Brand Manager - Tea Tree & Mitch

Santa Monica, CA (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $110K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive the brand strategy through annual plans, cross-functional campaigns, product launches, and market insights to fuel growth.

  • Lead brand marketing plans and campaigns to support growth and sales targets
  • Partner with leadership to identify long-term growth opportunities and go-to-market strategies
  • Manage budgets, assets, and cross-functional launch planning

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and execution of annual brand marketing plans that support company growth objectives and sales targets.
  • Partner with the VP, Brand Marketing to identify long-term growth opportunities, category expansion strategies, partnership integrations and product innovation roadmaps.
  • Lead and influence cross-functional teams to deliver brand initiatives, programs, and campaigns, ensuring execution is on time, within budget, and aligned with business objectives.
  • Serve as a key brand and marketing steward, ensuring consistency in brand positioning, architecture, messaging, and visual identity across product development, retail, education, sales, digital, and operations.
  • Deliver presentations, insights and strategies to senior leadership and key stakeholders
  • Lead the development and execution of 360° integrated marketing campaigns across professional and consumer channels (digital, retail, social media, influencer, education, events, etc.).
  • Collaborate with creative teams and external partners to ensure compelling brand communications, cohesive visuals, and impactful activations.
  • Lead new product launches and ensure successful go-to-market strategies – supporting the planning and execution of events, activations and marketing activity.
  • Manage and distribute brand assets, messaging, and strategies to cross-functional teams and international partners.
  • Oversee photoshoots, branded content creation, style guides and marketing materials.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED required
  • 5+ years of marketing experience required
  • 1+ years of brand marketing experience required
  • Skills: Proficiency in Adobe, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Canva
  • Skills: Skilled in AI technologies such as Co-Pilot, ChatGPT, etc.
  • Skills: Proficient in using project management platforms, such as Workfront or Asana
  • Skills: Proficient with analytics tools such as Power BI to interpret sales data, market trends, and consumer insights
  • Skills: Proven ability to define and execute brand positioning
  • Skills: Ability to drive multiple product launches and key brand initiatives
  • Skills: Experience creating and implementing 360° marketing campaigns across multiple channels

Preferred

  • Strong understanding of the professional hair care market, including knowledge of salon dynamics, distribution channels, and competitive landscape.
  • Prior beauty industry experience strongly preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing or closely related field strongly preferred

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Benefits Package: In addition to base salary, JPMS offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees, including medical, dental, vision, life, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company match, paid family leave, education-related programs, paid holidays, discretionary vacation time, and more.
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John Paul Mitchell Systems

John Paul Mitchell Systems® (JPMS) is a top manufacturer of high-quality hair care products and styling tools through several brands including Paul Mitchell®, Awapuhi Wild Ginger®, Tea Tree, Pro ToolsTM, Neuro®, MITCH® and MVRCK®, plus professional hair color from brands including The Demi and Color XG®. JPMS was founded in 1980 by co-founders Paul Mitchell and John Paul DeJoria with more than 300 employees globally and Michaeline DeJoria as CEO. We were the first professional hair care company to take a stand against animal testing, and we continue our strong commitment to giving back by supporting a wide range of philanthropic causes both domestically and internationally. JPMS products can be purchased at professional salons, Paul Mitchell® Schools and through authorized online retailers. Join our team!

Founded in 1980
USA
762 employees (162 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
181.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$22.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.5%
Direct
39.8%
Referral
4.7%
Social
2.3%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~762

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
60 (8% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
5.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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