Brand Coordinator (Freelance)

The freelance Brand Coordinator role supports the AE Brand Team from a hybrid Pittsburgh, PA office, focusing on marketing planning, cross-channel execution, and seasonal planning. This temporary assignment is managed through System One.

Responsibilities

• Support marketing planning activities and assist in developing the marketing plan.
• Help the Brand team construct seasonal briefs by consolidating hindsights, customer insights, and related data.
• Develop seasonal marketing plans and coordinate supplemental imagery plans.
• Prepare cross-functional sharebacks and marketing sizzle decks for stakeholders.
• Organize the season's product and marketing priorities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather information on brand partnerships and collaborations, ensuring the Creative team can produce content aligned with external brand guidelines.
• Assist with briefs for special projects as needed within a season.
• Oversee timelines and tactics in Monday.com for creative and copy teams.
• Develop pre-season timelines covering planning deliverables, including marketing plan development and content capture and supplemental imagery requests.
• Assist in preparing agendas for pre-season planning meetings.
• Lead weekly cross-functional meetings as assigned.
• Provide support for activations as required.
• Contribute to seasonal hindsights across all brand channels.
• Prepare monthly competitive recaps for Stores and Digital channels.
• Support the evolution of brand team processes by seeking new ways to maximize tool usage, including Monday.com and Edited.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 1-2 years of retail or agency marketing experience.
• Excellent communication and follow-up skills.
• Ability to build relationships with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with project management tools such as Monday.com.
• Technology-forward mindset, open to learning new tools and integrating into team processes.
• Knowledge of marketing best practices.
• Ability to manage multiple projects of varying complexity concurrently.
• Ability to work independently with business partners to prioritize day-to-day tasks.
• Effective in formal presentation settings across one-on-one, small and large groups, and with peers and leadership.
• Self-motivated with strong attention to detail, deadlines, and reporting.

Technologies

• Monday.com
• Edited

Benefits

• Health care benefits including medical, vision, and dental
• Wellness benefits
• 401(k) retirement benefits
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee stock purchase program
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Parental leave and benefits
• Discretionary bonuses and other incentives

Assignment Clarification

This position is temporary. You will be considered an employee of System One, our third-party partner for contractors, or of your specified freelance agency.