Hiring: Brand Operations Manager Company: Outdoor Research Location: Seattle, WA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:11:40 Employment Type: Contract / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Asana, Project Management About the job Experience: •6 years in a brand, agency, or marketing operations environment managing multiple concurrent workstreams. Required Skills: •Responsible for intake, prioritization, and trafficking of creative work across Outdoor Research's DTC and Wholesale marketing functions. The role serves as the primary operational partner to the Design and Production teams keeping work moving, briefs clear, and timelines honest. •Serve as the first point of contact for all creative requests from DTC & Wholesale stakeholders •Own the team's project management system, maintain it, enforce adoption, and evolve it as the team's needs change •Support GTM planning by maintaining the master brand calendar, ensuring all workstreams are accounted for and production timelines ladder up correctly to launch dates •Assist in briefing seasonal creative needs across photo/video, design, and content in partnership with the Production team. •DTC intake ownership (email, web, paid social, promotional) •Wholesale creative trafficking (seasonal, sales tools, buyer events) •Stakeholder communication across both teams Qualifications: •4–6 years in a brand, agency, or marketing operations environment managing multiple concurrent workstreams. •Strong project management instincts, has built systems, not just followed them •Enough creative literacy to write a clear brief, give useful feedback, and know when something is off-brief. •Operational familiarity with wholesale and retail commercial cycles understands how sell-in and sell-through timelines connect to creative production needs. •Comfortable working in a fast-moving, resource-constrained environment where priorities shift •Low ego, high ownership, takes pride in making other people's work better, not in getting credit. •Proficiency in project management tools (Asana); familiarity with creative production workflows. •What do we bring to the table? •11 paid holidays each year and 3 floating holidays •Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans Compensation: •$100,000 - $115,000 / year •401(k) with discretionary company match Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!