Brand Operations Associate: Cross-Functional Impact

VeeFriends; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

VeeFriends, a modern entertainment and consumer products company, seeks a Brand Operations Associate to support the execution of integrated product, brand, creative, and commercial initiatives.

You will help keep projects on track, manage calendars, track milestones, approvals, and cross‑functional workflows with teams across Creative, Product Development, Supply Chain & Operations, Marketing, Sales, and external partners.

Qualifications

• 2–4+ years of experience in Brand Operations, Project Coordination, Program Management, Marketing Operations, Creative Operations, Product Operations, or a related function.
• Experience working within a consumer brand, entertainment company, retail organization, agency, licensing business, or high‑growth startup environment preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, timelines, tasks, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable following up with cross‑functional teams and helping drive accountability.
• Experience using project management and workflow tools such as ClickUp, Airtable, Asana, Monday.com, Canva, Google Workspace, or similar platforms.
• Ability to take direction, organize information, and translate priorities into clear next steps.
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, evolving environment with shifting priorities.
• Proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset with strong judgment and follow‑through.
• Interest in consumer products, entertainment, collectibles, character‑based brands, culture, community, and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Brand & Product Calendar Support: Maintain the integrated Product and Brand calendar; track milestones, launch dates, campaign timelines, retail programs, licensing initiatives, experiential moments, and other priorities; translate leadership priorities into actionable timelines; maintain visibility into status, deadlines, dependencies, bottlenecks, and risks.
• Cross-Functional Project Coordination: Coordinate work across Creative, Product Development, Supply Chain & Operations, Marketing, Sales & Commercial teams, external vendors, and licensing partners; prepare agendas, notes, recaps, and action items; ensure timelines, feedback, and approvals stay on track.
• Workflow & Systems Management: Maintain project management tools and workflow platforms; ensure tasks, deadlines, owners, briefs, assets, and approvals are reflected; support dashboards, trackers, SOPs, and documentation.
• Creative Operations Resourcing & Deliverable Tracking: Coordinate and track creative deliverables across in-house and freelance partners; organize timelines, feedback, approvals, and status; ensure on-time delivery and risk escalation.
• Process improvements & documentation: identify gaps, elevate opportunities for workflow improvements, and support a culture of accountability and proactive planning.

Skills

Brand operations

Project coordination

Organizational skills

multitasking

Communication

ClickUp/Airtable/Asana

Monday.com/Canva/Google Workspace

Stakeholder management

Rapid pace environment

Tools

ClickUp

Airtable

Asana

Monday.com

Canva

Google Workspace

Job description

VeeFriends, a modern entertainment and consumer products company, seeks a Brand Operations Associate to support the execution of integrated product, brand, creative, and commercial initiatives.

You will help keep projects on track, manage calendars, track milestones, approvals, and cross‑functional workflows with teams across Creative, Product Development, Supply Chain & Operations, Marketing, Sales, and external partners.