The Landing Pad
The Landing Pad is a weekly newsletter for marketers focused on career growth, job opportunities, and the mental side of modern work. Each week blends open roles, honest perspective, and practical encouragement for wherever you are in your career.
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Equinox. Ralph Lauren. NBA. + 75 Open Marketing Roles. (opens the original)
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Equinox. Ralph Lauren. NBA. Tory Burch. Netflix. Microsoft. Mattel. Taco Bell. Etsy. Snap. Pfizer. American Express. Bloomingdale’s. L’Oréal. Nordstrom. Southwest.Equinox posted four marketing jobs this week. Growth, CRM, social, and a coordinator seat underneath them. When one brand hires at every level in the same week, a team is getting built.Loyalty and CRM are quietly all over this list. About ten roles, from an email analyst up to a VP, and two of them at the same department store.A lot of
Creators are the new media companies (opens the original)
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15 years ago brands realized that there was a new way to distribute their marketing messages. They were called influencers, social media “stars” (yes we used to call them that) with large followings that made a name for themselves across Instagram, Twitter, and yes even Vine. Brands were investing significant money in building their organic pages, and sending products to these people to make posts about made sense.These “stars” realized quickly they could make serious income, and consumers weren
AI Personal Agent’s for Marketers (opens the original)
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I’ve been using an AI assistant called Instinct. And I want to talk about it.This could also apply to Meta’s new one, Muse. But Instinct is the one I’ve been using. And I think this is obviously going to be a big trend.Obviously I’m a huge AI user, Claude and ChatGPT and everything, they’re great. But these AI assistants are really great for a couple of different reasons.So what is Instinct<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HfrZ!,f_auto,q_a
MrBeast. Duolingo. Blizzard. + 75 Open Marketing Roles. (opens the original)
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MrBeast. Duolingo. Blizzard. Reddit. Ford. Target. WWE. Snapchat. Universal Music. Warner Music. LA Clippers. FanDuel. Lyft. Verizon. T-Mobile. Harvard Law School.Entertainment is the story this week. Two record labels, a studio, a game publisher, a wrestling company, and a basketball team, almost all of them in LA. If you’ve been waiting for that side of the business to start hiring again, this is the week.Creator commerce keeps turning into real headcount. Affiliate, live commerce, TikTok Shop
Is fractional work right for you? (opens the original)
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More and more fractional work, consulting work, or whatever you want to call it is becoming the norm. I see it myself with companies I work with, where more and more the employee base isn’t full time employees anymore.The work is there. I feel more confident about that than ever. Companies need help, and the talent pool of fantastic people that are doing fractional work is lower than the total amount of opportunities. I never thought freelance work could be fulltime work a few years ago, but it’
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