Van Cleef & Arpels High Jewelry Marketing Manager

About Van Cleef & Arpels

Founded in 1906 on Place Vendôme, Van Cleef & Arpels is a High Jewelry Maison renowned for poetic creativity, exceptional savoir-faire, and an enduring culture of transmission. As an employer, the Maison offers a refined environment where artisans, designers, retail experts, and corporate teams contribute to creations that unite technical mastery with emotion and wonder. Guided by excellence, discretion, and a deep respect for heritage, Van Cleef & Arpels encourages collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning across its international network. Employees join a house where craftsmanship is celebrated, client relationships are cultivated with elegance, and each career may help preserve and renew a remarkable legacy.

Van Cleef & Arpels is seeking a High Jewelry Marketing Manager for its European Marketing & Communication department in Paris, reporting to the Regional Marketing Director Europe-CIS. The role leads regional High Jewelry strategy and activity across nine European markets, including marketing planning, event orchestration, performance and stock management, and team development; it manages three employees and one intern. Full-time position.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead the regional High Jewelry marketing strategy across Europe, aligning central direction, product priorities, market needs and retail objectives to maximize sales potential.
• Collaborate closely with central functions, regional counterparts and local marketing teams.
• Coordinate and support nine European markets.
• Manage a team of three employees and one intern.
• Contribute strategic ambition, insights and a clear regional roadmap to the three-year category plan.
• Define the annual regional High Jewelry marketing strategy, aligning the budget, market trends, events and activation plans and calendar.
• Build and coordinate the 360° marketing plan across product launches, event activations, visual merchandising support, training, communications and client strategy.
• Lead the marketing planning, preparation, orchestration and coordination of regional and local events.
• Define High Jewelry event objectives, product focus, storytelling direction and client strategy with relevant departments.
• Partner with retail and events teams to organize and lead event-preparation seminars.
• Oversee the preparation of product-related content, coordinate training and provide tools to ensure retail sales team readiness.
• Assemble the optimal event team, defining plans, roles and responsibilities with regional and local teams.
• Support product-related operations as a key contact, including model shows, display coordination, sales recaps and stock management during and after events.
• Lead High Jewelry budget and LE cycles in close collaboration with Retail and Supply teams.
• Monitor regional sales performance, trends and opportunities, and provide insights and recommendations.
• Work closely with regional Supply Chain to supervise Classic High Jewelry stock analysis and manage regional stock.
• Lead the allocation strategy for daily stock requests from European markets or central functions, maximizing in-store High Jewelry visibility and sales efficiency while considering market insights, product priorities, event needs and marketing rationale.
• Serve as an expertise referent for local markets and other regional departments, and facilitate best-practice sharing across markets.
• Lead the annual Regional High Jewelry Board with Regional Retail, defining objectives and aligning programs to cultivate community.
• Partner with Regional Retail and Training teams to understand business needs and provide programs for Sales Associate development.
• Cultivate a strategic marketing community across the region and markets, equipping teams to translate insights into actionable plans.
• Strengthen team capability in stakeholder communication, product strategy, project orchestration and cross-functional collaboration.
• Propose new ways of working to streamline workload, improve efficiency and reinforce clear collaboration with Retail and markets.
• Provide marketing support to markets without a dedicated High Jewelry marketing resource.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a similar role within the luxury industry.
• Solid knowledge of and passion for the High Jewelry business.
• Excellent business-partnering skills, fostering productive collaboration aligned with business needs and Maison strategy.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills, with a balance of persuasion and diplomacy to align and mobilize diverse partners.
• Recognized management skills and the ability to lead, motivate and develop a team.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English.

Skills

Experience

Extensive experience in a similar role within the luxury industry.

Workplace

Benefits

Training on the Maison's history, know-how and creations.

Culture

Van Cleef & Arpels fosters a refined and collaborative workplace culture rooted in exceptional craftsmanship, creativity, and the transmission of savoir-faire. As an employer, the Maison values curiosity, precision, and collective excellence, offering an environment where employees contribute to timeless creations while upholding a deep respect for heritage, beauty, and client experience.

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