College & Ambassador Marketing Manager

Fashion Nova; Beverly Hills (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New HQ in Beverly Hills

Career paths for growth

Flexible PTO

Health insurance: Medical, Dental, Vis

401k match

Weekly catered lunches

Travel for trade shows

Summer Fridays

Team bonding events

Employee discounts

Job summary

Fashion Nova in Beverly Hills is seeking a high-energy College Ambassador Brand Marketing Manager to scale our nationwide Campus Ambassador and Creator initiatives. You will lead the strategic vision, recruitment, execution, and expansion of programs that engage Gen Z across campuses and creator communities.

The ideal candidate has a track record of growing youth programs, building brand loyalty, and turning ambassadors into digital advocates.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Brand Marketing or related field
• Experience with Gen Z college ambassador programs or micro‑influencer networks
• Strong understanding of Gen Z consumer behavior, viral trends, and digital media
• Ability to manage hundreds of ambassadors, tight timelines, and multiple campaigns
• Data-driven mindset with ability to present actionable insights to leadership

Responsibilities

• Lead nationwide College Ambassador Campus Strategy and recruitment
• Develop campus-specific playbooks and manage ambassador networks
• Coordinate with Influencer Marketing, Social Media, PR, Performance Marketing, and Creative teams
• Monitor KPIs, ROI, and optimization strategies for campaigns
• Oversee events, activations, gifting, and campus partnerships

Skills

Gen Z consumer behavior

Ambassador program management

Influencer marketing

Campaign analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Event planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field

Tools

Google Analytics

Excel

Job description

Fashion Nova is the world’s leading trend-to-market fashion and lifestyle brand with high-growth categories across its Women, Men, Kids and Beauty divisions. Renowned for delivering the most-wanted styles to millions worldwide, Fashion Nova earned the title of the Top 5 Most-Searched Fashion Brand on Google in 2022, alongside Louis Vuitton and Nike.

Founder CEO Richard Saghian launched the brand in 2006, from a retail location in Los Angeles. After multiple store openings, Saghian launched the e-commerce website for Fashion Nova in 2013, pioneering a disruptive social commerce model of affordable, on-trend, size-inclusive clothing online– powered by an innovative, social media-first marketing strategy.

Today, Fashion Nova has amassed over 40 million social media followers, with annual sales of approximately $2 billion!

The brand’s name has been featured in chart-topping hit songs by Cardi B, Drake, Saweetie, Tyga and Offset and its styles have been worn by many celebrities, artists and athletes including Meg The Stallion, Ice Spice, Chris Brown, Kourtney Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking a high-energy, culture-obsessed College Ambassador Brand Marketing Manager to scale and elevate Fashion Nova’s presence across college campuses and Gen Z creator communities. In this role, you will lead the strategic vision, recruitment, execution, and expansion of our nationwide Campus Ambassador and Creator initiatives. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of growing grassroots youth programs, building organic brand loyalty among Gen Z, and turning brand ambassadors into long-term digital advocates. You live on TikTok and Instagram, understand college culture, and know how to bridge digital social trends with real-world viral activations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own, architect, scale, and lead Fashion Nova’s nationwide College Ambassador Campus Strategy, driving brand affinity and sales across target universities.
• Establish recruitment, onboarding, engagement, and retention frameworks to manage a high-performing network of student brand ambassadors and campus leaders.
• Develop campus-specific playbooks tailored to top college markets, greek life, campus organizations, and student culture.
• Build and manage a robust pipeline of student creators, micro-influencers, and campus trendsetters to generate a continuous, high-volume content engine.
• Structure competitive incentive models, product gifting tiers, exclusive perks, and commission structures to keep ambassadors motivated and engaged.
• Act as the brand’s authentic voice within campus communities, cultivating organic loyalty and word-of-mouth advocacy.
• Conceptualize and execute high-impact 360-degree campus campaigns, blending viral digital activations with dynamic real-world events like tailgates, spring break activations, pop-up shops, and music festival tie-ins.
• Oversee large-scale product seedings, capsule launch gifting, and exclusive campus discount initiatives to drive immediate conversion.
• Manage end-to-end event production, logistics, budget allocation, and vendor management for on-campus brand footprints.
• Partner closely with Influencer Marketing, Social Media, PR, Performance Marketing, and Creative teams to align campus campaigns with major collection drops, holiday moments, and core brand milestones.
• Feed high-performing campus content directly to performance and social teams for repurposing across paid ad channels and organic feeds.
• Collaborate with E-Commerce and Merchandise teams to identify Gen Z demand trends and optimize student-focused promotional strategies.
• Define and track core KPIs for the campus program.
• Deliver regular dashboards to executive leadership detailing ROI, key wins, and actionable optimization strategies.
• Leverage affiliate tracking, custom promo codes, and tracking to map the full conversion funnel from campus touchpoints to purchase.
• Monitor Gen Z behavioral shifts, emerging viral trends, platform updates (TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat), and campus culture in real time.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking to keep Fashion Nova steps ahead of other fast-fashion and youth-centric retail brands.
• Translate cultural moments into agile, real-time marketing activations that capture immediate consumer attention.

REQUIREMENTS

• 6+ years of experience in Brand Marketing, Influencer/Ambassador Marketing, or Community Strategy within the fashion, apparel, lifestyle, or youth consumer goods sector.
• Demonstrated success building, scaling, or managing large-scale Gen Z/College Ambassador programs or micro-influencer networks.
• Deep, intuitive understanding of Gen Z consumer behavior, viral social trends, pop culture, and digital media platforms.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage hundreds of active ambassadors, tight timelines, and multiple concurrent campaigns.
• Comfortable utilizing data and analytics tools to track campaign performance, evaluate ambassador impact, and present actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field preferred.

BENEFITS

• NEW state-of-the-art HQ in Beverly Hills!
• Formalized career paths for continued professional growth
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Comprehensive health insurance across Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k match, with immediate vesting upon eligibility
• Weekly catered lunches fully-stock kitchen pantry!
• Opportunities to travel for trade shows and vendor meetings
• Summer Fridays Early Departure
• Team bonding events and programs
• Attractive employee discounts!

Fashion Nova, LLC, and subsidiaries thereof, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are steadfast in our commitment to equal employment opportunities and pledge that these objectives are reflected in all aspects of our daily operations. We will continue to recruit, hire, train, and advance in employment qualified individuals in all job titles without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, status as a protected veteran, criminal history, or status as an individual with a disability; and shall not discriminate against any individual, any such characteristic, nor any other classification protected by local, state and|or federal laws