Creative Director Jacksonville, Florida, United States (Hybrid) About VENUSVENUS® is a leader in stylish, on-trend designs in women’s clothing, swimwear and lingerie. Founded in 1982, the Florida-based brand pioneered swim separates and continues to drive newness in fit, fabric and design across all categories. Made for everybody, the collection is offered in a full range of sizes from 2-24. VENUS® is committed to inclusivity, as well as socially- and environmentally-responsible business practices that positively impact both people and the planet. About the PositionOur Brand team is searching for a Creative Director who will be in charge of the strategy for brand development. They will run the process of formulating the concept for the brand and its marketing. They will also oversee its implementation, ensuring consistency and that any variations are still ‘on brand’. Responsibilities<ul><li>Lead, mentor, and coach creative team members.</li><li>Monitor emerging trends in interactive technologies, content, design, and marketing tactics</li><li>Provide creative direction for the execution and implementation of a brand and oversee a collaborative creative effort between audio/video production, design, web development, content creation, and media strategies</li><li>Heading brand campaigns, including submitting ideas for projects and overseeing the development of all creative content</li><li>Leading and reviewing all work completed by the creative department</li><li>Working with the executive team and other creative leaders to set project deadlines and content goals</li><li>Presenting project information, including deadlines and budgets, to executives and clients</li><li>Oversee the creative budget</li><li>Research and implement new design trends and ideas into the creative workflow</li><li>Oversee projects from concept through completion.</li><li>Managing outside vendors/partners both in creative and production capacities.</li><li>Other duties as assigned</li></ul> Qualifications<ul><li>A powerful online portfolio of creative work that demonstrates originality, innovation, problem-solving, and personal expression, with exceptional design ability.</li><li>Excellent leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to lead high-performing creative teams.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to develop creative strategies and create a brand voice and expression.</li><li>Strong expertise with Adobe Creative Cloud including InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro DC, Illustrator, and Portfolio.</li><li>Strong knowledge of Prinergy Evo and CGS Oris Color Tuner.</li><li>Excellent in collaborating on new ideas and following through with execution.</li><li>Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure that words and images work together to support the concept, maintaining brand consistency.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills.</li><li>Meticulous attention to detail, good time management, and organizational skills to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.</li><li>Adaptable, flexible, and the ability to take direction and constructive feedback well.</li><li>Creative thinker with a positive attitude and passion for fashion/swimwear.</li><li>Customer-oriented mindset, working in collaboration with cross-functional departments.</li></ul> Education & Experience<ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Arts or Fashion, and 10+ years of related experience with at least 4+ years of experience leading teams.</li><li>Experience within fashion or retail brands.</li></ul>
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Creative Director

Art Director, Photography The Director, Art Photography is one who loves thinking conceptually, creating original solutions and developing stories, photography and videography that engage the customer, drive sales and elevate our brand. The Art Director, Photography is responsible for asset development across all channels with strong layout and graphic design experience. This role will oversee the post production and creative teams. Job Duties<ul><li>Evolve our creative positioning (graphic look and feel, voice, photography and videography requirements, etc.) that will extend both to the website and to offline marketing assets.</li><li>Create and calendarize layouts and visuals that support and reinforce this vision and our business objectives.</li><li>Work from creative briefs to translate merchandising and marketing strategies to creative execution, with support of graphic designers.</li><li>Analyze existing social design, photography & video assets and make recommendations on improvements.</li><li>Manage the creative team to ensure timely execution of assigned projects including but not limited to video assets, email design, social graphics, direct mail layouts.</li><li>Manage staff in all aspects including but not limited to; recruiting, training and performance management.</li><li>Understand and strategically apply the latest platform/industry/creative trends</li></ul>and digital best practices.<ul><li>Partner closely with cross-functional teams to develop and deliver creative across all channels.</li><li>Manage asset development from concept, to execution, to go-to-market plan.</li><li>Manage post-production calendar, ensure milestones are met and image library is up to date.</li><li>Collaborate with VP & CD, and creative team to develop strategic omni-channel design solutions.</li><li>Responsible for managing creative teams in conceptualizing/maintaining design communications and brand designs standards.</li><li>Other duties may be assigned.</li></ul> Qualifications <ul><li>Strong graphic design and typography skills.</li><li>Strategic thinker with communication and influencing skills.</li><li>Fluent understanding of current digital trends and social landscape.</li><li>Must be able to effectively articulate vision, present and explain creative decisions/rationale to key stakeholders.</li><li>Desire and ability to work in a fast-paced online environment.</li><li>Highly developed written/verbal communication skills and collaborative skills.</li><li>Capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, ensuring that deliverables are achieved on time.</li><li>Possess an innate ability to lead internal teams and work cross functionally.</li><li>Proficient in Monday.com.</li></ul> Education & Experience<ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Arts, Digital Media Design or related field preferred.</li><li>8+ years of strong art direction experience in both design and photo art direction.</li><li>Must have experience within fashion or retail brands .</li></ul>
