Nice to meet you! We're Artisan Socks. Aka the "Artisan Crew".

1. About Artisan Socks and its owners and people running it and their location and stuff, click here.

2. Job seekers click here for job opening details!

Artisan Socks is a mainly online artisan and amazing socks and leg wear shop with our customer service office and clean carpeted warehouse in a lovely beach community called Redondo Beach in southern California.

Southern California?? Yes, I know you may now be asking yourself "Wait. Don't So. Cal-ers generally wear flip-flops, wide grins, and not much else? What an odd place to do the sock thing!". And isn't their Governor that actor guy that got pregnant in that one movie with Danny DeVito in it or something?.

Well yes, for the most part, that is a fairly accurate description of Southern California.
But do let me assure you there are people like shop owner, Sock Diva L, (a.k.a. Leah Workman) who are transplants from other coasts and who tend to wear socks of all lengths and not just because they're too lazy to shave their often-to-always bared hairy yeti legs and need something fashionable and fun with which to cover those hairy pups up. (TMI??)

Shop owner and head Sock Diva L (her stage name or Internet name or sock name if you would..) isn't actually really much of a diva at all, she just really likes socks which are the gateway drug to her real addiction; Shoes. OMG SHOES.
You can get a better feel for her here on the Artisan Socks Blog where she shamelessly promotes her socks and bores charms you with details of her fabulous sock life resplendent with bling.

The other up-and-coming Sock Divas who are actually far too nice to be real divas but who can wing it for publicity's sake will also occasionally be found blogging and showing off their socks and stuff as it is an Artisan Sock requirement that all socks bought by staff and family members must be photographed and blogged about.

As you might have guessed because of this unilateral and unreasonable sock blogging demand imposed on said divas-in-waiting and family there has been mild sock unrest in the Artisan Sock Divadom.

To which Sock Diva L replied "Cest la Sock vie. Let them eat towel cakes" OMG! Towel Cakes! Too cute!.

  

While there are many people who help with Artisan Socks, shop manager, genius photographer and logo designer as well as snazzy stocking tester Sock Diva D. (a.k.a. D Wilson) deserves a huge mention and shout-out here. Her professionalism and sense and sensibility help keep the daily flow flowing and she never monkeys around.

Unless her boss makes her, but as you can see her boss is a bit of an ass hat.

(Get it? Because of the Donkey on her head and...*Sigh*)

We're going to do our best to search out quality, and to sell you things that we would and do wear ourselves.

We try to buy made in the USA when possible, we also try to buy socks and items made responsibly out of responsible fabrics. One of our goals is to support good businesses and people and designers and to not just sell socks to become obscenely rich as most sellers of socks are known to become.

We also promise that if we do become obscenely and fabulously rich selling these wonderful socks that we won't let it go to our heads and commission statues made out of diamonds of us in our socks to go next to our gold-plated sinks in our olympic pool sized Diva bathrooms, and will instead try to support causes we believe in.

If you're local and want to take a look before you buy please call 1.888.34.SOCKS 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST Monday through Friday and we'll make sure you can take a peek at our lineup before you buy. You can also drop by for a pick-up after you place the order online if you want to have a picnic by the ocean and need an excuse.

This socks shop has been one of the most fun and enjoyable projects I've worked on so far, but it still was a fairly Herculean task to even get it to the point where it is right now, which is far from finished.

I'd be remiss if I didn't say a huge "Thank You" to my family members who really helped with advice and socks stuff; Mom, Jackie, Karen, and Jen, thanks for your help and time and I hope you like socks as gifts because, well, chances are that's what you're getting from me for a while :).

I'd also like to give a big shout out to my girlfriends who got all manic about socks with me and gave me feedback and advice about sock choosings and such, as well as who helped with writing and taking photos and stuff as well as those who gave warm mental support as well and who understood why the idea of wearing bacon and egg socks to a power lunch under slacks is hysterical, which really means a lot to me even if I get so wrapped up at times I forget to say "Thank You" sometimes. So here's a big "Thank You" from me to you Mel, Danielle, Rebecca, and everybody else too.

Last but certainly not least is a person who deserves many and much thanks on a regular basis and isn't afraid to remind us of that ;-P, my partner in non-crime, and all things business and beyond, Hibino, for spending countless nights working on adding the functions and bells and whistles I (and the other sock Divas) asked for and for taking care of the things on our development wishlists. You rock, and the site is so much better because of the extra work you put into the details.

Wish Us Luck and Stay socksy People,
Sock Diva L.

Current Job Openings as of 09/15/10

1. URGENT!!
Daily Shipping Help
(1 to 3 hours daily, about 10 hours a week)

Shipping socks out of our office by the beach in South Redondo Beach California
You will be responsible for making labels, picking socks, packing socks, sending socks, wash, rinse repeat!

1. You'll need to be VERY VERY organized

Mistakes in shipping sadden the customers, and make your bosses cry. Seriously, it's a simple job, but not an easy one. And it needs to be done perfectly. No, really.

2. You'll need to be responsible

3. You'll need to take pride in your work

You need to care if the socks you just put in the package were over the knee socks and not knee-highs and that they're going to Albany CA not Albany NY.


Here are some more specific skills we need you to have:
1. Care about the work you're doing.
2. Be a good wrapper. I stink at it, so I can't teach you that skill. Sorry.
3. Use the computer system.
4. Pay attention to details and have a grasp of inventory, let us know when we need to order MOAR SOCKS!

