Sr Specialist, Brand Activation

Mansfield, MA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the social and creator strategy for a global brand, turning culture, UGC, and influencer partnerships into on-brand experiences across owned channels.

  • Growth/Content Engine: Own organic social across platforms, the content calendar, and tone of voice.
  • UGC & Creator Strategy: Source, rights-manage, and amplify consumer content across owned and paid channels.
  • Influencer Partnerships: Lead agency relationships, brief campaigns with consumer-led KPIs, and cross-functional alignment to drive engagement and purchase.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Owns the brand's organic social presence across platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, etc.)
  • Develops and manages a content calendar for always-on social
  • Monitors brand social channels and engages with the community; understands the brand's tone of voice and writes in it natively
  • Briefs and directs creative assets for social, with a strong aesthetic eye for on-brand, platform-native content; comfortable with light content creation including filming and directing UGC shoots in partnership with in-house creative
  • Develops and executes a UGC strategy, identifying opportunities to source, rights-manage, and amplify authentic consumer content across owned and paid channels
  • Keeps a pulse on culture, trends, and emerging creators; brings fresh, culturally relevant ideas to campaign concepts
  • Maintains a strong POV on platform trends, formats, and algorithm changes
  • Leads Influencer/Creator Agency relationships; briefs agency partners per season with clear, consumer-led objectives and KPIs aligned to comms strategy, brand, and business priorities in the US
  • Develops Influencer/Creator activations for Brand & Key Products to cultivate deeper engagement with the brand and drive the consumer through to purchase
  • Fosters and sustains direct relationships with influencer talent, resulting in authentic and lasting brand affinity
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Samsonite

3.6 Glassdoor

Founded in 1910, Samsonite is the world’s leading luggage brand. Renowned for its breakthrough research and development, and commitment to innovation, Samsonite has excelled since its inception with a number of industry firsts. Samsonite offers an extensive range of travel, business, kids, casual and personal accessory products. Samsonite helps travellers’ journey further, with ever lighter and stronger products.

Founded in 1910
Oudenaarde, Flemish Region, BEL
4.9K employees (455 in marketing)
56% recommend to a friend
83% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$88.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.5%
Direct
42.3%
Referral
8.1%
Social
2.7%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~4.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
364 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
14.5 years
Median Tenure
6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$2.1M
Last Raise
$2.1M
Post IPO Debt, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Post IPO Debt
  • Aug 2016
    Post IPO Equity • $2.1M

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