We’re growing and we’re looking for people to join our team. If you enjoy what we do, get excited about high quality products, and fit one of the below job descriptions, then we’d love to hear from you. And please forward this to friends who might be interested.

Why Kaufmann Mercantile?
We’re a young and creative company located in Brooklyn, NY. We are as passionate about the people who work here as we are about the products we sell. You can learn more about what we stand for here.

Project, Operations and Marketing Manager
You should have 6+ years experience in project management, marketing, business or a related field. Ideally, you will have experience working in retail or e-commerce.

For this position you will need strong interpersonal skills, since you’ll be working as a liaison between departments. This position demands someone who is able to think strategically while remaining deeply involved in the day to day activities of our small team.

We want you to help improve the quality and processes at KM, as well as oversee projects and collaborations we’re working on. In addition, you will get to develop relationships with other websites, makers, artists and NGOs to start creative and exciting collaborations.

This is a full time position. To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to hr@kaufmann-mercantile.com and include ‘Project, Operations and Marketing Manager’ in the subject line. Please make sure to include links to your work, twitter, blog, LinkedIn account or other websites.

Graphic Design and Image Post Production
If you have 4+ years experience in graphic design, image post production and photography, please get in touch. We would love to see your work.

This is a highly creative position that requires a background in graphic design, photography, image retouching and post production. You must have experience working with CS5/6 software, including Illustrator, Indesign and Lightroom.

You will be doing the graphic design and image post production for KM’s website and newsletter. You will get to work closely with the photo and editorial departments to develop creative content and concepts.

This is a full time position. If interested please reach out to photohr@kaufmann-mercantile.com and include ‘Graphic Design and Image Post Production’ in the subject line. Please make sure to include links to your portfolio, twitter, blog, website or other work.

Editor and Writer
If you have 4+ years experience writing and editing for a magazine, blog, newspaper or other lifestyle media, we would love to read your work.

You should have a degree in English, Journalism or a related field and possess exceptional writing, editing and research skills. We’re looking for somebody who’s interested in topics such as design, high quality goods, fashion, gardening, and cooking.

You will get to develop creative story and article ideas for our blog, store, newsletter and collaborations. Your work will include writing and editing content for the website, newsletter and References blog. You will manage freelance writers and oversee all content that is published on the website.

This is a full time position. If interested, please email links to any websites or work to hr@kaufmann-mercantile.com and include ‘Editor and Writer’ in the subject line. Please make sure to include links to your portfolio, twitter, blog, LinkedIn account or other work.

There was a time when you could shop Banana Republic through a catalogue filled with romantic hand-illustrated drawings and flourishing annotations. When walking into a Banana Republic store was like walking onto the set of Raiders of the Lost Ark, complete with Bush jackets, Ghurka shorts and a stipple mural of an African safari. A time when adventure and fashion went hand in hand.

Banana Republic Gift Work Book, 1987

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November 1942. Columbia Steel at Geneva, Utah. Floodlight servicing on a new steel plantation for the war effort.

“A photograph can be kind,” Einstein said. It never changes, even as the people in it grow old and their stories change completely. You can look back on a photo of your mother or father, or the old town where you grew up, and see things as you remember them.

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We love people who make it their business to keep life’s simple pleasures alive.

The Letter Writers Alliance is one group of stalwarts like us who won’t stand to watch the art of letter writing die out.  Founders Kathy and Donovan first got together in 2006 as 16 sparrows, and became the designers, makers and distributors of handmade paper products. But not just any paper products. Specifically, the kind that cater to sarcastic people with a smart-ass sense of humor who also happen to like pretty things.

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Our friend Keith Ehrlich just put out a new film in his six-minute documentary series about craftsmen, called Made by Hand (@madebyhand).

The fourth documentary features Martinez Cigar Shop in New York City, filmed right in the shop in Chelsea. Keith has already made four other documentaries for the series about a gin distiller, a knife maker, a beekeeper and a bike maker, and there are two more films in the works.

When I talked to Keith about how Made by Hand started, he said some of his inspiration came from his own desire for connection.  He was questioning why more people didn’t live a life where they had a little less stuff that they could actually have a relationship with.

The motif comes through in his films. Some of his subjects became craftsmen after feeling dissatisfied with other jobs.  They wanted a new organic connection to their work.  “It’s not just a maker thing,” Keith said. “There’s a ton of that energy going on these days – the desire to make something, to own your own quality, success and failure.”

We want to continue sharing more news about people and friends like Keith who we find inspiring, and you can send your suggestions over to us at cass@kaufmann-mercantile.com