Assistant Manager, Global Collaborations, Collections, & Celebrity - Mac

Responsibilities
Work with the Executive Director of Collaborations, Collections, Celebrity on coordinating partnership activity for the brand Globally. This includes supporting the Partnerships team(s) with talent selection for charitable brand initiatives, special product collaborations, brand partnerships, talent personal appearances and special events. Coordinate and manage M∙A∙C’s talent related collaborations and event sponsorships/galas, specifically in the areas of social mission, pop-culture and entertainment.
PARTNERSHIPS GENERAL

• Manage external partner-specific requests needed by multi-functional teams including online and social media special events/activities.
• Maintain timetables for projects and work with the product marketing team(s), creative, consumer marketing and Artist Relations on meeting all deadlines and formulizing 360 launch plans with an online-acceleration and digital mindset.
• Assist Executive Director to orchestrate offers, negotiations and deal terms and work with internal legal partners on contracts with outside partners and collaborators.
• Conduct research and provide talent/Brand/IP/Designer recommendations on a monthly basis to for Senior level alignment that latter to M∙A∙C’s brand pillar objectives of All Ages, All Races, All Genders.
• Assist Executive Director in identifying and negotiating partners for Global and Regional-specific programs as well as managing deliverables for specific talent collaborations.
• Create and manage database for regionally relevant talent Globally.
• Expand knowledge of international landscapes and familiarize yourself with cultural nuances.
• Act as day-to-day contact for regional collaborations, ensuring all deadlines for collaborations are met and talent is engaged in programming and 360-digital plans.
• Support and work with regional teams to secure external talent/musical performers at fashion week(s), market launches, store openings, future local opportunities, regional events/local gala’s and other special events.
• Facilitate and present in-depth risk assessments and business cases for partnership alignment.
• Handle logistics and coordination of talent appearances, travel arrangements, itineraries, green room requirements, and run of shows.

ACTIVATIONS

• Work closely with cross-functional creative departments on event logistics as related to talent.
• Responsible for managing event invitations/RSVP lists for all talent-related events.
• Handle planning/logistics for external/charity-related events and event sponsorships under the M∙A∙C Viva Glam fund.
• Manage event documents including drafting, submitting, and maintaining creative requests, run-of-shows, recaps and task lists.

MISCELLANEOUS

• With Executive Director, lead the Earned Media Plans for Global Collections, Underground and initiatives relating to external IPs.
• Assist with management of budget and track invoicing for collaborations.
• Ideate, facilitate, and execute creative mailings seeding opportunities and determining which industry individuals should receive these items.
• Ensure all vendors and shipping houses are organized and schedules are deployed against brand timelines to ensure launching with excellence.
• Work with Executive Director and Consumer Marketing team Administrator to manage budgets and procurement for specific talent projects/events and department.

Qualifications

• Organizational and multi-tasking capabilities required.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking and passionate about the beauty and cosmetics industry.
• Other languages preferred (preferably Mandarin) strongly preferred.
• Adaptive to International working-hours on a case-by-case basis.
• 5 years of communications, celebrity/brand management, event/agency experience
• Must possess superb verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid understanding of cultural nuances.
• Computer skills Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook. Sharepoint, Microsoft Teams, Keynote.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $71,000 to $106,000. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
Job Marketing
Primary Location US-NY-New York
Job Type Standard
Schedule Full-time
Shift 1st (Day) Shift
Job Number 238364
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