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Art Director, Photography

Specialist, Influencer Marketing About VENUSVENUS® is a leader in stylish, on-trend designs in women’s clothing, swimwear and lingerie. Founded in 1982, the Florida-based brand pioneered swim separates and continues to drive newness in fit, fabric and design across all categories. Made for every body, the collection is offered in a full range of sizes from 2-24. VENUS® is committed to inclusivity, as well as socially- and environmentally-responsible business practices that positively impact both people and the planet. About the PositionThe Specialist, Influencer Marketing works closely with other members of the Brand department to contribute to planning, management, execution and optimization of current campaigns and initiatives. This role works on many different projects with our team, to ultimately enhance our organic digital efforts to our customer experience. Job Duties <ul><li>Undertaking daily administrative tasks to ensure the functionality and coordination of the organic marketing team’s activities.</li><li>Assist brand team members in organizing, executing, and reporting on various projects.</li><li>Conduct research for product campaign planning, audience reach, engagement, and other performance insights.</li><li>Assist with optimization of campaigns.</li><li>Collaborate with the Creative/Graphics team to plan and manage creation of marketing and on-page assets as needed.</li><li>Assist in evaluating and reporting on organic marketing channels and initiatives.</li><li>Assist in posting, and scheduling of organic content.</li><li>Support brand awareness and online reputation, community management.</li><li>Establish campaign milestones and deadlines and create lookbook for each campaign</li><li>Create terms/scope of work in Aspire (specific to each campaign + specific to each social channel)</li><li>Create campaign creative briefs for influencers specific to each campaign + specific to each influencer including sorting through influencers’ feed to pull example content to include Vet influencers + pass list for approval</li><li>Identify influencers who are on-brand, create elevated content and drive results</li><li>Manage Outreach, Negotiation, Sending product and providing tracking</li><li>Help monitor competitive landscape.</li><li>Performs other duties as assigned.</li></ul> Qualifications · Good understanding of Microsoft Office products, especially Excel, plus Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.· Experience with current software platforms a plus.· Familiarity with various web analytic platforms (Google Analytics, IBM Digital Analytics, OWA Pro, Qlik) and the ability to generate custom reports.· Must have excellent spelling, punctuation, and copywriting skills.· Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize a varied workload.· Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.· Customer oriented mindset. Education & Experience· Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Fashion Merchandising, Business, Communications, or a related field, and 1+ year(s) of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education & experience.
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Specialist, Influencer Marketing

Social Media Assistant About VENUSVENUS® is a leader in stylish, on-trend designs in women’s clothing, swimwear and lingerie. Founded in 1982, the Florida-based brand pioneered swim separates and continues to drive newness in fit, fabric and design across all categories. Made for every body, the collection is offered in a full range of sizes from 2-24. VENUS® is committed to inclusivity, as well as socially- and environmentally-responsible business practices that positively impact both people and the planet. About the PositionWe are looking to hire a dynamic Social Media Assistant to join our Organic Social Media team to help our organization achieve long-term sustainable growth. This role will work closely alongside the team in all areas, including: channel and community management, content creation and planning, influencer partnerships and analytics. A successful assistant will be self-directed, detail-oriented, a problem solver and a team player with a burning desire to contribute. This role will report to the Senior Social Media Manager. Job Duties:· Lead day-to-day management of all social media activity including scheduling content, managing social media calendar, monitoring conversations, directly engaging with fans, and fathering insights about channel performance.