We believe travel makes us better. Launched in 2016 with one perfectly designed carry-on, we now offer a range of luggage and travel essentials for every journey. Together we create, innovate, and embark on this journey as a community of travelers, helping to make travel more seamless for everyone.
We are hiring a Brand Marketing Manager to join our Brand Marketing team. Reporting to the Director of Brand & Integrated Marketing, this role will steward Away’s brand identity and bring product and brand stories to life through thoughtful storytelling, cross-functional collaboration, and impactful campaign execution.
You’ll partner with the Director and VP of Brand to bring brand marketing strategy to life, helping drive increased awareness, organic reach, and brand affinity
You’ll support the end-to-end planning and execution of integrated campaigns across channels, ensuring seamless coordination from the creative brief through launch and delivery
You'll partner with Merchandising, Product, and Brand teams to support product marketing initiatives, helping develop product storytelling, claims, naming, and launch narratives for new products and core collections.
You'll help drive operational excellence across the Brand team, managing key planning documents, marketing calendars, timelines, and processes that keep cross-functional teams aligned and projects moving forward.
You'll serve as a central partner throughout the marketing and creative development process, collaborating with Marketing and Creative leads on workback schedules, briefing, shot lists, approvals, and launch readiness.
You’ll develop and present creative briefs that synthesize consumer insights, performance learnings, cultural trends, and cross-functional inputs to support impactful creative and messaging development
You’ll partner closely with Creative, Growth, Retail, Merchandising, Brand, and other cross-functional teams to align on campaign rollouts, priorities, and execution plans throughout the development process
You’ll help steward Away’s brand standards across consumer touchpoints, ensuring a cohesive and thoughtful customer experience with strong attention to detail
You’ll proactively monitor campaign performance, surface learnings, and identify opportunities to optimize results
You’ll own post-campaign reporting and help uncover the strategic “why” behind performance to inform future marketing plans and decisions
You have a minimum of 5 years of related experience in brand or marketing, with proven experience in project management of holistic campaigns
You have excellent verbal and written communication skills and understand how to use those to articulate your vision
You’re a strategic thinker that’s eager to develop ideas into actions that drive business results
You have a consumer-first mindset with a pulse on market and cultural trends
You’re team-oriented and thrive when building and maintaining relationships
You’re a curious and resourceful self-starter, with an ability to solve problems and seek new information
You’re process-oriented and know that remaining organized is critical to success
You enjoy working in an entrepreneurial, dynamic working environment and being a part of creating a work culture
You’re proficient in Google Workspace, Excel, & Slack
You’re creative and innovative; you love to build great new things that are fresh and unique while staying on brand
You’re agile, and motivated by a fast-paced and ever changing environment
You’re passionate about transforming travel for all (but that’s a given!)
Excited to join the team, but not sure you meet all of the qualifications? Please apply, we’d still love to hear from you.
We’re travelers. Travel is about the journey - the transformative experiences and the growth each trip offers. All employees are encouraged to take time to get away through our variety of time away from work offerings.
We’re driven. The work we do matters and collectively drives impact. No matter the job title, everyone at Away is a meaningful contributor in unlocking our ever growing potential.
We’re supportive. We value the entirety of your life's journey, not just the milestones. You'll find an environment that celebrates balance, understanding that your personal passions and commitments outside of work, are threads of the same fabric that makes you unique.
Our total rewards are inclusive of both compensation and benefits. What we offer within a salary range is dependent on a number of factors, including scope and qualifications for the role, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to other Away employees. Salary and benefit offerings are reviewed during phone screenings to ensure alignment.
Compensation: $100,000 - 110,000 annually
This role is eligible to participate in Away’s Annual Company Performance Incentive Bonus Plan, the terms of which are determined at the discretion of the company
Equity Grant: commensurate with level determined at the discretion of the company
Benefits Overview:
Take care of yourself and your family through our health insurance offerings
Invest in your future by participating in our 401(k) (with a company match!)
Find balance through our many paid time off programs (vacation, wellbeing, holidays, summer Fridays, and compassion leave - just to name a few!)
Build your travel uniform through discount codes, product stipends, and giveaways
Give back through company-sponsored volunteer and charitable opportunities
This is an office-based position that works from our Soho, NYC office four days a week. Our working hours are 9am-6pm et, but we embrace a common-sense approach to flexibility in the workplace. It’s about being present, engaged, and balancing work with real-life needs.
As a company that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, Away seeks individuals of all backgrounds and experiences to apply for this opportunity. We’re creating an environment where everyone can thrive. Our customers are global and diverse, so we’re building a team that is too. Through initiatives like our Employee Resource Groups, anti-racism training, and bias prevention initiatives, we’re building the cultural foundation that gives people the emotional and physical space to bring their authentic selves to work.
EEOC Statement:
Away is dedicated to hiring a diverse workplace that celebrates an inclusive culture and a sense of belonging. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran status, genetic information or disability.
Away is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at talent@awaytravel.com.
Away is a modern lifestyle brand creating thoughtful products designed to transform travel.
Since our launch in February 2016, we have become one of the fastest growing consumer brands in the world. We have sold millions of travel products, grown from a team of four to over 250, expanded shipping to nearly 40 countries, opened seven stores across two countries, and launched several new products and experiences that are inspiring more people to travel the world. And we know that’s just the beginning!
In just over three years, we have already been twice named one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” one of TIME’s “50 Most Genius Companies,” one of LinkedIn's "Top Startups," and a Forbes “Next Billion Dollar Startup.” We have also raised more than $156M in total equity funding to fuel our next phase of growth.
Today, we’re expanding into new travel product categories including apparel, wellness and lifestyle accessories as well as investing in the growth of physical retail in the US and abroad--with the plan to open 50 new stores in the next three years. Sound like something you want to be part of? We’re hiring!
