Manager of Brand Marketing & Partnerships

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $90K/yrManager6+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Translate creative direction into clear seasonal narratives and campaign messaging
  • Develop integrated storytelling frameworks across PR, social, retail, and wholesale channels
  • Ensure brand voice and positioning remain cohesive and differentiated across all external touchpoints
  • Partner with Creative to brief and align on campaign storytelling and activation concepts
  • Partner with executive leadership to define seasonal campaign priorities and amplification tiers across channels
  • Lead PR strategy and manage agency relationships where applicable
  • Identify, source, and directly engage influencers, ambassadors, and cultural tastemakers aligned with brand positioning
  • Oversee and execute product seeding initiatives, including hands-on assembly and distribution of PR packages

Requirements

  • 6–10+ years of experience in brand marketing, PR, influencer marketing, partnerships, or cultural activation
  • Experience in premium fashion, eyewear, lifestyle, or culturally relevant consumer brands
  • Strong understanding of brand storytelling and seasonal narrative development
  • Direct experience managing PR agencies and/or in-house press relationships
  • Hands-on influencer sourcing, outreach, and relationship management experience
  • Experience executing product seeding programs at scale
  • Demonstrated track record of executing partnerships and collaborations from ideation to launch
  • Experience conceptualizing and executing brand events, trunk shows, and activations
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Garrett Leight California Optical

Garrett Leight California Optical was created in 2010 and is fueled by a group of young, passionate purveyors of eyewear, dedicated to creating classic design by combining perfect craftmanship with timeless aesthetics.We are committed to creating a brand unlike any other - one that values teamwork, customer service, eyewear design, and respect for the evolution of quality frames as well as prescription lenses."Beauty, youth, art, fashion, photography, music, architecture and design in general inspire us as individuals and reflect our brand."GLCO is the abbreviation commonly used for Garrett Leight California Optical to remind ourselves and our customers where we come from and how we are constantly inspired by our surroundings.

Founded in 2010
Los Angeles, California, USA
76 employees (11 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
54.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.9%
Direct
43.8%
Referral
6.2%
Social
2.7%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~76

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
4.6 years