monthly savings of £4k by switching off Dutch translations •Updated International dispatch notes to have 1 note instead of 9 separate ones. Worked with IT and CEVA to implement within 6 months •Project managing: Implementing ReBOUND International returns. Included: updating returns policy and Ts & Cs, order testing, IT and Dev integration, new cheaper returns note, minimal set-up costs, project timeline management

Online Trade Assistant
May ‘16 - Mar ‘19
oasisfashion

Online Trade Assistant & Ecommerce Admin Assistant • Ran daily sales, produced 20+ page Monday Trade pack and suggested site improvements, managed stock builds for own site and Hosts • Go-live process streamlined to get new product online. WSSI management and option tracker owner • Proposed product for emails based on availability • Maintained relationship with John Lewis, House of Fraser and Debenhams. Worked with IT on Host data project to automate all data sent. Data was mapped and sent in their smart sheet template after final checks

Assistant Buyer Temp., 915 Generation
Jan ‘16 - Mar ‘16
New Look

Assistant Buyer Temp., Diamonique Jewellery, Gold & Watches
Aug ‘15 - Oct ‘15
QVC

Buyer's Administrator FTC
Mar ‘15 - Aug ‘15
ASOS

Buyer's Assistant Stand-In, Women's Contemporary
Jan ‘15 - Feb ‘15
Selfridges

Buying Administrator, Women's Streetwear
Dec ‘14 - Jan ‘15
Selfridges

Internship in Buying and Merchandising
Oct ‘14 - Dec ‘14
Angels Fancy Dress

Internship in Buying and Merchandising
Jan ‘14 - Aug ‘14
Avenue 32.com.

Internship in Buying and Merchandising
Sep ‘13 - Dec ‘13
Girl Meets Dress

PR Intern
Mar ‘12 - Jul ‘12
Alviero Martini

PR Intern
Sep ‘11 - Feb ‘12
Ermenegildo Zegna N.V.

Languages
English - Fluent
Italian - Work Proficiency
Education & Training
Fashion Retail Academy
Unknown - ‘13
Intensive Course
Buying and Merchandising course
University of Edinburgh
‘09 - ‘13
MA
English Literature and Italian
Francis Holland School Regent's Park
‘01 - ‘08
3 ‘A’ Levels, English: A, Philosophy and Ethics: A, Italian: B. 10 GCSEs 5 grade A, 5 Grade B
London, UK