· Manage, schedule, post and track all social media platforms including: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Youtube, Pinterest, and Twitter· Coordinate with the team to discover concepts for videos and other forms of social content that drive engagement and clicks· Own community management – engage with our online fans in a brand voice. This includes responding to post comments, tagged photos, and DMs. · Communicate and interact with our followers· Help track social metrics and analyze performance to identify trends and key learnings that will inform our strategy moving forward· Write copy in the VENUS tone of voice· Support the influencer partnerships team in managing new and existing partners to execute campaigns from start to finish· Build briefs and look books· Work on daily product tagging and tracking links for products across all social channels to drive consumers to Venus.com. · Assist with reporting on organic social efforts across brand and performance KPIs. Qualifications:· Knowledge of all major social platforms and understanding of their best practices: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter· Experience managing social accounts, preferably business accounts· Strong writer with excellent communication skills and ability to write in the brand voice· Video filming & editing skills a plus· Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint· Detail oriented with strong organizational skills. We are looking for a self-starter and team player with great energy and drive. · Creative, resourceful and always bringing new ideas to the table· Interest in fashion and knowledge of what other fashion brands are doing in the space Education & Experience· Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, or related field· Prior internship, freelance, or entry-level experience is preferred
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Social Media Assistant

Manager, Email & SMS Marketing About VENUSVENUS is a leading women’s fashion brand offering clothing, swimwear and lingerie in sizes 2-24. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, VENUS’ unique products inspire Fun. Sexy. Style. and help our customers to make an impression in every moment of their lives. This role is an opportunity to join a growing organization with transparent leadership and to work in an innovative environment with other passionate and hard-working people. Sustainability, diversity and inclusion are core values of our brand and are central to the company’s engaging culture. If you would like to be part of our inclusive, forward-thinking and collaborative team, we encourage you to apply today! The Email & SMS Marketing Manager is responsible for the overall email and sms marketing strategy and execution from beginning to end for each campaign to ensure proper segmentation, journey-creation, technical QA, deployment, and post-deployment checks. This role also plays a critical part in customer retention and will own the development, deployment, and reporting processes for our retention program. Job Duties · Develop the email, sms and push marketing strategy with the goal of driving new subscribers, reach, and engagement through these channels, cultivating relationships and sales and preventing churn.· Strategically meet or exceed aggressive targets for top line growth.· Manage segmentation, content messaging strategy and cadence to deploy weekly & ad hoc emails, SMS and push messages that drive customer purchasing behavior.· Write creative briefs that include key business objectives, expected results, and important messaging callouts to inspire copywriting and design teams in their creation of email and SMS assets.· Build and manage triggered email & SMS campaigns throughout the customer lifecycle to maximize sales and customer engagement.· Develop a testing strategy (A/B and multivariate tests) alongside the team to continually optimize all areas of the programs, including identifying moments to better understand our customer segments and their lifecycle and behaviors across multiple channels.· Create and implement personalization roadmap.· Define measurable metrics and regularly review campaigns against strategic objectives.· Plan and run A/B tests within Email and SMS to improve growth and retention and to optimize channel messaging.· Share and apply customer insights cross-functionally with site, product, customer experience and ops teams to create a best-in-class user journey.· Continually monitor and analyze KPIs; identifying trends, problems, opportunities, and shifts in behavior while iterating on existing campaigns to optimize each for maximum performance.· Create reporting dashboards and custom reports analyzing campaign performance in order to provide actionable recommendations and deliver continuous improvements.· Champion continuous advancement of our CRM features and capabilities through identifying emerging technology and leveraging new tools & industry best practices to be a leader in email marketing.· Manage partnerships with vendors and ensure they are working towards the same vision and goals for us this year.· Stay current with best practices, limitations, strategies, and industry standards related to database marketing.· Keep abreast of market, consumer trends and competition.· Ensure legal compliance (Can-SPAM, Canada restrictions).· Other duties may be assigned. Qualifications · Strong problem-solving skills, as well as good planning, time management and organizational proficiencies.· A minimum of 7+ years of experience and proven success with leveraging customer LTV segments to build audiences and to optimize spend, writing and editing curated content according to a publishing calendar, leading teams and working well across many multi-disciplinary teams, E-commerce fashion/apparel retail, digital marketing, analytics, reporting, forecasting, and marketing automation.· Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including excellent creative writing skills.· Successful track record with leading an online marketing team, mentoring, professional development, and succession planning. · Skilled with numbers/data (budgets, trend analysis, performance measurement and management).· Proficient use of Microsoft Office products, especially Excel, plus Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. · Experience with relevant software platforms (Acoustic, Interaction Studio/Evergage, Attentive, Airship).· Familiarity with various web analytic platforms (Google Analytics, OWAPro) and the ability to generate custom reports. Experience with Qlik is a plus. · Ability to deliver reports and presentations to executives and other non-SME audiences in a clear and concise manner. · Proven history of driving results and exceeding expectations aligned with overall department and organizational goals. Education & Experience· Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, or related filed, and a minimum of 7+ years of related experience, with a minimum of 3+ years of experience leading teams
