Junior Marketing Brand Assistant
Cypress, California (Hybrid)
This is a one-year fixed-term contract, with the potential for permanent placement within Pentland Brands.
WE ARE SPEEDO
The world's leading swimwear brand, Speedo is passionate about life in and around the water. The brand's heritage of innovation derives from its leadership in competitive swimming, where more Olympic Gold Medals have been won in Speedo than any other brand. Unmatched in performance, fit and feel, we are also America’s #1 goggle brand.
From the first splash, to every stroke, the genuine love and excitement we have working with the water is what creates exciting and meaningful relationships.
Speedo is not where we work, but is who we are.
It’s watching a baby in the pool for the first time or our athletes make history. What we do is sacred to us and our connection to the rest of water lovers around the world. Driven by the challenge, not the glory. At Speedo, it is never enough to be good at what you do; you have to love what you do.
Speedo is a part of the Pentland Brands Limited Family.
We are Pentland Brands, a global family business bringing some of the most loved active and footwear brands to millions of people around the world.
We own Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Mitre, ellesse, Red or Dead and we’re the UK licensee for Kickers and have a joint venture partnership for Lacoste footwear. Our products are available in over 190 countries and are sold either directly by Group companies or are represented by licensees and distributors.
All our brands have their own unique identities and every one of them is powered by Pentland. We have more than 1,200 employees worldwide and we’re always on the lookout for talented, enthusiastic people to help shape our future.
We celebrate differences and give everyone the freedom to innovate and develop, be it through creative working environments or learning opportunities. Our brands are there in the moments that matter - being there for more people, in more of those moments, drives everything we do.
At Pentland, we’re guided by four principles, we use these to make sure we’re not only doing a great job, but we’re doing it in the right way:
- Success is a team game
- With clarity and courage
- Better as standard
- In good conscience
We believe in building brands for the world to love, generation after generation. Your potential is our potential and together we can build and grow brands that last.
KEY PURPOSE:
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, and highly organized individual with a real passion for marketing and content creation. We want to tell beautiful stories about our brilliant brands-stories that bridge creative communications and creative selling. You’ll have an innate understanding of key platforms, and with your passion for our brands, you’ll ensure they come to life across all touchpoints in ways that surprise and delight consumers, making our products irresistible and completely consistent.
Perhaps most importantly, you will play a key role in building a global culture of curiosity, craftsmanship, and creative energy.
The role you’d play:
- Provide full marketing support across all departmental areas: Commercial Partners, PR, Social, Product, and Brand.
- Support social media influencers, ambassadors, and athlete product seeding for key product initiatives and launches, ensuring the entire seeding process is managed, content is approved, and aligns with launch goals.
- Event support: Assist in planning, promoting, and executing events. Act as key onsite support staff, ensuring proper setup and event plan execution.
- Ensure marketing toolkits and guidelines are regularly updated and shared with all relevant partners and agencies.
- Support all aspects of campaign pre-production, working closely with the Brand Manager and Head of Brand to deliver seasonal campaigns.
- Global asset management: Ensure all global assets are named and issued to partners in a timely manner.
- Work closely with PR and sports agencies to execute marketing initiatives and events.
- Assist the Brand Manager with briefing seasonal marketing and PR materials and oversee their development to ensure timely delivery.
- Order, track, and manage seasonal samples.
- Monitor competitors’ landscape and industry trends.
- Analyze and evaluate campaign results.
- Provide essential administrative support, such as invoice tracking.
What you will bring:
- Passionate about our brands in fashion, sportswear, lifestyle, or marketing.
- Ability to tell compelling stories through highly shareable content.
- Experience creating social media content that aligns with brand guidelines and responds to cultural trends.
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Competent in using a variety of computer applications and tools.
- Ability to take initiative, own tasks, and work collaboratively with the wider team and agencies.
- Organized and efficient.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Adaptable and resourceful.
- Strong understanding of customer needs.
Candidate Profile:
- A digital/social-first thinker who is full of ideas.
- Creatively curious and obsessed with culture.
- Not afraid of hard work and full of fun.
- Experience in creating multi-channel content, with a particular emphasis on digital, including websites and social media.
- Strong team player with a collaborative approach and the ability to contribute effectively in a group setting. Confident in offering constructive input and challenging ideas when appropriate.
- Organized, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage time effectively.
- Effective negotiator and communicator.
- Calm under pressure; resilient and positive in difficult situations. Motivated by working in a changing, flexible environment.
- Naturally innovative and always curious, able to see the bigger picture and drive transformation.
- Strong creative sensibility with an excellent eye for design and detail.
- Intuitively aligns with Pentland Brands’ values.
If this sounds like the perfect role, we’d love to hear from you.
Pay Range: $63,000 - $67,000 annually
Base pay is a portion of our total compensation package and determined within a range that allows growth and development within your role. Your base pay will be determined based on experience, skills and qualifications.
Speedo and Pentland Brands are an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications, consistent with applicable law and without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, we have a strong corporate commitment to inclusion, diversity and to ensuring that all current and future associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential. To achieve these goals, applicants are asked not to disclose salary history information.
