Internship - Social Content Creator - OLEHENRIKSEN - Kendo Brands

Job Description

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. A play on the words "can do", Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• "Can Do" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $23.00 per hour based upon a San Francisco location. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks in the summer and July and December wellness/shutdown weeks for applicable positions.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, KVD Beauty, Lip Lab, Ole Henriksen.

Ideally starting in April and will be contracted until August 2024 at which point it will be re-evaluated.

Summary:

The OLEHENRIKSEN Social Media Marketing Team is responsible for storytelling and illustrating OLEHENRIKSEN'S content pillars through thumb-stopping, social-first digital experiences. As an intern, you'll have the incredible opportunity to work with our social marketing team to create fresh, innovative content for our TikTok and Instagram that brings OLEHENRIKSEN's brand DNA to life.

Qualifications:

• A highly driven, passionate, organized, and creative content specialist who is obsessed with social media, particularly TikTok and Instagram, YouTube a bonus!
• Ability to produce creative video and photo assets that are engaging and on theme with OLEHENRIKSEN'S aesthetic and style
• Capable of concepting, shooting, and editing quickly and independently
• Thrives off of creating content that genuinely connects with audiences; must have confidence in front of a camera
• Bold, creative, out-of-the-box thinker who is also has strong attention to detail and understands the nuances of Tiktok and Instagram content
• Strong project management skills
• Proactive with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Ability to write and edit via commentary and community management articulating the brand "voice" in a creative, compelling, and witty manner
• Experience monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on KPIs and using data to understand and adjust social media strategy
• A strong passion for skincare

Responsibilities:

• Self-guided social content creation (from concepting to shooting to editing)
• Support social calendar management, responding/engaging with our OLEHENRIKSEN audience, and sourcing rights to repost content from external sources
• Provide ongoing social media reporting updates to the broader Marketing team
• Maintain the monthly social media calendar based on objectives and strategies of our wider team and Marketing calendar
• Edit content within TikTok/Instagram and/or external editing apps (audio, onscreen text, etc.) with a sense of urgency and high attention to detail
• Engage with OLEHENRIKSEN social community and work closely with cross-functional teams to resolve customer inquiries
• Identify trends, opportunities, and ideas to support development of content strategy
• Monitor social media channels outside of standard work hours
• Support social shoot planning, including creating storyboards and mood boards, assisting with shoot logistics, fulfilling product needs, etc.
• Contribute to inventive social-first ideas within brainstorms or whenever asked for ad hoc ideas
• Source potential influencers and creators for team to partner with
• Identify opportunities to surprise, delight, and show our community members how much we appreciate them
• Support the 360 social plans for launches/activations
• Share community insights with marketing team and larger team when necessary (e.g. new techniques, new info about existing products, beauty trends, etc.)

Please include a link to a portfolio site or samples of your work. Portfolios should include examples of inspiration, concept development and storytelling in addition to finished designs.