Marketing Coordinator

Overview

Kate Spade New York is a global lifestyle brand known for its colorful, bold, and optimistic design. It designs seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio, a global house of brands committed to innovation and inclusion.

Primary Purpose: We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Marketing Coordinator to join our Marketing team. In this role, you’ll provide essential support across brand marketing, integrated marketing, and marketing operations, helping to drive seamless execution of key initiatives and uphold operational excellence across the organization.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in marketing data analytics to

• Assist in supporting and execution of seasonal marketing requirements, including briefing, routing, and tracking of creative assets for Global, North America, and Licensing to support owned, earned and paid channels.
• Coordinate with licensing and global partners on deliverables and approvals in partnership with manager
• Partner with internal teams including PR/Influence & Social, Media, Production, Creative, Ecommerce, Merchandising, Store Ops, Regional Teams and Licensing to ensure alignment and execution
• Attend team meetings and provide follow-up documentation, action items, and status updates
• Support and maintain marketing materials and timelines, ensuring cross-functional alignment and timely delivery of assets for licensing and global marketing teams and special projects; support monthly marketing briefs and go-to-market planning, including documentation and distribution
• Support any special projects or initiatives related to collaborations or brand campaigns
• Provide support for marketing operations on select projects as needed

• 2+ years of experience in marketing, brand strategy, or marketing operations; a combination of education and experience will be considered
• Excellent organizational, strategic, and project management skills with attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to work cross-functionally and manage multiple stakeholders
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with project management tools
• Experience in retail, fashion, or consumer brands preferred

An outstanding professional will have

• A self-starter mentality who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities
• Brings a positive, solutions-oriented mindset to every challenge

• Courage:
  Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and actionable feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; addresses problems quickly and directly; not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity:
  Generates new and unique ideas; makes connections among unrelated notions; valued in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus:
  Delivers on customer expectations; uses customer information to improve products and services; builds trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity:
  Adapts to change; can act without the total picture; handles risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results:
  Exceeds goals; strong bottom-line orientation; motivates others to achieve results.
• Interpersonal Savvy:
  Builds rapport and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; manages high-tension situations.
• Learning on the Fly:
  Learns quickly; open to change; analyzes successes and failures for improvement; grasps concepts rapidly.

• Strategic Agility:
  Sees ahead; plan and act on future trends and possibilities.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others:
  Provides development opportunities; supports career goals.
• Building Effective Teams:
  Fosters collaboration, morale, and shared success.

Kate Spade is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All employment decisions are based on qualifications related to the position and do not depend on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status,…