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Golden Pet Brands

Produces veterinarian-researched, minimally processed pet nutrition.

Assistant Brand Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$88k - $110k+ Annual bonus + Potential quarterly KPI bonuses
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Burbank, CA, USA+1 moreMore locations: El Segundo, CA, USA
HybridHybrid role in El Segundo, CA and/or Burbank, CA.
Growth & MarketingBrand & Creative Marketing

About the job

Requirements
  • Proven ability to lead end-to-end project execution, including planning, timeline management, and performance analysis.
  • Proficiency in developing and executing multi-channel campaigns to enhance brand awareness, drive customer acquisition, and foster loyalty.
  • Expertise in optimizing onboarding processes across inserts, email, SMS, and other touchpoints; experience leading initiatives to improve customer retention, lifetime value, and subscription performance.
  • Experience developing, expanding, and managing brand sampling and gifting programs to increase visibility and engagement.
  • Strong background in optimizing website merchandising and creating promotions to drive revenue growth and product trials.
  • Ability to analyze marketing performance and translate insights into actionable strategies; strong knowledge of key metrics such as return on investment, conversion rate, average order value, and lifetime value.
  • Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and ensure alignment of marketing strategies with brand objectives.
  • Demonstrated creative thinking paired with strong project management and problem-solving skills to drive impactful brand initiatives.
  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
  • Four to six years of experience in brand marketing, digital marketing, or product marketing is required.
Responsibilities
  • Manage end-to-end project execution, including planning, timelines, and performance analysis, refining strategies to maximize return on investment, conversion rate, average order value, lifetime value, and other relevant metrics.
  • Develop and execute integrated marketing campaigns to increase brand awareness, customer acquisition, and loyalty.
  • Conduct market, customer, and competitor research to identify trends, opportunities, and potential threats.
  • Strategize website merchandising and promotions to drive revenue and product trials.
  • Support and enhance customer onboarding and engagement across inserts, autoresponders, email, SMS, and other marketing touchpoints.
  • Collaborate with search engine optimization, customer experience, content, and cross-functional teams—including operations, sales, customer service, and product development—to ensure alignment and consistent brand messaging.
  • Lead brand initiatives to improve customer retention, repeat purchases, lifetime value, and subscription performance.
Desired Qualifications
  • A bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field is preferred.
  • Brand marketing, digital marketing, or product marketing experience in consumer packaged goods is preferred.
  • Experience with subscription-based businesses, loyalty programs, or pet-related products is preferred.

About the company

Golden Pet Brands focuses on pet health by offering longevity-focused nutrition. It owns manufacturing facilities in Germantown, Wisconsin, producing freeze-dried and air-dried pet foods and treats, enabling tight quality control and scalable growth. Through its Golden Pet Manufacturing arm, created to support Dr. Marty Pets, the company traces and sources raw ingredients, ensuring nutritionally dense, minimally processed products researched by veterinarians. The brand differentiates itself with vertical integration, veterinarian-backed formulas, and a commitment to sustainable operations, aiming to make premium, health-supporting pet nutrition simple and rewarding for pet parents. The ultimate goal is to improve pet wellness and longevity while growing its product line and educating customers about quality ingredients and nutrition.

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What believers are saying

  • May 8, 2026 Petsource acquisition added a second U.S. freeze-dried facility and 100 employees.
  • April 30, 2026 hired Apu Mody and John Meloun, adding Mars and finance discipline.
  • August 11, 2026 named Pet DTC Company of the Year, strengthening brand credibility.

What critics are saying

  • September 2026 Reuters said Golden Pet Brands seeks a $1 billion IPO, or dies private.
  • Two plants concentrate execution risk; a Wisconsin or Nebraska outage would choke all three brands.
  • Premium DTC pet nutrition depends on ads and influencers; platform changes can crush acquisition economics fast.

What makes Golden Pet Brands unique

  • Vertical integration spans Germantown and Seward, controlling quality, traceability, and supply.
  • Dr. Marty Pets, Badlands Ranch, and Ultimate Pet Nutrition target different premium customer tribes.
  • Veterinarian-backed, minimally processed freeze-dried and air-dried formats differentiate against kibble incumbents.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Company Equity
  • Wellness Program
  • Mental Health Support
  • Phone/Internet Stipend
  • Professional Development Budget
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Remote Work Options

Company News

MASA Development International Limited
Sep 9th, 2026
Pet demand is now subscription infrastructure.

