Associate Program Manager, Marketing

Job ID: 210179
Remote Eligible: Yes

Company Overview:
Sephora has been changing the face of prestige cosmetics since its debut in 1970s Paris. Sephora was acquired by luxury group Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) in 1997, then launched stateside in 1998 and is currently home to 300+ world-class brands - including its private label, Sephora Collection. Sephora’s curated assortment features more than 14,000 products, including makeup, skincare, perfume, hair care, body care, professional tools, and more.

The salary range for applicants who will work remotely from Colorado is 52K to 82K . Compensation is based on several bona fide factors including but not limited to education, work experience, industry experience, etc.

In Sephora Americas, we belong to something beautiful. With a continued focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, we seek ways to create a sense of belonging where people can be their authentic selves. We embrace our unique talents and are proud of the passionate community we’ve built. With leaders who listen and inspire, everyone is encouraged to be their best. Reimagine your future, with Sephora.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for facilitating execution of individual components within larger marketing programs from strategic planning phases through creative execution and implementation. Programs may include deliverables across all marketing channels. Manages program schedules and deliverables and pro-actively communicates expectations and milestones to all team members.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Helps manage end-to-end execution of Social marketing programs across online and offline channels
• Creates and publishes schedules and sets interim milestone meetings, integrating traditional and digital media touch-points in the process. Proactively monitors progress to achieve deadlines and results
• Fosters partnerships with Marketing, Digital Marketing, Creative, Production, Resourcing, and Delivery Management. Clearly and actively communicates requirements, deliverables, timelines and budget status throughout program lifecycle
• Supports upfront strategic development with Marketing counterparts to ensure cross-functional alignment milestones and timelines for brief development and project kickoffs are met
• Partners laterally with creative on timely execution of core assets and with delivery management on execution of derivatives, versions, and translations
• Ensures timely execution of all project assets to meet launch dates, and helps support analytics and hind-sighting post campaign launch
• Manages day-to-day tasks of program planning and execution:
  • Communicates strategic milestones and brief due dates to marketing partners; ensures information is available and complete
  • Populates agendas for planning, kick-off, pre-pro, and review meetings
  • Opens jobs and builds job folders with project info; updates as jobs evolve and maintains final program archive of job info
  • Tracks schedules, updates reports and communicates program status to key stakeholders through weekly status meetings
  • Ensures product delivery for photography is tracking to program schedule
  • Identifies photo shoot needs across channels and partners with Creative and Content Production for photo shoot execution and retouching milestones
  • Routes creative to marketing partners and ensures feedback is clear, actionable and received on time.
  • Facilitates passing off core assets to delivery management/production for versioning
  • Ensures completion of all assets on the asset list and tracks final hand-offs, development, QA, and live dates
• Identifies program risks early on and discusses mitigation strategies with manager
• Monitors and advocates process; identifies gaps and proposes improvement ideas to manager

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years experience in account, project, or program management in marketing required
• College degree or equivalent experience
• Creative project management experience required; agency experience preferred
• Excellent technical skills – MS Office (specifically Excel, Word, PowerPoint Smartsheets, Box, Workfront, ProofHQ preferred
• Effective relationship-building skills; ability to cultivate strong partnerships across functions to bring people together toward common goals and consensus
• Effective communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal; confidence in facilitating cross-functional team meetings to achieve results
• Exceptional organizational skills; detail-oriented

While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy.

• Meaningful Rewards: Sephora offers comprehensive medical benefits, generous vacation and holiday time off, an employee discount, free beauty product gifts from brand partners, and so much more. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://jobs.sephora.com/USA/content/Our-Perks/?locale=en_US.
• Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging: We pledge to create a beauty community where everyone’s uniqueness is celebrated, respected, and honored. We will drive diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of our business—ensuring that our employees, brand partners, suppliers, and our clients feel a sense of belonging in store, online, and in our workplaces. We believe in demonstrating our values with action!
• Beauty & Beyond: Every day we reimagine beauty, discover new brands, and influence positive change. Together we inspire our clients, empower people, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We think this is beautiful.
• Endless Evolution: You will learn with innovators, artists, and experts in every field. As our business evolves, so will you. Here, you’re empowered to choose your own path, accelerate your growth, and be your best. As part of our family and the LVMH community, your options are endless.
• Creativity Unleashed: At Sephora, you’re encouraged to explore, innovate, and have funwhile working with diverse clients, teams, and leaders. You won’t just partner with iconic brands; you’ll help build them. We value your curiosity, your drive for success, and the emotional connections you make. Together we’re defining the future of beauty.
• Bold Authenticity: Being bold and different has made us a global beauty and retail leader. At Sephora, we celebrate diversity, embrace your unique and winning spirit, and believe that real beauty is being authentically you.You are what sets us apart.

As a condition of employment, Sephora requires all newly hired employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by their start date unless they have requested and received an exemption due to a qualifying medical condition, a sincerely held religious belief or practice, or a requirement by law.

Sephora is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis ofrace, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Sephora is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Sephora will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.