Creative and Marketing Operations Associate, Temp

Durham, NC (Remote)

$40/hr – $45/hrIntern/New Grad2+ years expTemporary

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the operations backbone for creative and marketing, aligning workflows, cross-functional delivery, AI-enabled process improvements, and production logistics to scale output.

  • Workflow & Project Management: ensure intake, timelines, trackers, and visibility across multiple workstreams.
  • Cross-Functional Coordination: align Creative, Growth, Retention, UX, Merch, and other teams to hit deliverables on time.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Workflow & Project Management — Support end-to-end creative and marketing workflows including intake, request tracking, timeline coordination, and prioritization. Maintain project trackers and documentation to keep work visible, organized, and on schedule.
  • Cross-Functional Coordination — Build collaborative working relationships with Creative, Growth Marketing, Retention Marketing, UX/Digital Product, Merch, Sustainability, and Owned Brand teams. Coordinate communication, follow-ups, and alignment on deliverables and timelines so nothing falls through the cracks.
  • AI & Process Improvement — Support the adoption of AI-powered tools by standardizing inputs and identifying opportunities for automation. Spot friction in how we work and bring practical ideas for making creative and marketing processes smoother and more scalable.
  • Paid Creative Support — Assist with asset tracking, delivery timelines, and briefing and feedback cycles to help scale creative output for growth channels.
  • Production Operations — Support vendor coordination, purchase orders, contracts, and photoshoot logistics as needed. Assist with budget tracking under direction from the Creative Director.

Requirements

  • 2–4 years of experience in creative operations, marketing operations, or project management
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams without losing the details
  • Familiarity with AI tools and a genuine interest in applying them to do better, faster work
  • A proactive communication style that keeps stakeholders aligned before they have to ask
  • Comfort working within defined processes — and the awareness to flag when those processes aren't serving the team

Preferred

  • Exposure to paid creative or performance marketing environments
  • Experience supporting vendors, budgets, or production workflows
  • Familiarity with high-volume asset production
  • Experience using tools like Airtable and Claude

Benefits

  • This temporary full-time, non-exempt position is remote for candidates based in the following states: California, Maine, Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, Colorado, Washington, Illinois, New York, Missouri, and Massachusetts.
  • Working for a company that believes that a small group of people can change the world for the better by creating products and funding initiatives that help the planet!
  • We’re building a diverse and inclusive work environment where we learn from each other. We welcome people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer.
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We’re Grove Collaborative, your one-stop shop for brands you love and that love the planet.340+ vetted brands We bring together innovative brands across cleaning, wellness, and more everyday essentials. Every brand on our “shelves” has met rigorous standards for efficacy, ingredients, ethics, and more social and environmental criteria, so you can shop with complete peace of mind. Plastic neutral Grove is the world’s first plastic neutral retailer. For every ounce of plastic packaging you purchase from Grove, we collect the same amount of nature-bound plastic pollution in partnership with rePurpose Global.CarbonNeutral® Certified We offset unpreventable emissions by financing external renewable energy and forest conservation projects. People & planet driven As a Certified B Corporation, we prioritize social, environmental, and community well-being over everything else. We’re always on the search for bright minds and go-getters with a passion for the planet. Sound like you? Check out our available positions at www.grove.com/careers.

Founded in 2012
San Francisco, California, USA
431 employees (42 in marketing)
66% recommend to a friend
100% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$192
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.8%
Direct
65.8%
Referral
4.1%
Social
1.4%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~431

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
36 (8% of company)
Median Career Experience
10.5 years
Median Tenure
4.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$621.5M
Last Raise
$15M
Post IPO Equity, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2024
    Post IPO Equity • $15M
  • Dec 2022
    Post IPO Debt • $72M
  • Jun 2022
    Post IPO Equity • $86M

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