Pet demand is now subscription infrastructure. 84.6% of Chewy's sales now come from customers who never click "buy" again. Meanwhile, a $1B pet brand many retailers have never heard of is preparing to go public. Two signals dropped on September 9, the same day. Chewy reported Q2 net sales of $3.33 billion, up 7.3% year over year, with 21.7 million active customers. The number that matters: 84.6% of those sales came from Autoship subscriptions - recurring, locked-in, predictable revenue. The same day, Reuters reported that Golden Pet Brands - the employee-owned company behind Dr. Marty Pets and Badlands Ranch - has hired Morgan Stanley and Barclays for a New York IPO at a valuation above $1 billion. They brought in a former Mars and P&G executive as CEO in April to get ready. Put the two together, and here is what Masa Development International see from the sourcing side. Pet demand is not discretionary anymore. It is subscription infrastructure. When 85% of the category leader's revenue is on autopilot, demand forecasting gets radically more predictable. That is good news for everyone in the supply chain - factories can plan capacity, buyers can commit to longer production windows, and inventory risk drops across the board. The next wave of pet brands will buy differently. DTC brands like Dr. Marty Pets grew up on Instagram storytelling, not shelf placement. They buy differently: smaller opening orders, faster iteration, obsessive attention to packaging and unboxing - and they expect their supplier to move at content-calendar speed. For a sourcing partner, that means flexible MOQs, quick sampling cycles, and the ability to coordinate retail-ready and e-commerce-ready packaging from the same product platform. Capital is pricing this shift. A freeze-dried pet food platform with no legacy retail network is worth $1B+ to public market investors. The buyers of the next decade are being built right now - and they need suppliers who can do small-batch, fast-turn, brand-sensitive production. Suppliers who only know how to serve big-box retail purchase orders will find the next generation of pet brands hard to work with. The ones who learned small-batch flexibility will find them to be the best customers they have ever had. What this means for buyers. MASA Development International has been sourcing pet products since 2008 - cat trees, pet beds, pet apparel, pet bags, accessories and toys - alongside home decor, ceramics and glass. Masa Development International work with both models: volume programs for retail chains, and small-batch OEM development for emerging DTC brands. Planning a pet product line? Talk to its sourcing team about small-batch OEM production, compliance testing and retail-ready packaging.

Yahoo Finance
Apr 30th, 2026
Golden Pet Brands appoints Apu Mody as CEO and John Meloun as CFO

Golden Pet Brands, a multi-brand pet food marketer and manufacturer formerly part of Golden Hippo, has announced two key executive appointments. Apu Mody has been named chief executive officer and John Meloun as chief financial officer. Mody brings over 25 years of consumer packaged goods experience, having managed brands and portfolios up to $2.5 billion. He previously served as president of Mars Food Americas and Middle East and senior vice president at Del Monte Foods, where he oversaw a nine-figure acquisition of pet food assets. Meloun joins from Xponential Fitness, where he served as chief financial officer for nearly eight years. He will oversee financial operations for Golden Pet Brands, which includes Dr. Marty Pets, Badlands Ranch and Ultimate Pet Nutrition.

PR Newswire
Apr 30th, 2026
Golden Pet Brands appoints Apu Mody as CEO and John Meloun as CFO

Golden Pet Brands, a multi-brand pet food manufacturer formerly part of Golden Hippo, has appointed Apu Mody as chief executive officer and John Meloun as chief financial officer. Mody brings over 25 years of consumer packaged goods experience, having managed brand portfolios up to $2.5 billion. He previously served as president of Mars Food Americas and Middle East and senior vice president at Del Monte Foods. Meloun joins from Xponential Fitness, where he served as chief financial officer for nearly eight years. He will oversee financial operations for Golden Pet Brands, including its vertically integrated manufacturing and direct-to-consumer business. The company's portfolio includes Dr. Marty Pets, Badlands Ranch and Ultimate Pet Nutrition. Golden Pet Brands owns a manufacturing facility in Wisconsin and employs over 400 people.