How to apply for this job:

1. DON'T CALL. We never ever take job related phone calls so don't call. Do not call us about jobs.
2. We never ever accept or open attachment files containing resumes so you can either copy-paste the contents of your resume inline or send us a link to an online resume page, we won't download and / or unzip things.
The email address to send it to is: careers(atmark)artisansocks(dot)com.
3. Write "ASSH-OL0910" in the subject line of your response so we actually get your response.
4. Tell us briefly what make work fun and satisfying for you and what you want most out of a job right now.
5. Tell us your available hours.

2. More than A Job, A Career

Online Shop Customer Service / Shop Manager in our office by the beach in South Redondo Beach California

We are looking for a star who has an amazing head on their shoulders, is organized and skilled, and wants to grow into a position of major importance within a company that cares about what they do and provides a great working environment.

You will be responsible for customer support, shipping, inventory, ordering / reordering, finding new products and any of the other countless things related to running a shop smoothly, so you're going to need a few special talents many people think they have but few actually do.

1. You'll need to be organized

Every day is fun, but busy, and we need a person who doesn't let tasks or details slip through the cracks.
There's no possible way you're going to remember all the details if you don't write them down and change priorities often by importance, so having that skill coming in is going to make a world of difference.

2. You'll need to be responsible

Many people feel that waking up and going to their workplace is doing their job.
Even when they don't really do their job, they pretty much just show up and click their mouse and shuffle papers.
This job separates the people who are good at looking busy from the people who actually get results.
If you do well, or don't do well, it's on you either way and we want a person who wants that responsibility.

3. You'll need to take pride in your work

We always want to feel like we're paying you too little and to want to pay you more and more.
To make us feel this way, you need to be the kind of person not easily replaced; we're not fast food, this job doesn't come with a manual that you can learn once then coast, you'll need to use your brains and creativity and there's always a next, higher, more challenging step if you're a step-taker.
Conversely, you might be the smartest person in the universe, but if you don't bring that skill and creativity to the work you do and take pride in do it, it won't matter.

Here are some more specific skills we need you to have:
1. Be polite, have friendly, professional speaking voice as you'll be on phones with customers, vendors and clients.
2. Have polite, friendly, professional writing skills as you'll corresponding with customers, vendors and clients.
3. Be positive, friendly attitude. It's a nice office and people with positive attitudes who laugh easily make it even nicer.
4. Pay attention to details and enjoy thinking; there's no room for auto-pilot in this position.
5. Be a quick learner.
6. Take feedback maturely and productively. We're divas, but we're not Divas. If we need to get better at something, we do.

Here are some more specific skills we really hope you'd have at a high level or be able to have up to a high level really really quickly:
1. Computer skills, mid to high-level. Excel / Access/ MS Office / Proprietary Software; You don't need to be an expert, but you'll be using computer systems that we developed and other software for the bulk of your day.
IMPORTANT: If you're "Not a computer person" this job won't be fun for you.
2. Writing skills: We have hundreds of products and are always adding more. Each product has a description that needs to be written. you'll not only need to write customers and vendors, but these more creative kinds of writings as well.
3. A Higher Education Degree

Here are some more specific skills / interests we'd really love you to have one or more of:
1. Photography
2. Photoshop / GIMP <-- If you can't use Photoshop, this job will NOT be fun :)
3. Design (Freehand / Illustrator)
4. Second Language Skills (Japanese, Spanish, Etc.)
5. Interest in Fashion / Trends / Styling
6. Editing / Proofreading skills
7. HTML / CSS Skills
8. Interest in Social Networks but is mature enough to understand why playing on Facebook during work hours isn't really cool

How to apply for this job:

1. DON'T CALL. We never ever take job related phone calls so don't call. Do not call us about jobs.
2. We never ever accept or open attachment files containing resumes so you can either copy-paste the contents of your resume inline or send us a link to an online resume page, we won't download and / or unzip things.
The email address to send it to is: careers(atmark)artisansocks(dot)com.
3. Write "ASCS-OL012010" in the subject line of your response so we actually get your response.
4. Tell us briefly what make work fun and satisfying for you and what you want most out of a job right now.
5. Tell us your desired salary
We want a person who will want to hang around for a long time that we want to keep around for a long time and know the best way to ensure that is for work to be fun and satisfying for you and for you to be the person we're looking for.


Hope to work with you soon!

♥♥ April in Paris?

Sock Diva L: Ozone Sunny Day Flower Socks; A work of sock Art!
Sock Diva L: Cherry blossom tabi socks! (Flip flop socks with flair!)
Sock Diva L: Celeste Stein BIG DOT Print Tights / Stockings

♥♥ Artisan Socks March Madness Socks

Sock Diva D: K Bell Space Dyed Knee Highs on Diva D
Sock Diva L: Hansel from Basel's fun spring line; Clemence Knee-Hi Socks
Sock Diva L's Model Family: Getting Smoochy in Happy Socks (Unisex European Socks for fun!)

♥♥ Artisan Socks Warm, "Hot", and a Little Sexy Stockings picks

Sock Diva L: Japanese Harajuku Style Knee High Sexy Stockings
Sock Diva D: Ozone ANGORA JAMBIERE BROWN Angora Thigh High Socks
Creepy Sock Leg Models: Sexy Wetlook Black Thigh High Stockings

♥♥ Artisan Socks staff special holiday wishes from December

Sock Diva D + "Puppy": Amazing Japanese Growing Socks
Sock Diva N + "Penny": Amazing Japanese Growing Socks
Sock Diva L + "Justus + Jitters": Second Degree Scratch marks + Japanese Growing Socks

♥♥ Artisan Sock staff picks & pics for November

Sock Diva L: Sock-It-To-Me knee highs
Sock Diva D: Vintage Creations arm warmers
Sock Diva N: Happy Socks sized crew socks