Hey Friends & Family -

I am hoping my fantastic friends and colleagues plus "six degrees of separation" can help me connect with the right people on some fantastic open positions at Sephora.

I have been at Sephora for over three months and I have to tell you it is a phenomenal organization. Our retail stores are growing rapidly and our website at sephora.com is the Number One Beauty site in the world. Despite the tough economy, our business is booming.

I head up our Analytics Group here and my team works on a very wide variety of projects including analyzing our customer database, marketing research projects, measuring our web site traffic, targeting our catalog mailings and the financial forecasting for the Internet division. We also support targeting our email and helping to optimize our search engine advertising.

Three positions on my Analytics team are currently open and there are two openings in the extended Internet team we work directly with. Since the best hires always come from referrals, I just wanted to get these job openings out among my contacts, in hopes that you might know someone qualified who would love to work for a fun company in an energetic environment.

All of these positions are somewhat technical and each requires a different set of specific work experiences, so I would appreciate it if you could pass this note along to your friends with the right backgrounds in case they are interested, or have other folks they know.

We are looking for the following:

MARKETING CONSULTANT/BUSINESS ANALYST - the right candidate will likely be a relatively recent MBA from a strong school who might have worked for a couple years at a consulting firm like McKinsey or Bain. The position will report to me, but spend 30-50% of their time working directly with my boss, the head of the Direct Division. The job has two main areas of focus. One on forecasting the business and the other on putting together plans and decks for new marketing initiatives similar to an external consultant. An amazing opportunity to gain hands on experience in what makes an Internet business successful. Great career builder for someone already on the path to senior marketing management at a large Internet business. The job could be anywhere from a Manager / Sr. Manager / Director level depending on experience. Retail or Beauty experience is a plus. Some form of Internet marketing background is very helpful.

WEB ANALYTICS GURU - OK, I didn't use the word "Guru" in the official job title, but a guru or budding guru is what I need. We are in the process of transitioning our web site traffic measurement systems from Core Metrics to Omniture. The transition has gone very well, but we are coming out of the implementation phase and are ready to find the right person to come in and establish a new level of understanding of how our visitors use our web site. Will work very closely to partner with our email, search and web development teams. Core Metrics experience is acceptable, Omniture experience is ideal. Probably a Manager / Sr. Manager level, but will try to match to experience level.

CATALOG CIRCULATION AND ANALYSIS - A college grad with 2 - 5 years of experience in analytical positions. Work with our team to target our direct mail  and catalogs to the right customers, and measure the success of those efforts. Strong Excel experience a must. Previous direct mail experience preferred. Any background in either Omniture/Core Metrics or Email targeting is helpful. SAS experience is also a bonus, but might not be mandatory. This position will likely cross-train with other analytic functions over time, so there are very good career growth options.

Plus on our extended team we need...

SEARCH ANALYTICS MANAGER - We also have an opening on our extended team for someone with Search Marketing experience and a strong analytic bent. We have recently upgraded our search tools and looking for the right person to expand and improve our Search program. 

DIRECTOR OF WEB PRODUCTION - Manages a team of Producers for overall scheduling, production and management of web content for Sephora.com. Supports business plans and manages the client experience. This team manages the content pushes and overall site initiatives.


SO... if you know anyone who might be interested in knowing about a new opportunity please pass along. And remember, if you know someone who is not interested in making a change -- but does this type of work -- they probably know other people who do.

Thanks in advance for all of you help and for forwarding this to your friends in CONSULTING, WEB ANALYTICS, DIRECT MARKETING, SEARCH and WEB PRODUCTION.

Have your friends contact me at:

johndee.fair@sephora.com 

I have full job descriptions I can forward to anyone interested. And I can confirm it is a great place to work.

John Dee