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Manager Email & SMS Marketing

Director, Acquisition Marketing About VENUSVENUS is a leading women’s fashion brand offering clothing, swimwear and lingerie in sizes 2-24. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, VENUS’ unique products inspire Fun. Sexy. Style. and help our customers to make an impression in every moment of their lives. This role is an opportunity to join a growing organization with transparent leadership and to work in an innovative environment with other passionate and hard-working people. Sustainability, diversity and inclusion are core values of our brand and are central to the company’s engaging culture. If you would like to be part of our inclusive, forward-thinking and collaborative team, we encourage you to apply today! The Director, Acquisition Marketing leads our paid media & SEO efforts. This role is responsible for paid advertising performance (demand growth, advertising efficiency, and new customer acquisition), as well as a team of direct reports. This role keeps up-to-date with the latest digital technologies and paid media trends, and supports a cohesive Venus experience throughout the various paid channels. Ultimately, this role is responsible for handling our brand presence, ensuring high levels of web traffic, customer engagement, growth of reach, and conversions along the overall customer journey. Job Duties · Own the channel strategy and management across the performance marketing mix, including paid social, search, display, affiliates, connected TV as well as SEO.· Responsible for leading the KPI development and measurement to ensure the Acquisition team is tracking success clearly.· Identify opportunities to diversify our acquisition strategy and grow brand awareness by launching and testing new channels and media types.· Drive digitalization, manage integrations of product and customer data into digital campaigns and develop systems that will enable data-driven decision making.· Oversee and provide guidance to bonprix OMA team to ensure they are contributing to overall Venus goals.· Collaborate with bonprix to identify testing or optimization opportunities in OMA.· Ensure channel strategies are aligned to business priorities and campaigns are at an efficient ROAS and operating at a sustainable CAC.· Build a team culture that champions/is oriented around the customer – driven by insights, measurement and learning to maximize results.· Partner with the ecommerce team and leverage performance marketing analytics to evaluate the end-to-end customer experience and to optimize conversion rate.· Implement marketing attribution capabilities incl. media mix modeling and multi-touch attribution as well as build out and advancement of these capabilities for use in planning and day-to-day channel management.· Leverage vendors to help build strategy and identify opportunities that fall in line with overarching goals.· Work with IT on prioritizing resources to make improvements/enhancements for these respective channels.· Partner closely with Brand team on assets to be refreshed in each respective channel, keeping in line with best practices by channel.· Align with cross-functional teams to collaborate on the organization’s strategic initiatives and achieve desired results.· Consistently push innovation with ongoing testing of existing and emerging technology and opportunities. Continually leverage new tools & industry best practices to be a leader in marketing.· Other duties may be assigned. Qualifications · A minimum of 8+ years of experience and proven success with leveraging customer LTV segments to build audiences and to optimize ad spend, leading teams/agencies and working well across many multi-disciplinary teams: E-commerce fashion/apparel retail, analytics, reporting, forecasting, and marketing automation.· Excellent problem-solving skills, as well as good planning, time management and organizational proficiencies.· Successful track record with leading an online marketing team, mentoring, professional development, and succession planning.· Strong negotiation skills.· Highly skilled with numbers/data (budgets, trend analysis, performance measurement and management).· High proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office products, especially Excel, plus Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Communication software: Slack, Skype for Business.· Experience with relevant software platforms (Google Ads, Microsoft/Bing Ads, Meta, Pinterest, Taboola, Commission Junction).· Expertise with various web analytic platforms (Google Analytics, OWAPro) and the ability to generate custom reports. Experience with Qlik is a plus.· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.· Ability to deliver reports and presentations to executives and other non-SME audiences in a clear and concise manner.· Strategic thinking skills combined with emotional intelligence.· Proven history of driving results and exceeding expectations aligned with overall department and organizational goals.· Experience in direct/catalog marketing is a plus. Education & Experience<ul><li>· Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, or related filed, and a minimum of 8+ years of related experience, with a minimum of 4+ year’s of experience leading teams.</li></ul>
