Full-Time

Senior Director of Marketing

Marketing

Posted on 9/3/2025

STUDS

STUDS

201-500 employees

Direct-to-consumer ear piercing and jewelry

Compensation Overview

$200k - $230k/yr

+ Equity

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid role: 3 days in office, 2 days from home.

Category
Growth & Marketing (3)
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Required Skills
Social Media
Marketing
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • 10+ years of marketing experience in high-growth consumer, retail, or e-commerce environments
  • 3+ years of people leadership experience, including direct management of senior-level reports
  • Proven success building and executing integrated marketing strategies across brand, product, and digital
  • Deep experience with multi-channel execution: organic social, paid media, influencer, email/SMS, retail marketing
  • Strong understanding of digital performance and attribution; able to adjust channel mix based on ROI
  • Demonstrated experience managing creative development across in-house and external partners
  • Familiarity with marketing automation, e-commerce, and analytics tools (see above)
  • Experience driving lifecycle and retention programs including segmentation, re-engagement, and list growth
  • Comfortable managing budgets and reporting across a complex channel landscape
  • Strong cross-functional collaborator with a bias toward clarity, action, and accountability
  • Owner’s mindset with sound judgment, creative instincts, and operational rigor
Responsibilities
  • Lead the marketing strategy across brand, digital, and in-studio channels
  • Own the integrated marketing calendar and ensure alignment with product launches, retail moments, and promotional goals
  • Define goals, priorities, and measurement frameworks for all marketing-led initiatives
  • Maintain consistency of voice and creative standards across all touchpoints
  • Manage and develop a high-performing marketing team
  • Oversee senior marketers across brand, product/retail marketing, and e-commerce
  • Provide clear direction, feedback, and development pathways for team members
  • Set and manage team operating rhythms, including planning, execution, and reporting
  • Own and optimize core marketing channels
  • Guide strategy and execution for paid media, email/SMS, influencer, content, social, and site merchandising
  • Ensure strong channel performance through regular review of KPIs and vendor output
  • Drive alignment between organic and performance channels to support growth
  • Partner cross-functionally to drive business outcomes
  • Collaborate with Merchandising, Retail, and Finance to plan campaigns, launches, and promotions
  • Lead marketing inputs into company planning, OKRs, and business reviews
  • Ensure marketing activities support both near-term sales and long-term brand health
  • Manage budgets and performance reporting
  • Allocate spend across brand and performance channels in line with business priorities
  • Track weekly and monthly performance metrics; use insights to inform strategy and shift tactics as needed
  • Own marketing forecasting in partnership with Finance and E-Comm

Studs.com is a direct-to-consumer retailer that specializes in ear piercing and earring stacking. It sells its own designs and offers piercing services online, pairing fashion with care guidance. Customers can choose from styles like Captive Bead Rings, Fixed Bead Rings, 14k gold flatbacks, and CZ flower ends, and receive aftercare advice and educational content to support healing. The company differentiates itself by focusing on a niche that blends art and science to help piercings heal faster and better, offering personalized care, a variety of designs, and items such as Mystery Packs. Its goal is to help customers express their personal style through customized ear-piercing experiences while ensuring safe, healthy healing and longevity of their piercings.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$23M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Studs plans 40 stores by year-end, each profitable from month one.
  • Experiential retail drives 40% customer repeat purchases over years.
  • Studs on Wheels boosts engagement on campuses like USC and UCLA.

What critics are saying

  • Rowan undercuts D2C earrings with cheaper hypoallergenic studs online.
  • Rapid expansion to 40 stores strains cash flow in 12-18 months.
  • Tattoo parlors capture Gen-Z for cartilage piercings beyond lobes.

What makes STUDS unique

  • Studs uses sterile needle-only piercings, avoiding guns for safety.
  • Studs trademarked Earscaping for personalized ear piercing art.
  • Studs Academy trains piercers nationwide for consistent quality.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Mental Health Support

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Sabbatical Leave

Professional Development Budget

Employee Discounts

Pet Insurance

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

3%
The Badger Herald
Oct 17th, 2024
Shopbop pop-up brings trendy, unique clothing to Madison

Shopbop has also partnered with Studs, offering an in-store Wisconsin Badger earring that comes with a $10 discount at Studs for ear piercing services.

Retail Dive
Mar 4th, 2024
Studs plots 10 store openings this year

Continuing its push into physical retail, Studs on Friday opened a store at New York's Rockefeller Center, marking the brand's sixth store in the city, per company officials.

TechCrunch
Nov 21st, 2023
Owning The Earscape Market With Lisa Bubbers And Anna Harman From Studs

Owning the earscape market with Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman from StudscameraImage Credits: TechCrunchWelcome back to Found, where we get to the stories behind the startups.This week Becca and Dom are joined by Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman, the co-founders of the ear piercing company Studs. The duo spoke to us about:What fundraising for a brick-and-mortar company was like.How they build a new market, tapping consumers who are too old for Claire’s but might not want to go into a tattoo shop.The ways in which their leadership styles complement each other.Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each week.Connect with us:On Twitter.On Instagram.Via email: [email protected] back to Found, where we get to the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman, the co-founders of the ear piercing company Studs. The du...Though no one knows precisely what happened, a common theory is that Altman’s for-profit efforts became at odds with the mission-driven nonprofit board. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines

Chain Store Age
Nov 10th, 2023
Next-gen ear-piercing concept Studs expands to Chicago

Next-gen ear-piercing concept Studs expands to Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times
Nov 6th, 2023
Ear-piercing studio Studs to open first Chicago site in Gold Coast

Studs, a New York-based studio, will open its first Chicago location in the Gold Coast Wednesday, marking its 20th location nationwide.

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