Brand & Editorial Coordinator - Oak Essentials

Oak Essentials is an elevated apothecary brand that values the ritual of everyday living. We believe in creating products that are equally indulgent and effective—staples that bring a touch of luxury to every routine. As we continue to grow our team, our aim is to create a workplace that’s built on diversity and inclusion, and where the varied voices and viewpoints of our community pave the way.

As the Brand & Editorial Coordinator at Oak Essentials, you are an essential part of our team, assisting and helping execute content strategy, brand partnerships, events, photoshoots, and overarching branded storytelling across all channels. The main responsibilities include coordination, planning, and attendance of small-scale photoshoots, editorial, brand partnership, and press outreach, content calendar management, and coordination with associated vendors. This role will also be heavily involved in partnership and press collateral and coordination, sample organization and gifting, etc. This collaborative and detail-oriented position requires strong operational, visual, and communication skills and a no job too small mentality, as well as the ability and desire to excel in an exciting fast-paced environment, and strong partnership across our internal teams as well as with external partners. Oak Essentials is a young, growing brand, and this role will play a key role in supporting across all key marketing functions, with a varied and expanding scope of work and a fast-paced, collaborative, and proactive approach.

Role and Responsibilities

As the Oak Essentials Brand & Editorial Coordinator, your primary responsibilities include the following:

• Identify, manage, and execute strategic partnerships with like-minded brands to amplify brand visibility.
• Bring an extremely organized mindset to marketing processes, lending a helping hand wherever needed, utilizing skillset to improve in place procedures and increase team bandwidth.
• Plan, organize, and execute captivating events that align with the brand, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create immersive event experiences, including but not limited to: securing and managing vendor partners, managing guest lists, in person event setup, coordination of event collateral across teams.
• Execute compelling brand campaigns, collaborating with the creative team to develop visual assets including graphics, videos, and photography, and assist marketing leadership team in bringing concepts to life.
• Orchestrate and execute product launches to optimize product visibility and sales, including but not limited to sample management, press coordination, and acting as communication liaison between marketing and production teams.
• Bring a visual eye to each project, whether brainstorming potential editorial or social features, assisting with blog layouts or social posts, or capturing relevant iPhone content while at shoots.
• Coordinate and attend small-scale editorial shoots for brand blogs and editorial projects, which include packing and sending boxes via FedEx and serving as the brand’s point of contact at local shoots.
• Coordinate with the graphic design team to create editorial and brand assets.
• Assist with packing influencer gifting baskets and coordinating larger giftings
• Managing launch calendar and ensuring all teams are up-to-date on launch needs
• Work with the wider marketing and buying teams to ensure you’re assisting in hitting larger company goals.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented.
• 2-3 years brand experience working in the beauty industry preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively across teams.
• Incredible visual eye with the ability to bring visual stories to life across channels.
• Must be comfortable attending photoshoots and taking iPhone photos to be used on social platforms.
• Eager, can-do positive attitude and a self-starter—willing and able to execute multiple projects against tight deadlines.
• Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and implement feedback.
• Passion for and understanding of the Oak Essentials brand and aesthetic.
• Must live in LA, have a valid driver’s license, and be able to lift/carry over 20 lbs.
• Willing to travel when required for shoots and events.
• Experience with Asana, Bynder, Coupa, Microsoft Office, Sharepoint, Google Keywords, WordPress, and Adobe Photoshop a plus.

Additional Notes:

This job description is not all inclusive. In addition, Oak Essentials, LLC reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. Oak Essentials, LLC, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.

The annual base salary range for this position is $65,000 - $75,000.