Assistant Trade Marketing Manager

Who We Are: At Huda Beauty, our Vision is to lead in creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands. As a company, we are fueled by purpose and not profit, this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness! 

Summary: Huda Beauty is looking for a driven and highly engaged Assistant Trade Marketing Manager to deliver best-in-class trade marketing across selective European retailers. This role will lead the execution of global marketing strategies locally, driving brand awareness, footfall, engagement and sales through impactful trade, brand and product activations. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Trade Marketing:

• Develop and execute a robust trade marketing plan, ensuring timely and flawless execution.

• Partner closely with the Commercial Team to design and deliver impactful marketing activations, aligned with global brand guidelines.

• Liaise with retailers, internal stakeholders and global teams to secure opportunities and coordinate initiatives that maximize brand visibility and sales.

• Collaborate with the Head of Trade Marketing & Consumer Engagement to proactively recommend localization strategies across product, pricing and go-to-market approaches.

• Brief, manage and oversee the adaptation and development of regional marketing materials, including artworks, emailers, media creatives, retailers-exclusive GWPs, gift wrap and seasonal boxes.

• Responsible for the regional product assortment and kits offer, ensuring it is competitive and meetsretailer needs. 

• Lead internal launch reporting for your dedicated category, leveraging sales data and cross-functional insights to extract learnings and inform future plans.

Assets & Content:

• Ensure all trade marketing initiatives and locally produced materials consistently reflect Huda Beauty’s brand identity and core values.

• Brief in and manage exclusive social content and asset development for your retailers, including NPD launches and exclusive activations in collaboration with global teams.

Beauty Boxes:

• Collaborate with the Marketing team on Beauty Box initiatives managing negotiations and execution across logistics, contracts, samples, marketing exposure, assets, copy, social content.

• Evaluate Beauty Boxes performance, tracking social activity and consolidating key learnings to optimize future participation.

Budget Management:

• Monitor and control marketing spend by activity in line with approved budgets, maintaining accurate budget trackers.

• Raise purchase orders ahead of activity execution and liaise with suppliers and Finance to ensure timely invoicing and payments.

General:

• Present at seasonal retailer strategy meetings and actively contribute to internal cross-functional meetings, documenting key actions and ensuring follow-up.

• Coordinate with Global teams on sample and comp orders. 

• Manage product requests for campaigns, photoshoots and social activations.

• Support ad hoc projects as required by business needs.

Requirements

• 4+ years of beauty industry experience is a must, preferably in make-up. 

• Strong Retail and Trade marketing experience with knowledge of UK and European Retailers.  

• Omni-channel/forward thinking 

• Good balance of strategic and operational, consumer centric marketing experience 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to liaise confidently internal and external stakeholders

• Must be organized, rigorous, detail oriented and self-directed 

• Ability to adapt quickly within a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment 

• “Can do” attitude 

• Strong Excel Skills, PowerPoint and Microsoft Office; Photoshop or Illustrator a plus

• Passion for Marketing and Beauty

Benefits

• Monthly “Self-Love Day” – at company discretion 

• Premium Medical & Dental coverage for employee plus dependents 

• Monthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach 

• Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products 

• Hybrid working schedules (home and office) 

• Quarterly product gifting 

Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.