Seeking advanced master jeweler
This position is in Ventura, California, an hour north of Los Angeles, midway between Malibu and Santa Barbara. Our address is 560 E Main St, Ventura, CA 93001.
Position Overview
This is a full-time bench jewelry position, repairing jewelry and setting custom pieces. You’ll be working alongside three others, including our owner George Fox, a Certified Master Bench Jeweler with over 50 years of experience, who set up our workshop, including in-house platinum and gold casting.
Your spacious work area has its own microscope and every other tool available. Our workshop has a draw bench, rolling mill, two laser welders, a casting area, and enclosed polishing stations. You’ll be working in an old-style brick building with large, airy windows that look out over our garden.
Fox Fine Jewelry prides itself on its high-quality work and is looking for someone who holds those same high standards. The right candidate will be a master at their craft, an excellent problem solver, while also collaborative, creative, and efficient.
Key Responsibilities
- Stone setting: Prong, bezel, flush, channel, pave, micropave. Stones include centers and melee, and high value, fragile colored gems, like emerald, tanzanite and opal.
- Complex jewelry repair: hinged shank installation, antique refurbishments, platinum repair, hinge repair, other complex jobs. Some hollow chain repair, sizing, retipping, soldering rings together.
- Custom work: from raw castings to completion
Required Qualifications - Master Jeweler
- 10+ years experience as a Bench Jeweler, producing and repairing jewelry
- Expert stone setter with experience working with diamonds and gemstones
- Intermediate to advanced fabrication skills
- Engraving, casting, and/or CAD experience a plus, but NOT required
- Any other higher level jewelry skills are a strong plus.
Benefits and Compensation
Salary is $95,000 - $170,000 per year plus benefits, commensurate with experience. Benefits include Health Insurance, PTO/Vacation, Sick, and two retirement plans with automatic employer contributions: a 401K and a Defined Benefit plan.
About Fox Fine Jewelry
Fox Fine Jewelry is a strong, family owned retailer with exceptional standards that specializes in on-premises custom jewelry and repairs:
- Voted “Best place to work in Ventura County”
- Voted #1 Jeweler in Ventura County annually since 2008
- Named America’s Best Jeweler, the highest jewelry award in the nation
- Family owned for nearly 30 years
- Friendly atmosphere, top-notch customer service and quality
- Strong community, charitable presence
We are dedicated to exceptional quality. If you take pride in your work and excel in an environment where others do too, then Fox Fine Jewelry may be the fit you are searching for!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $95,000.00 - $170,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Retirement plan
Experience:
- bench jewelry: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
