Marketing Manager
Ashbourne
Salary: DoE
Company Overview:
Proudly Irish made and globally loved, SOSU Cosmetics is dedicated to delivering innovative, high-performance beauty products that inspire confidence and self-expression. We bridge the gap between everyday beauty enthusiasts and professional makeup artists with versatile, premium-quality solutions across cosmetics, self-tanning, nails, and lashes.
Our mission is clear: to deliver versatile, premium-quality products that are easy to use, multi-purpose, and empowering - Ensuring everyone feels confident and like the best version of themselves, no matter their level of expertise.
About the Role:
Dripping Gold, a leading tanning brand, is seeking an experienced and dynamic Marketing Manager to drive brand growth, campaign execution, and strategic initiatives. This role requires a creative and data-driven individual with a strong background in beauty, tanning, or lifestyle marketing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement marketing strategies to drive brand awareness, customer engagement, and sales.
- Plan and execute multi-channel
marketing campaigns, including digital, influencer, retail, and experiential activations. - Manage relationships with key
stakeholders, including retailers, influencers, PR agencies, and brand
partners. - Leading and managing a team of marketing professionals to ensure alignment with company goals and objectives.
- Lead and oversee content creation, ensuring brand consistency and innovation.
- Analyze campaign performance and
consumer insights to optimize marketing efforts. - Work closely with the entire Brand Team, Sales, Buying and Design teams to ensure cohesive brand messaging.
- Conducting market research and competitor analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and potential threats in the industry.
- Overseeing advertising campaigns,
promotions, and product launches to maximize market penetration and brand awareness. - Monitoring key performance
indicators (KPIs) and utilizing data analytics to measure campaign
effectiveness and make data-driven decisions to optimize marketing initiatives. - Leading the development of promotional activities, and distribution channels to drive revenue growth and maintain a competitive edge in the market.
- Ensuring compliance with industry
regulations and standards in all marketing activities. - Continuously evaluating market
trends and consumer preferences to adapt strategies and product offerings for long-term success and commercial viability. - Ensure commercial success through
insightful analytics and data-driven decision-making - Manage budgets, reporting, and
performance tracking.
Email you CV and Cover Letter to: careers@sosucosmetics.com to apply.
Social Media Executive
Ashbourne
Salary: DoE
Proudly Irish made and globally loved, SOSU Cosmetics is dedicated to delivering innovative, high-performance beauty products that inspire confidence and self-expression. We bridge the gap between everyday beauty enthusiasts and professional makeup artists with versatile, premium-quality solutions across cosmetics, self-tanning, nails, and lashes.
Our mission is clear: to deliver versatile, premium-quality products that are easy to use, multi-purpose, and empowering - Ensuring everyone feels confident and like the best version of themselves, no matter their level of expertise.
Role Overview
We are seeking a talented Social Media Executive to support the Social Media Manager in planning and executing social media campaigns. The ideal candidate will be creative, detail-oriented, and have a deep understanding of beauty trends and social media platforms, particularly Instagram and TikTok. They will be responsible for producing engaging, high-quality content and will play an integral role in growing and interacting with our online community.
Key Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day social media production, including static images, short-form content, and long-form videos. Manage content creation process from script/storyboard development to filming, photography, and editing, ensuring content aligns with SOSU’s tone of voice and brand pillars.
- Collaborate with the Social Media Manager and wider marketing team to plan and execute content that supports key marketing initiatives and aligns with the company’s strategic goals.
- Generate fresh, creative concepts to enhance SOSU’s presence across all social media platforms.
- Stay informed of industry trends, emerging influencers, and new platforms to continually refine and evolve SOSU’s social media strategy.
- Assist in the analysis and reporting of social media campaign performance, providing insights and recommendations to improve future initiatives.
- Maintain an up-to-date social content calendar in line with the broader business and marketing calendar.
- Actively engage with SOSU’s online community, responding to comments, questions, and feedback promptly while fostering positive relationships with
followers and influencers. - Provide administrative support for publishing and scheduling content across all SOSU social media channels.
- Participate in TikTok and Instagram live events to drive engagement and awareness.
- Assist in managing SOSU Cosmetics and Dripping Gold Instagram broadcast channels.
- Work closely with the Social Media Manager to develop content briefs for influencer partnerships, talent agencies, and user-generated content (UGC) creators.
Ideal Candidate Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, New Media, or a relevant field.
- Strong content creation and editing skills with proficiency in tools such as InShot, CapCut, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Confident and comfortable presenting on camera.
- Creative mindset with a passion for beauty and cosmetics.
- Excellent communication, copywriting, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments and stay on top of emerging social media trends.
- Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Experience with various social platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.
- Flexibility in working hours, including availability during evenings or weekends, as needed for community engagement and live events.
Excite Our Customer: We prioritize listening to our customers, allowing their
needs to guide our decisions. Our goal is to bring accessible, affordable, high-performance products to the market that excite and engage.
