Ashley Furniture

Job Details

Description

Primary Job Functions

Public Relations Support

• Assist with coordination of PR campaigns, including scheduling, logistics management, and materials preparation.
• Support day-to-day communication coordination with Ashley's PR agency of record and media contacts.
• Help compile and distribute press releases, media kits, and editorial content under senior team guidance.
• Assist with media monitoring activities, tracking coverage mentions, and maintaining organized media databases.
• Support branded editorial partnerships by coordinating timelines, deliverables, and communication workflows.
• Help maintain media contact databases and press coverage tracking systems.

Experiential Activation Coordination

• Assist with logistics coordination for experiential activations, including venue research, vendor coordination, and timeline management.
• Support event planning activities such as supplier coordination, material shipping, and on-site setup assistance.
• Help coordinate integration activities between experiential activations and social media, PR, and digital marketing teams.
• Assist with post-activation data collection and reporting compilation under senior team guidance.
• Support creation and maintenance of activation planning templates and process documentation.

Philanthropic Partnerships

• Assist with coordination of philanthropic initiatives and charitable partnerships under Purpose team and manager guidance.
• Support logistics coordination for charitable events, volunteer programs, and community service activations.
• Help track and compile data for philanthropic partnership outcome reporting.
• Assist with communication coordination between internal teams and nonprofit partners.
• Support maintenance of philanthropic partnership databases and documentation systems.

Operational Support

• Maintain organized project files, timelines, and deliverable tracking across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Assist with budget tracking, invoice processing, and expense management under manager supervision.
• Support vendor coordination activities including scheduling, communication, and performance tracking.
• Help maintain process documentation and contribute to workflow optimization efforts.
• Assist with calendar management, meeting coordination, and internal communication support.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Support communication and coordination between Creative, Social, Merchandising, Interior Design, and eCommerce teams.
• Help coordinate timeline management and deliverable tracking across multiple departments.
• Support Legal team coordination for contract reviews and compliance documentation.
• Assist with Finance coordination for budget tracking and vendor management activities.

Measurement & Impact

• PR Performance: Accuracy and timeliness in media monitoring,
• Philanthropic Impact: Social impact metrics, earned media from charitable initiatives
• Experiential results: event attendance, brand impressions, incremental social engagement, media coverage value
• Operational Excellence: Project delivery timelines, budget adherence, process efficiency improvements and vendor relationship optimization
• Cross-functional Impact: Stakeholder satisfaction and effective collaboration across departments.

Demonstrate the Company’s Core and Growth Values in the performance of all job functions.

Secondary Job Functions

1. Maintain reliable attendance.
2. Actively participate in departmental meetings, training and education. Assist with training other employees and providing backup.
3. Complete other assignments and special projects as requested.

Job Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or related field.

Experience:

• 1+ years in marketing coordination, public relations, event planning, or related administrative roles.
• Experience with project coordination, administrative support, and multi-tasking in fast-paced environments.
• Experience in retail, lifestyle, or consumer brands preferred.

Licenses or Certifications

• None

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Effective time management
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Work independently as well as in a team environment
• Document management system
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Maintain confidentiality
• Working knowledge of Continuous Improvement
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously within established time constraints
• Proficient computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office Suite, internet (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Perform under strong demands in a fast-paced environment
• Work professionally with customers and co-workers to efficiently serve our customers, treating both with enthusiasm and respect
• Display empathy, understanding and patience with employees and external customers
• Respond professionally in situations with difficult employee/vendor/customer issues or inquiries
• Ability to work collaboratively in team environments

Equal Opportunity Employer

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