Brand Operations Lead — Streamline Creative

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

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays

Floating holidays

Health plan

PTO

Transit benefits

Volunteer time

401(k) match

Bouldering wall

Outdoor benefit

Product discounts

Interest groups

Job summary

Outdoor Research, LLC is seeking a Brand Operations Manager to coordinate creative workflows across DTC and Wholesale marketing. This hybrid Seattle role starts with four days in office, moving to three after 12 months, and focuses on intake, prioritization, and trafficking of work to keep timelines honest.

You will own the project management system, align calendars with launches, and partner with design, product, and sales teams to ensure seamless production and clear briefs.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years in a brand, agency, or marketing operations environment managing multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong project management instincts, has built systems, not just followed them.
• Creative literacy to write clear briefs, give useful feedback, and identify off-brief issues.
• Familiarity with wholesale/retail cycles and sell-in/sell-through timelines for creative production.
• Experience across wholesale/retail and DTC contexts is a plus.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities.
• Low ego, high ownership, improves others' work.
• Proficiency with project management tools (Asana) and creative workflows.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first point of contact for all creative requests from DTC & Wholesale.
• Own and evolve the team's project management system and adoption.
• Maintain the master brand calendar and align timelines with launches.
• Assist in briefing seasonal creative needs with Production.
• Manage DTC intake (email, web, paid social, promos).
• Oversee Wholesale creative trafficking (seasonal, tools, events).
• Communicate across teams and ensure calendar accuracy.
• Maintain awareness of sell-in/sell-through timelines.

Skills

Project management

Asana proficiency

Creative literacy

Stakeholder coordination

Wholesale & DTC knowledge

Tools

Asana

Job description

Outdoor Research, LLC is seeking a Brand Operations Manager to coordinate creative workflows across DTC and Wholesale marketing. This hybrid Seattle role starts with four days in office, moving to three after 12 months, and focuses on intake, prioritization, and trafficking of work to keep timelines honest.

You will own the project management system, align calendars with launches, and partner with design, product, and sales teams to ensure seamless production and clear briefs.