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Director, Acquisition Marketing

Director, Social Media & PR About VENUSVENUS is a leading women’s fashion brand offering clothing, swimwear and lingerie in sizes 2-24. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, VENUS’ unique products inspire Fun. Sexy. Style. and help our customers to make an impression in every moment of their lives. This role is an opportunity to join a growing organization with transparent leadership and to work in an innovative environment with other passionate and hard-working people. Sustainability, diversity and inclusion are core values of our brand and are central to the company’s engaging culture. If you would like to be part of our inclusive, forward-thinking and collaborative team, we encourage you to apply today! About the roleThe Director, Social Media & PR is responsible for developing, establishing and maintaining social media & PR strategies to meet the Company’s objectives. Must be able to effectively manage the PR, advertising and promotional activities and develop brand awareness and securing press. This is a highly entrepreneurial, newly created position with room for expansion. Job Duties <ul><li>Responsible for creating, implementing and measuring the success of:</li><li>A comprehensive marketing, communications and public relations program that will enhance the Company’s image and position within the marketplace and the general public, and facilitate internal and external communications; and,</li><li>All marketing, communications and public relations activities and materials including publications, media relations, client requests and so forth.</li><li>Lead, develop, and mentor a team of direct reports.</li><li>Develop long-term Social Media strategy with the goal of driving follower growth, reach, and engagement through our various social communities, cultivating leads and sales.</li><li>Strategically meet or exceed aggressive targets for top line growth in organic social media channels focused on, but not limited to, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.</li><li>Provide day-to-day management of active social media platforms, including content development.</li><li>Monitor accounts and respond as needed to comments and customer requests.</li><li>Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive social media strategies and integrated marketing campaigns that align with and support brand strategy with the objective of increasing brand visibility and increase traffic to social platforms/company site.</li><li>Provide insights into the best tactics to achieve business objectives and use analytic measurement tools and internal resources to provide reports on metrics</li><li>Optimize ROAS and improve YOY efficiency and profitability. Manage budgets and provide regular forecasting updates.</li><li>Oversee Social Influencer campaigns utilizing influencer management software and direct relationships.</li><li>Develop a shared editorial calendar to coordinate publishing schedules.</li><li>Inspire, empower, and support the social media team to hit overall department goals. Align with cross-functional teams to collaborate on the organization’s strategic initiatives and achieve desired results.</li><li>Work closely with email marketing, SEO, customer service, merchandising, product, and technology teams to incorporate and infuse social media where applicable.</li><li>Consistently push innovation with ongoing testing of existing and emerging technology and opportunities. Continually leverage new tools & industry best practices to be a leader in social media marketing.</li><li>Manage partnerships with vendors.</li><li>Any other tasks as assigned.</li></ul> Qualifications <ul><li>10+ years of experience in organic social marketing, including Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, Twitter, and LinkedIn.</li><li>Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in the design and execution of marketing, communications and public relations activities.</li><li>Copy writing experience.</li><li>Expertise creating consumer-facing content.</li><li>Experience writing and editing curated content according to a publishing calendar.</li><li>Experience with fashion/apparel digital marketing, analytics and reporting, marketing automation, and leveraging customer LTV segments to build similar audiences, and optimizing spend.</li><li>Proven history of driving results and exceeding expectations aligned with overall department and organizational goals.</li><li>Excellent creative writing skills.</li><li>Effective communication skills including the ability to deliver reports and presentations to senior leadership and non-SME audiences in a clear and concise manner.</li><li>Knowledge of photo/video editing software.</li><li>Proficient use of Microsoft Office products, especially Excel, plus Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.</li><li>Familiar with various web analytic platforms (Google Analytics, IBM Digital Analytics, OWA Pro) and the ability to generate custom reports. Experience with Qlik is a plus.</li><li>Skilled with numbers/data (budgets, trend analysis, performance measurement and management).</li><li>Strategic thinking skills combined with emotional intelligence.</li><li>Effective problem-solving skills with little direction and sometimes limited information.</li></ul> Education & Experience<ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree preferred, in Fashion Merchandising, Business, Communications, or a related field and 10+ years of related experience.</li><li>3+ years of experience leading teams.</li></ul><li></li>
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Art Director, Photography in FL by VENUS Fashion Inc.

VENUS Fashion Inc.