Kendo Job Opportunity
Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Mot Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. A play on the words "can do", Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.
Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for :
- Can Do Spirit : We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality : As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
- Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion : We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
- Storytelling : We tell authentic stories like no one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
- Resilience : We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever constant, and agility is our strength.
- Product Excellence : We put the consumers first : We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.
The pay range for this position is $33.50 - $37.25 per hour. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and San Francisco location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including : medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount / perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year and December wellness / shutdown week for applicable positions.
The Kendo house of brands currently includes : Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Eau de Parfum, Fenty Hair, Ole Henriksen, Lip Lab.
Summary
This role at Kendo is responsible for day-to-day functions in support of key influencer, affiliate, creator, and digital partnerships. This is an opportunity for a candidate to gain diversified experience across multiple areas of the business, working to support marketing social commerce. The right candidate is eager to learn and has a strong mindset around 'no task is too small'.
Responsibilities
Support all day-to-day affiliate marketing strategies & campaigns across platforms.Build and manage communications and relationships with influencers, creators, and affiliatesSupport and brief creative needs for campaigns, ad formats, and placements to creative teams and help ideate creative ideas for each campaign, ensuring clear outlines of requirements, best practices, and a platform-led mindset to drive strong brand visibility & user experience.Capture and facilitate receipt all needs and requirements for all activations, campaigns, and launches are received on schedule and are organized, routed for necessary approvals, and sent to agency for on-time delivery of all needs.Partner with agency to ensure all needs and requirements are clear and collaborate with them to align on all channel project management.Support project updates & timelines; support updating affiliate marketing activation plans in relevant shared calendars.Review and QA all ad previews & placements pre-launch, ensuring everything is functioning properly and all ads look correct for the activation.Support auditing of publisher sites for placement launches & ongoing accuracy of brand content and merchant updates within the affiliate channel.Share promotion, launch, and site update information with agency & relevant partners.Partner with marketing, social, and creative teams to identify creative opportunities to share for performance marketing channels.Support affiliate channel and campaign reporting, pulling data from platforms, Google Analytics, etc. and compiling for review or needs.Source influencers, creators, and affiliates for ad hoc influencer and affiliate campaignsManage influencer and affiliate channel product inventory, sampling, and shipmentsAd hoc support for special projects, reports, etc.Keep pulse on competitors and industry insights.Requirements
2+ years related marketing, digital marketing, influencer / creator marketing, and / or eCommerce experience via internship / work / project experience; BA / BS or Advanced Degree.Demonstrated interest in the beauty industry, ecommerce, and digital marketing a must.Strong project management skills; experience with Project Management tools (i.e. Asana) a plus.Strong oral and written communications skills.Creative problem solver with sense of curiosity.Willingness to roll up their sleeves and dig in "no task is too small" mentality.Excellent organizational skills and the ability to balance multiple deliverables simultaneously while meeting deadlines.Strong sense of accountability, self-drive, and the ability to function independently while also being a strong team player and cross-functional partner.Ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced environment & comfortable with navigating through ambiguity.Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications : Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.