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Job Title: Nashville Store Manager & Special Projects Lead

Company: La Matera

Location: Wedgewood Village, Nashville, TN

Position Type: Full-Time

Initial Term: Six-month pop-up, with the intention of becoming permanent

Reports to: CEO

A Note from JM, La Matera’s Founder:

We’re opening a La Matera pop-up in Nashville, and we’re looking for the right person to help us turn it into something lasting.

On paper, this is a six-month pop-up. Our intention, though, is to prove the concept, build a real customer base, and keep it going. We want someone who is excited by that challenge and wants to take real ownership of making the store work.

The core of the role is straightforward: run a great store, create an experience people remember, and sell some belts. But I’m also hoping we can get lucky and find a true generalist. Someone who can manage the store while becoming a trusted set of hands across La Matera.

That could mean helping with a marketing project, coordinating an event, improving an operational process, supporting a product launch, or working directly with me on something we need to get across the finish line. You don’t need to be an expert in all of those areas. You do need to be curious, capable, organized, and willing to roll up your sleeves.

That last part is important. We’re building this store from the ground up. There will be boxes to move, displays to assemble, problems to solve, and plenty of things that won’t come with instructions. If you like making things happen and leaving them better than you found them, you’ll probably fit in well here.

This is a unique opportunity to run a store while getting a front-row seat to the rest of the business. If it works, there’s plenty of room for the role to grow with it.

Cheers,
JM

We’re Hiring: Nashville Store Manager & Special Projects Lead

La Matera is opening a new pop-up store in Wedgewood Village, and we’re looking for an entrepreneurial retail leader to bring it to life.

La Matera has spent more than 12 years creating distinctive belts and accessories inspired by South American craftsmanship and an adventurous, well-lived life. We care deeply about our products, but just as much about how people feel when they encounter the brand.

This role starts with creating that experience in Nashville.

You’ll own the day-to-day operation of the store, welcome customers, tell the La Matera story, and help turn first-time visitors into longtime fans. You’ll also work directly with our founder on projects across the broader business based on your strengths and interests.

Some weeks, that might mean coordinating a local event or partnership. Other weeks, it could mean helping organize a product launch, improving an operational process, producing content, or tackling a project that simply needs a smart, dependable owner.

This is not a traditional store-manager position with a rigid corporate playbook. It’s a chance to help build the playbook.

What You’ll Be Doing

Owning the Nashville store

Run the day-to-day operations of the Wedgewood Village pop-up
Deliver a warm, personal, high-touch customer experience
Learn the La Matera story and products well enough to tell that story naturally
Drive sales and develop relationships with customers
Manage opening, closing, scheduling, inventory, merchandising, and store upkeep
Track store performance and communicate what is working, what isn’t, and what we should try next
Help recruit, train, and manage part-time store support as needed
Build relationships with neighboring businesses and the Nashville community
Help plan and execute store events, collaborations, and local partnerships

Helping us build something that lasts

Work with JM and the broader team to test ideas and improve the store
Help us understand what it will take to turn the six-month pop-up into a permanent Nashville presence
Pay attention to customer feedback and turn those observations into useful ideas
Create simple systems and processes instead of relying on memory or heroics
Treat the store like a small business within the larger business

Pitching in across La Matera

Depending on your experience and interests, you may also help with:

Marketing campaigns, content, partnerships, and local brand-building
Photoshoots, events, product launches, and creative production
Operational projects, inventory coordination, and process improvement
E-commerce, customer experience, or merchandising initiatives
Special projects directly with the founder
Whatever important thing needs a capable owner that week

We’re intentionally leaving this part broad. We care less about finding someone who fits a perfectly defined box and more about finding someone with good judgment, useful skills, and the desire to keep growing.

You’ll Probably Be Great at This If You

Have experience in retail, hospitality, sales, events, or another customer-facing business
Know how to make people feel welcome without giving them a scripted sales pitch
Are comfortable owning a store and being accountable for its results
Can move between selling a belt, solving an inventory problem, assembling a display, and planning an event
Are highly organized but not precious about your job description
Notice what needs to be done and take initiative without waiting to be asked
Communicate clearly and raise problems early
Have good taste and care about presentation, storytelling, and the small details
Enjoy working independently while staying closely connected to a broader team
Are handy, resourceful, or naturally inclined to figure things out
Want more exposure to how an entrepreneurial brand operates beyond the store floor
Are comfortable working retail hours, including weekends and some evenings

Bonus Points If You

Have helped open or build out a retail store, pop-up, restaurant, event space, or similar concept
Have experience with visual merchandising or experiential retail
Know the Nashville community and enjoy building local relationships
Have skills in marketing, creative production, content, events, operations, or e-commerce
Have managed people or built a small team
Have ever started a side hustle, launched a project, or built something from scratch
Can use a drill without needing to watch three YouTube videos first

What This Is Not

A job where you stand behind a counter and wait for customers
A highly structured corporate retail position
A role with a narrow “that’s not my job” mentality
A finished system where every question already has an answer

What This Is

An opportunity to build La Matera’s presence in Nashville from the ground up
Real ownership over the success of a new store
A mix of retail leadership, local brand-building, and entrepreneurial problem-solving
Direct exposure to the founder and the broader business
A six-month pop-up that we genuinely want to turn into something permanent
A role with room to grow based on what you’re great at and where you create the most value

What Success Looks Like

By the end of the initial six months:

The store feels unmistakably like La Matera
Customers receive a consistently exceptional experience
The store is organized, well-run, and hitting its performance goals
We have built meaningful relationships within the Nashville community
We understand what is working and what needs to change
You have helped create the systems and momentum needed to make the store permanent
Your role has begun to grow beyond store management into the areas where you can contribute most

The Practical Details

This is a full-time, Nashville-based position
The initial role is tied to a six-month pop-up in Wedgewood Village
Our intention is to continue the store and the role if we prove the model works
Retail availability is required, including weekends and occasional evenings
The role includes hands-on store setup and upkeep, including moving inventory, assembling displays, and handling the normal physical work involved in operating a retail space
Compensation will be based on experience and the final scope of the role

How to Apply

Send your résumé and a short note to adventure@lamatera.com telling us:

Why this role caught your attention
What you would bring to the store
What kinds of projects you’d be excited to help with beyond retail
Something you’ve built, launched, fixed, or taken ownership of that you’re proud of

We care about experience, but we care just as much about initiative, judgment, and how you approach the work.

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Don't see a role in your wheelhouse?

Want to join the family but don't see a current opening that's a match? Shoot us your resume anyway to adventure@lamatera.com. We'd love to take a look at it. We'll have your information, and if we have anything in the future that's up your alley, we'll reach out.