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Golden Pet Brands

Produces veterinarian-researched, minimally processed pet nutrition.

Associate Digital Marketing Specialist

Full-TimePosted on 10/27/2026
$26.11 - $34.86+ Bonus potential + 401(k) match + Quarterly KPI bonuses
Entry
Bachelor's
Remote in USA+2 moreMore locations: Burbank, CA, USA | El Segundo, CA, USA
RemoteHybrid options are in El Segundo or Burbank, California; remote option available.
Growth & MarketingPerformance & Paid Marketing

About the job

Requirements
  • Have 0-1 year of digital marketing experience with basic familiarity in acquisition marketing.
  • Have creative thinking, organization, attention to detail, relationship-building, and follow-up abilities.
  • Be proficient at managing projects and organizing, prioritizing, and structuring workload.
  • Work efficiently in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
  • Be willing to learn, support, and actively participate in business growth.
  • Work rapidly under pressure individually and in team settings.
  • Have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
  • Set up, manage, analyze, and optimize paid media campaigns and budgets daily, weekly, and monthly to meet CPA and ROI goals while maintaining or growing spend across traffic sources including Taboola, Outbrain, Facebook, and Google Ads.
  • Optimize campaigns through creative testing, bid adjustments, audience targeting, and day-parting.
  • Create online sales funnels in Salesforce CRM through record creation and management.
  • Work with CRO and data teams to review funnel performance and landing-page testing and develop strategies based on drop-off CTRs and CVRs.
  • Maintain active relationships with network representatives to stay informed about upcoming changes, trends, tactics, and tools and navigate campaigns through these updates.
  • Participate in developing and managing customer acquisition funnels and buys under the supervision of the Manager, Digital Marketing.
  • Audit web analytics implementations and recommend changes to ensure accurate tracking.
  • Perform other assigned duties and projects.
Desired Qualifications
  • Have 1-2+ years of digital marketing experience with familiarity in acquisition marketing.
  • Have familiarity with digital advertising platforms.
  • Have familiarity with online direct-to-consumer marketing.
  • Have familiarity working in Salesforce CRM.
  • Have familiarity with A/B testing.
  • Have familiarity with Adobe Premiere.
  • Have basic spreadsheet experience using Microsoft Excel and Google Docs.

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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Founded

2026

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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.