Specialist, Retail & Trade Marketing

Specialist, Retail & Trade Marketing

At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to CHANEL. 

About the role: 

CHANEL is looking for a Specialist to join the Fragrance & Beauty Retail & Trade Marketing team in New York, NY. This role provides transversal operational and project support across multiple retail partners, helping ensure that marketing initiatives and in-store activations are executed seamlessly across the business. 

Working closely with Brand Management, Artistic Direction, Procurement & Development, and Operations Excellence, this role plays a key part in coordinating the operational components of retail activations and supporting the processes that bring campaigns to life across our retail network. 

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of experience in marketing operations, retail marketing, project coordination, or a related field and is highly organized, detail-oriented, and energized by managing complex workflows while partnering across teams to deliver exceptional retail experiences.

What impact you can create at CHANEL: 

• Manage the kitting process including coordinating quantities with internal partners, submitting internal orders, and partnering with Operations Excellence team to ensure smooth execution 

• Partner with Operations Excellence and external vendors to coordinate installation timelines and ensure smooth execution of activations and visual updates across the network 

• Assist in briefing multi-retailer activations to creative and production teams, supporting the development of retail elements such as client stoppers and other in-store tools 

• Contribute to budget tracking and reconciliation for retail activations  

• Help strengthen processes, timelines, and operational rigor across the Retail & Trade Marketing team 

You are energized by: 

• Thriving in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment and building strong partnerships across teams 

• Managing multiple timelines, operational workflows, and stakeholders with precision and organization 

• Bringing structure and clarity to complex operational processes 

• Ensuring that projects move forward smoothly through proactive follow-up and coordination 

• Solving problems and identifying opportunities to improve processes and efficiency 

• Supporting the execution of high-impact retail experiences that bring brand campaigns to life in-store 

What you will bring to the team: 

• 1–3 years of experience in marketing operations, retail marketing, project coordination, or a related field 

• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously 

• Exceptional attention to detail and follow-through in managing logistics and operational processes 

• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams 

• Ability to manage operational complexity while maintaining visibility into timelines and deliverables 

• Proficiency in Excel and project management tools such as Smartsheet 

Position Logistics: 

• Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence at the NYC Office

• 1-3 years of experience  

• Bachelor’s degree required 

• New York, NY (3 days/week)

Compensation: 

• The anticipated base salary range for this position is $61,400 through $92,000. Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position. Other forms of variable pay [may/will] be offered for this position. Other components [may/will] include bonus potential, benefits, and/or perks. 

Benefits and Perks: 

• Wellbeing resources include dedicated paid time off for wellbeing (2-week August Office) and a Wellbeing fund  

• Family and care giving benefits (inclusive of parental leave, fertility support, MilkStork, and Care.com Membership)

• Generous paid time off policies to include vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer days 

• 401K and other incentives  

• Robust healthcare offerings; medical, dental, vision, MDLIVE (virtual care), One Medical, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care & Dependent Care), Health Savings Account and Employee Assistance Program 

• Life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Health Advocate, International Business Travel Accident & Medical, and Commuter Transit & Parking 

Additional Information: 

Chanel is a private company whose values are grounded in creating the conditions for people to perform at their best and feel fulfilled and confident in their work. We offer a unique work environment where individuals are encouraged to better understand the brand, the business, and motivations, so that together we can unlock the possibilities of growth. This is reflected in: 

Diversity and Inclusion: 

• At CHANEL, we are intentional in promoting Diversity & Inclusion. We foster respect, empathy and dignity for all.  We believe strongly that the diversity of our people across the full spectrum of human differences is essential to our organisation and the connections we have with each other and our clients. 

• We offer Employee Resource Groups in the US that are voluntary, open to all, employee-led groups formed around a shared identity or lived experience, whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community aligned with the values and missions of the communities they support. 

Chanel Community: 

• CHANEL Community empowers our employees to channel their passions, talents and sense of purpose to contribute to and learn from our communities. 

• Employees are encouraged to take time off annually to volunteer through CHANEL Community. CHANEL also matches employee donations to select charitable organizations. 

Sustainability: 

• CHANEL Mission 1.5° is our climate action plan. It is focused on transforming the business in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit the average global mean temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

• Employees are encouraged to contribute to our US Sustainability efforts at the corporate level and within the divisions, through organized taskforces and initiatives. 

Arts and Culture: 

• We are committed to extending our legacy of cultural engagement. Global support includes the CHANEL Culture Fund, which supports a select group of leading art culture institutions across the globe, and the CHANEL Next Prize for the next generation of creative talent.  US support currently includes Annual sponsorship of the MoMA film program, Tribeca Film Festival programs and Through Her Lens, Support of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and Sponsorship of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln Center. 

Fondation Chanel: 

• Since 2011, Fondation CHANEL’s mission is for women and girls to be free to shape their own destiny.  Through multi-year partnerships with financial and technical support, Fondation CHANEL is committed to improving the safety and autonomy of women and adolescent girls around the world, impacting over a million women and girls in its first 10 years.     

• For more information, please navigate to the Fondation Chanel website here   

Career and Leadership Development:  

• We have dedicated in-house teams focused on supporting the onboarding of employees, developing leadership skills via custom programs like Imagine Chanel People and group and individual coaching, and blended online and live classes offered on our Bloom platform and by skilled trainers, such as Shape Your Career, to develop career building skills. 

*Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.