Expert Fashion (Japanese Speaking)

Your Mission

As an experienced Fashion Expert specializing in Luxury Pre‑Owned and Brand Fashion, you drive the quality and growth of Catawiki’s Fashion auctions in Japan. You combine deep market knowledge with commercial awareness to curate compelling auctions that attract engaged bidders and trusted sellers. You play a key role in strengthening our presence in the Japanese fashion market by ensuring authenticity, transparency and strong seller relationships.

What You’ll Do

• Evaluate submitted lots by reviewing descriptions, images and details, and provide fair market value estimates.
• Curate and optimise weekly fashion auctions to maximise quality, bidder interest and sell‑through.
• Build and manage relationships with sellers in Japan, guiding them to create strong and compliant listings.
• Identify and onboard high‑quality sellers through your professional network, trade fairs and fashion communities.
• Safeguard authenticity, transparency and platform standards across all listings.
• Support Customer Service in dispute cases and partner with Marketing and Sales to increase visibility and engagement.
• Contribute to strategies that expand Catawiki’s footprint in the Japanese fashion market.

What You’ll Bring

• Deep knowledge of the Japanese and international fashion market, particularly within the luxury bags category.
• Experience in luxury fashion retail, appraisal or curation in a commercial or customer‑facing role.
• Strong understanding of valuation and authenticity within luxury pre‑owned fashion.
• Native‑level Japanese and professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to act diplomatically in user disputes.
• Solid computer skills and ability to work efficiently with digital tools.
• Clear passion for fashion and maintaining high quality standards.

Where You'll Be

This is a 100% remote role based in the United Kingdom, with daily collaboration with teams in Japan and across Europe. Therefore we do ask that you work earlier UK hours so that there is some overlap with Japanese time.

Why You'll Love Working with Us

• Create a visible impact by working at scale in a global organisation serving millions of customers across 80+ categories.
• In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope and directly impacts both our customers and the business.
• Learn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives, including clear development plans and mentorship programmes to support your career progression.
• A culture of connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse team of 800+ Catawikians representing 60+ nationalities. We foster an inclusive and queer‑friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to bring their full self to work.
• Celebrate life’s moments with us. You’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher when you join, a €50 Catavoucher on your birthday, and an extra day off each year to “Pursue Your Passion”. We also offer additional leave for key work anniversaries and important life events. Benefits may vary by location.

Our Offices and Way of Working

Our vibrant offices in Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon are designed to inspire collaboration. Most Catawikians operate in a hybrid setup, combining office‑based and remote work, with a minimum of two days per week in the office, unless a role is explicitly stated as fully remote or fully office‑based.