Director of Trade Marketing & Events, Pro Americas (Hybrid Role - New York)

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$165K/yr – $185K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and orchestrate a comprehensive NA pro trade marketing program, driving 360 campaigns, GTM plans, JBP alignment, and cross-functional events while managing budget and collaborating with global brand and education teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 360 Full-Funnel Strategy: Architect and steer the comprehensive 360 trade marketing strategy across the North American professional channel, maximizing touchpoints across the entire stylist and distributor lifecycle
  • Go-To-Market Architecture: Lead the development and execution of holistic, high-impact GTM commercial plans for new product innovations, promotions, seasonal events, visual merchandising, and digital commerce activations in the pro channel
  • Global to Regional Translation: Serve as the strategic bridge transforming global brand visions and campaigns into commercialized, channel-specific realities that resonate with salon pros and distribution networks
  • Commercial Joint Business Planning (JBP): Drive high-level strategic alignment with key pro partners, leading the marketing strategy for monthly business updates, line reviews, and joint-business planning sessions
  • Budget & ROI Ownership: Oversee the professional trade marketing and events budget, establishing robust KPIs, evaluating campaign and event profitability, and continuously optimizing financial allocations to ensure peak business performance
  • Trade Show & Event Strategy: Collaborate with VP of Pro Sales, Americas, and the VP of Global Education to set the overarching strategic vision, calendar, and execution blueprint for all North American B2B trade shows, industry events, and stylist activations
  • Experiential Brand Presence: Elevate the brand's physical presence at major industry touchpoints, ensuring that visual merchandising, live staging, and on-site storytelling reflect OLAPLEX's premium positioning
  • Cross-Functional Event Execution: Partner closely with Sales, Field, and Education, Ops, and Creative teams to ensure regional events align with overall commercial objectives and local market needs
  • Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and inspire the Trade Marketing Team and the Events + Trade team, fostering a high-performance culture capable of executing flawless experiential activations on time and within budget
  • Global Brand Marketing Collaboration: Partner closely with the Global Brand Marketing leadership team to influence upstream GTM strategies, ensuring the North American professional perspective and full-funnel requirements are integrated into the global pipeline

Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor's Degree with a focus on marketing, communications, or a business-related field
  • Experience: 8–10+ years of progressive marketing experience, with at least 3+ years at a leadership/director level managing a team and overseeing Beauty and/or Professional Salon channels
  • Event Expertise: Demonstrated success in leading large-scale trade shows, corporate events, and experiential marketing activations within the B2B or beauty space
  • Strategic Agility: A proven track record of designing 360 full-funnel trade campaigns that drive commercial revenue, product adoption, and customer retention
  • Influential Leader: Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to act as a thought leader and influence global and regional cross-functional peers and external partners
  • Full Funnel Expertise: Demonstrated success in pulling global innovation and campaigns through a full funnel with a strategic, always-on approach to key core products
  • Analytical Powerhouse: Strong commercial acumen with the ability to turn complex market data, event ROI analyses, and competitive insights into actionable growth strategies
  • Culture Fit: A proactive, collaborative, agile "go-getter" mindset with a deep passion for the beauty industry and the professional stylist community

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules
  • Wellness: Company Contribution to Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Employees and their Families, Company Paid Employee Life Insurance, Optional additional Life Insurance, and Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage Options
  • Parental Leave: Up to 18 weeks for birthing-parents and up to 10 weeks for non-birthing new parents
  • Financial Well-being: Roth and 401k plans: 100% match up to the first 4% and is immediately vested
  • Professional Development Reimbursement Program: Career development is as important to us as we know it is to you!
  • Our culture has an "attitude of gratitude" and a shared passion for our brand. Join our Bond Builder DEI committee to play a role celebrating DEI at OLAPLEX
  • Products: Twenty (20) free products per year, plus a friends and family discount
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OLAPLEX

2.9 Glassdoor

OLAPLEX, Inc. is a foundational health and beauty company inspired by professional stylists, empowered by innovation and a belief that beautiful hair starts from the inside out. From the moment OLAPLEX Complete Bond TechnologyTM transformed its first strand of hair, our products have proven that molecular-level science has the power to restore hair health and unlock new styling possibilities. With over 10 years of experience bringing groundbreaking products from the lab to the chair, we’ll never stop innovating to help pros, their clients, and all healthy hair seekers achieve great hair days today, tomorrow, and for years to come. Our mission is to create a culture that celebrates our bonds by embracing, elevating, and empowering individuals from all backgrounds.

Founded in 2014
New York, New York, USA
426 employees (80 in marketing)
45% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Salaries

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$165K/yr – $185K/yr

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