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Careers with Heart

In our blog series Careers with Heart we’re spotlighting some fascinating people and the jobs they do here at The Container Store. Retail is an industry that allows you to pick any passion and pursue it down an exciting (and sometimes surprising) career path, filled with endless opportunities—nowhere is this more true than at The Container Store.

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  • Careers with Heart: Dual Role in the Home Office and DC

    At The Container Store, our 5th Foundation Principle is “Intuition does not come to an unprepared mind. You need to train before it happens.” We believe one’s own life experience and interests are vital to a smart, innovative workforce, so our employees come from a wide variety of backgrounds. For this edition of Careers with Heart, we spoke to our distribution center and real estate administrator Jerry Scanlan about how his interests and passions shaped his career in unlikely ways. You’ve had

  • Careers with Heart: Prime Time

    Tony Stark, the alter ego of Marvel superhero Iron Man, is known for his inner strength, determination, and perseverance in the face of deadly odds. While these traits may describe a comic book character, they’re also descriptive of Alex Alvarado, a part-time employee (or prime-time as we like to call them) at our San Antonio store. In this edition of “Careers with Heart,” we spoke to Alex about how The Container Store gave him the support and perspective he needed to help him pursue his dreams

  • Careers with Heart: elfa Research & Development

    Unexpected. That was the answer we got when we asked Sweden-based elfa Research & Development Manager Peter Nilsson to describe his 24-year career in one word. In this installment of Careers with Heart, we’ll explore the exciting twists and turns of Peter’s career. How long have you worked for elfa? And what has your career path been?I have been here for 24 years with an 8-year break. My very first job was in elfa production back in 1984, and then I moved into the maintenance workshop for a

  • Careers with Heart: Distribution Center General Manager

    At The Container Store, we try to have fun no matter what we do, and this is certainly the case in our distribution center. For this installment of “Careers with Heart” we had a lively conversation with Loscar “Los” Mejia, our Distribution Center General Manager, about fun in the workplace, salsa dancing, and his family’s love of elfa (though not in that order). What made you decide to go into the logistics and distribution field after studying marketing in college?  While I was passionate

  • Careers with Heart: Part Time is Prime Time at TCS

    After you’ve gone to law school and won the Bill and Melinda Gates Teacher of the Year award, what’s next? Working for The Container Store, of course! In our latest “Careers with Heart” interview we spoke to Wanda Vinson, a prime-time employee at our Tampa store location, about her amazing and unusual career path. What did you study in school? And what did you do before you worked for The Container Store?After receiving my Bachelor of Science in Finance, I began working for an insurance company.

  • Careers with Heart: Creative Coordinator

    Product photography is a vital and ever-evolving part of the retail industry and combining a creative field with an employee-first philosophy, makes it an even more attractive pursuit. In this installment of our ongoing “Careers with Heart” series, we spoke with Bryn Prather, our Creative Coordinator, about how the right company culture makes all the difference in finding a rewarding career path. Why did you decide to study photography in college?I like to think that at some point everyone will

  • Careers with Heart: Web Quality Assurance

    In this installment of our Careers with Heart series, our employee Ken Van Speybroeck talks about what it’s like to be one of our Information Systems Quality Assurance Engineers (say THAT three times fast) and gives us a sense of what makes his department so special. How long have you worked for The Container Store? And how did you start your career here?I’ve worked at The Container Store for 4 ½ years. I studied Computer Science in college and then went to work as a software developer for a

  • Careers with Heart: Custom Closets

    What’s “Air of Excitement”? It’s that wonderful, energetic, joyful feeling you get when you visit one of our stores—and one of our greatest embodiments of this is Joanie Coles, our Custom Closets Sales Manager at our Sixth Avenue store. For this edition of “Careers with Heart,” Joanie was kind enough to tell us all about how she found this excitement at The Container Store and how it’s led to a seven years and counting career! What field did you work in after college?  I worked in direct

  • Careers with Heart: Video Production

    While shopping on our website you’ve probably seen our cool product videos, many of which are the work of our in-house video producer Chris McCrackin. In our latest addition of “Careers with Heart” we spoke with Chris about this vital but relatively unknown area of retail, and how he totally owes The Container Store for playing matchmaker between he and his wife. How did you get interested in photography and video? When I took my first photography class in 8th grade I discovered that I loved

  • Careers with Heart: Safety and Learning

    Creating a safe, secure workplace is one of the most important jobs here at The Container Store and no one understands this more than Shain George, our Distribution Center’s Safety and Learning Manager. In this edition of “Careers with Heart” Shain proves he’s definitely on the A-Team of the safety industry. What did you study in school? And what made you decide to pursue safety as a career? I’m a proud member of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of 2003, where I graduated with a bachelor’s degree

  • Careers with Heart: Inventory Planning & Allocation

    Can a brief, casual conversation alter the course of your whole life? According to our Inventory Planning & Allocation Manager Mark Annerino, that answer is a definite “yes!” In our latest “Careers with Heart” interview he explains how his very first visit to The Container Store changed both his career and his life. He also turns down our invitation to perform a death-defying motorcycle stunt. When you first graduated from college, what did you originally want to do?Well, I wasn’t initially

  • Careers with Heart: Inventory Planning & Allocation

    Can a brief, casual conversation alter the course of your whole life? According to our Inventory Planning & Allocation Manager Mark Annerino, that answer is a definite “yes!” In our latest “Careers with Heart” interview he explains how his very first visit to The Container Store changed both his career and his life. He also turns down our invitation to perform a death-defying motorcycle stunt. When you first graduated from college, what did you originally want to do?Well, I wasn’t initially