Brand Operations Lead: Orchestrating Creative Timelines

Outdoor Research; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 paid holidays

3 floating holidays

401(k) with discretionary companymatch

Bouldering wall and workout rooms

Employee interest groups

Job summary

Outdoor Research in Seattle is seeking a Brand Operations professional to coordinate creative work across DTC and Wholesale marketing. You will own the team's project management system, maintain the master brand calendar, and ensure production timelines align with launch dates.

Ideal candidates have 4–6 years in brand/agency ops, strong PM instincts, and the ability to write clear briefs and guide cross-functional partners. This hybrid role starts with 4 days in office and offers $100k–$115k.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years in a brand, agency, or marketing operations environment managing multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Ability to write clear briefs and give useful feedback across teams.
• Familiarity with wholesale/retail and DTC timelines and cycles.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first point of contact for all creative requests from DTC & Wholesale stakeholders.
• Own the team's project management system, maintain it, enforce adoption, and evolve it as needs change.
• Support GTM planning by maintaining the master brand calendar and aligning workstreams to launch dates.
• Assist in briefing seasonal creative needs across photo/video, design, and content with Production.
• DTC intake ownership (email, web, paid social, promotions).
• Wholesale creative trafficking (seasonal, sales tools, buyer events).
• Stakeholder communication across both teams.
• Sell-in/sell-through calendar awareness.

Skills

Project management

Operational planning

Cross-functional coordination

Asana proficiency

Creative production literacy

Communication

Tools

Asana

Job description

Outdoor Research in Seattle is seeking a Brand Operations professional to coordinate creative work across DTC and Wholesale marketing. You will own the team's project management system, maintain the master brand calendar, and ensure production timelines align with launch dates.

Ideal candidates have 4–6 years in brand/agency ops, strong PM instincts, and the ability to write clear briefs and guide cross-functional partners. This hybrid role starts with 4 days in office and offers $100k–$115k.