Assistant Brand Manager

Marquee Brands LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus structure

Healthcare Benefits including dental &

Vision

Flexible spending account (FSA) or HSA

Short-term and Long-term disability

Parental Leave

Life insurance

Pet Insurance

Paid Vacation

Marquee In Action days

11 Paid Holidays

Job summary

Marquee Brands LLC seeks an energetic Assistant Brand Manager to support the Director of Brand Management in growing the Martha Stewart Brand in New York. You will assist across merchandising, business reporting, marketing coordination, and market research to drive brand growth.

You will collaborate with licensees, manage samples, and contribute to annual budgets and calendars while maintaining strong analytics and cross-functional communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 1 year of experience in retail merchandising, planning, and/or licensing.
• Background or experience in consumer food or kitchen products is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with licensees to manage product approvals, samples, and linelists.
• Analyze business reporting for ecomm, retail, and hospitality, and circulate updates.
• Build Excel-based reporting tools to support decision-making.
• Develop global go-to-market strategies and maintain distribution lists.
• Own Amazon reporting and forecasting with the marketplace team.
• Coordinate marketing assets, pricing, and product launches for campaigns.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Microsoft Suite

Canva

Retail analytics

Communication skills

Asana

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Canva

Asana

Microsoft Office

Job description

Assistant Brand Manager

Job Overview

Marquee Brands is seeking a knowledgeable, strategic, product-loving Assistant Brand Manager to join its New York team. The Assistant Brand Manager will support the Director of Brand Management in the management and growth of the Martha Stewart Brand.

Marquee Brands

Marquee owns and manages a portfolio of established global brands across consumer products and channels from luxury goods to sports and active apparel. Marquee’s team of professionals is focused on a commitment to drive organic growth through natural brand extensions, impactful marketing, and direct consumer engagement. Our promise is to ensure our brands continue their storied success through relevant products, expanded retail distribution, and international growth all while continuing to be true to their founding message and origin.

Responsibilities

Merchandising

• Collaborate with licensees to manage:
  • Product approvals
  • Sample procurement and organization
  • Go-To-Market assets such as linelists, linesheets, recipes, and campaign imagery

Business Management

• Execute & analyze business reporting for ecomm, retail, hospitality businesses and circulate business updates internally
• Build and maintain Excel-based reporting tools and trackers to support decision-making
• Assist with development of global go to market strategies
• Maintain & update store distribution lists
• Own Amazon reporting and forecasting in tandem with the marketplace team

Marketing

• Collaborate and liaise with internal teams such as marketing and PR teams on needs to support brand strategy and growth (ie. linesheets, samples, pricing, new products, new menus)
• Maintain merch inputs for the marketing team’s launch calendars
• Responsible for the ordering and management of samples needed for marketing campaigns and photoshoots.

Financial

• Procure and enter monthly, quarterly actuals and projections in relevant corporate files
• Analyze financial information provided by licensees

Trademark and Contract Management

• Provide trademark proof of usage and maintain reporting
• Own and maintain detailed trackers surrounding partner contracts and terms

Market Research

• Conduct market research across online and in-store channels to identify opportunities and inform competitive positioning, with a focus on kitchen and food-related products

Administrative Responsibilities

• Schedule and own the agendas for internal touchbases
• Schedule and own the agendas for bi-weekly and monthly business reviews with licensees
• Schedule and own the agendas for partner meetings (ex. Design reviews, product tastings)
• Support in the creation of support documents needed for production and events, including the creation of runs of show, cue cards, and scripts.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Must be advanced in Microsoft excel and the entire Microsoft Suite and Canva.
• Strong foundation in retail math and business analytics (sales, margin, productivity metrics)
• Advanced Excel skills required (pivot tables, lookups, data organization,
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with project management tools (i.e, Asana) is a plus.
• Background or experience in home categories a plus

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1 year of experience in retail merchandising, planning, and/or licensing
• Background or experience in consumer food products, kitchen products, and/or culinary experiences is a plus

Marquee Brands Benefits and Perks

• You’ll enjoy coming to work because we have a refreshing company culture that is open, entrepreneurial and fun.
• Competitive salary, and bonus structure
• Healthcare Benefits including dental and vision
• Flexible spending account (FSA) or health savings account (HSA)
• Short-term and Long-term disability
• Parental Leave
• Life insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Paid Vacation
• Action Days - two (2) fully paid “Marquee In Action" days each calendar year to dedicate your time to a charity or cause of your choice.
• 11 Paid Holidays: In addition to Paid vacation.

Salary $65,000-$70,000 + bonus

This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of the Employer.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.