Specialist, Influence Project Management Full Time NEW

About the role:

The Specialist, Influence Project Management supports the execution and optimization of CHANEL’s influencer and social media initiatives within the Fragrance & Beauty division. This role is ideal for an organized, agile, and creative individual with strong campaign management skills. As a key partner to internal teams, agencies, and external collaborators, you will ensure seamless project flow, compliance, and high-quality execution across all influencer and social media activities.

What impact you can create at CHANEL:

Social Media & Partner Management

• Maintain and update product launch and seeding calendars; share with internal and external partners to ensure alignment
• Manage daily posting on CHANEL-owned social media platforms, ensuring content is timely and brand-aligned
• Liaison for collaboration posts with key partners, providing timelines, posting requirements (date, time, affiliate links, suggested copy, technical specs), and ensuring quality uploads
• Actively track user-generated content (UGC) using management tools; organize and archive content for future posting
• Maintain and update contact databases (CRM), including address changes and social handles
• Coordinate PR mailing lists, monitor delivery, and confirm receipt of influencer packages
• Schedule and facilitate appointments between key beauty experts and influencers, encouraging collaborative content creation
• Maintain influencer tracking tools (e.g., Lefty) for each activation: set-up, clean-up, and collaborate with influencer marketing agencies/internal stakeholders for campaign analysis and reporting
• Maintain internal dashboards with affiliate platforms (e.g., ShopMy, LTK), identify key performance drivers, and coordinate dashboard updates with agency partners
• Track contract days for all contractual partnerships; keep team informed of timelines and deliverables
• Ensure full compliance with brand, FTC, and third-party guidelines across all influencer activities, especially for high-target CHANEL partners

Administrative & Project Support

• Process and track invoices via Coupa, including setting up new vendors for billing
• Maintain daily budget tracking, raise flags for under- or overspending, and provide quarterly updates to the team
• Manage Legal service agreements and Partner with Legal on contracts for influencer partnerships (Beauty Experts, Influencers, Content Creators); manage DocuSign process and partnership tracking
• Coordinate and submit creative briefs to local AD teams to support influencer seedings and events
• Help create PowerPoint presentations with information from senior leaders on an ad hoc basis

Technical Requirements

• Strong proficiency in MS Office applications, especially Excel and PowerPoint, for creating clean, professional reports and presentations
• Proficiency with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro preferred
• Expertise with top social media platforms and a solid understanding of photo and video content specifications
• Quick to learn and master analytic/reporting tools (e.g., Lefty, Emplifi, Tribe)
• Strong understanding of social media KPIs; able to analyze data and identify key trends and partners in the beauty and social media landscape

You are energized by:

• Developing advanced project management, analytical, and communication skills
• Deepen your understanding of influencer and social media best practices
• Building meaningful relationships with influencers, agency partners, and internal stakeholders
• Gaining hands-on experience with leading tools, platforms, and processes in the beauty industry’s digital landscape

What You Can Bring To The Team

• A collaborative spirit and willingness to work across teams and with external partners
• Strong ability to anticipate project needs and proactively resolve issues
• Dependable execution of projects with attention to deadlines and high standards of quality
• Data-driven mindset to spot trends, measure effectiveness, and optimize future initiatives
• Professionalism and creativity in representing CHANEL across all influencer and social media touchpoints

Position Logistics:

• 1-2 years of experience in social media, either in-house or at a creative agency
• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Strong organizational and time management skills; able to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
• Detailed knowledge of product and brand
• Ability to meet strict deadlines and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Agile and flexible, with an enthusiasm for the dynamic world of social media
• Social media trendspotting and a creative, forward-thinking mindset
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Efficient note taker and avid learner with meticulous attention to detail
• Chanel, Inc. reserves the right to edit, change, or make exceptions on designations where circumstances where deemed appropriate.

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 components [may/will] include additional compensation, benefits and perks.

Benefits and Perks:

• Wellbeing resources include dedicated paid time off for wellbeing: (2-week August Office Closure 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, Heart of Leadership 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.