Integrity in All We Do: We believe in doing what’s right—always. From product development to customer interactions, honesty and transparency are central to our mission. We maintain the highest standards of quality across all touchpoints.
Collaboration is Key: We thrive on teamwork and respect, both within our internal teams and with our partners, creators, influencers, and customers. We believe open, honest communication drives innovation and success.
Inspiring Confidence: Our products go beyond surface beauty—they’re designed to inspire confidence. We aim to create a brand that radiates positivity,
empowering our customers to feel their best.
SOSU Cosmetics is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of background. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, dynamic environment where every team member feels valued.
Email you CV and Cover Letter to: careers@sosucosmetics.com to apply.
Junior Graphic Designer
Ashbourne, County Meath
Salary: DoE
Role Overview:
We are seeking a Junior Graphic Designer to join our rapidly expanding team. The Junior Graphic Designer will support in all aspects of the brands visual communication from digital to packaging design. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a vibrant energetic business for an ambitious person who is creative and passionate about design.
Purpose of the Role:
The Junior Graphic Designer will aid the design team in the design and visual experience for our entire product portfolio (SOSU Cosmetics, Dripping Gold, Bahama Skin & Bahama Body). The successful candidate will work closely with the Design Team Lead to ensure that there is a coherent and innovative approach to visual design that resonates with our audience and differentiates us from our competitors.
Day to Day tasks:
- Creating day to day digital design assets (banners, social graphics, online ads, newsletters)
- Work with the marketing team to
design & execute strong product launch campaigns across our marketing channels. (Banners, Social Graphics, Paid Ads, Printed Assets, Event Graphics, Press Boxes) - Support the NPD designer when necessary to create and design 3D Mockups for future product and packaging development.
- Monitoring online design and
packaging trends within the industry and use up to date knowledge to influence designs. - Creating mood boards and concept mock-ups.
- Support the sales team with the creation of brand decks and informational documents.
- Create FSDUS & CDUS
Skill & Knowledge:
- 1-2 years’ experience in a similar role preferred
- Excellent knowledge of InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier Pro & Canva
- Experience working with email marketing software (Klyavio)
- Experience in packaging design and creating print ready files preferable.
- Creative flair, originality and a strong visual sense.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Strong multitasking skills with the ability to multitask and work on several projects at a time
- Very strong attention to detail is paramount.
- A good communicator with the ability to articulate their point of view to internal and external stakeholders and clients
- An understanding of the latest trends and their role within a commercial environment
- An understanding of SEO, Social Media & Digital Marketing
- A love for cosmetics, skincare and tanning a bonus
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
HOW TO APPLY:
Email you CV and Cover Letter to: careers@sosucosmetics.com to apply.
Assistant Buyer
Ashbourne, Meath
Salary: DOE
We are seeking a talented, Trend focused, detail oriented with a passion for beauty Assistant Buyer to support the NPD/Buying team with the execution of NPD & core product development. This role is fast-paced, ever-changing, and requires a team member who is confident in self-managing and prioritising tasks, working to tight deadlines, while maintaining a consistent level of productivity and output.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the Buyers/NPD Managers with new product development (NPD).
- Support the Buyers/NPD Managers with new product development Organise all shipments with forwarders from HOD to WH deliveries.
- Execute all admins tasks and ad hoc tasks as requested within deadlines.
- Manage and keep up to date our internal trackers such as Freight and POs.
- Monitor and manage all samples from suppliers keeping our internal trackers up to date.
- Ensuring all supplier samples are labelled and presented with detailed information to the CEO on a timely basis
- Competitor & market aware. Looking at pricing/offer and newness (competitor analysis).
- Update Products and AW with latest brand guidelines to ensure all details are ready before reorders.
- Assist and complete handover forms & sign off packs of new product information to the business.
- Work alongside Buyers/NPD Managers on artwork & product design.
- Management system, including: Raising PO’s, Item management, Building BOM’s.
- Assist in NPD meetings, take all minute notes, follow up actions required and ensure deadlines & responsible person are clear.
- Providing a high level of professionalism and service for all requests.
- All other responsibilities as assigned.
Ideal Candidate Requirements:
- Excellent organisation skills with an entrepreneurial spirit.
- Experience with managing international freights.
- Exceptional communication, problem-solving and organizational skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Have the ability to work from their own initiative and independently.
- Have the ability to multi-task, working on multiple projects/brands at once.
- Excellent eye for detail / accuracy.
- Excellent computer literacy: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Passion for beauty.
- Must be friendly and nice with a team spirit– this is part of our company culture.
- 1+ years’ experience in colour cosmetics, skincare or haircare but open to entry level if highly motivated with a passion for beauty.
- Must be able to work 5 days a week from our office.
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
HOW TO APPLY:
Email you CV and Cover Letter to: careers@sosucosmetics.com to apply.