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Sophie ViridaudSV

Sophie Viridaud

Innovation & Marketing - Ex-Henkel & Ex-L'Oreal

€600/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Sophie

Fierce marketer, brand innovator & creative mind with over 10 years of marketing experience in cosmetics across 4 different markets (France, Italy, Germany, US) both in local marketing and marketing development.

I can help you grow your beauty or wellness business in two ways:
1. Project consultancy: I can deliver strategic & actionable recommendations regarding any of the following topics (brand launch or relaunch, innovation & design development, product launch, brand identity, strategic positioning, marketing mix, communication strategy, competitive intelligence, trends analysis)
2. Interim marketing management: I can be available for a fixed term assignment, on a part-time or full-time basis.

I work remotely but I can be flexible geographically on a hybrid basis in Europe (primarily Paris) and in the US (New York, LA).

My key strength:
- Strategic thinking (launch strategy, brand identity & positioning)
- Creativity (concept, design, content ideation and creation)
- Acute sense of aesthetics and sensitivity to trends


My way of working:
- I am highly adaptable and I am used in fast-paced and ever-changing environments
- I have strong presentation skills with a lot of exposure to senior management and retailers as well
- I am pragmatic with an action-focused and solution-driven mindset
- I am very resourceful and able to use any available tool to create inspiring visuals and rough designs (for testing, briefing, internal discussions purposes)
- I can work interchangeably in English and French
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Italian

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Henkel
    SENIOR INNOVATION MANAGER - HAIR COLOR & STYLING US
    FASHION AND COSMETICS
    June 2019 - June 2022 (3 years and 1 month)
    Stamford, United States
    + Lead brand strategy & innovation pipeline for hair color & styling to gain market share and become top #3 color manufacturer at Walmart
    and Product of the year 2021 and 2022
    + Develop 5-year growth plan for hair color & styling

    + Oversee innovation summits and line review meetings with top retailers

    + Lead Henkel’s annual Hair Commercial Meeting
    
+ Supervise team of 2 people
    + Manage regional marketing innovation budget ($2M)
  • Henkel
    BRAND MANAGER - HAIR COLOR US
    FASHION AND COSMETICS
    June 2017 - May 2019 (2 years)
    Stamford, United States
    + Launched göt2b Color brand in 2018 in the US representing 40% of bold segment growth

    + Created 1st limited edition & digital focused campaign with Shay Mitchell for Color Ultime with 3.5M views on Youtube
    
+ Co-led 1st EDM original series for göt2b Color

    + Led PR strategy & events for total Hair
    
+ Managed brand performance, P&L and marketing budget ($10M)
  • Henkel
    BRAND MANAGER - HAIR COLOR
    FASHION AND COSMETICS
    January 2015 - May 2017 (2 years and 5 months)
    Dusseldorf, Germany
    + Developed new brand Color Expert from the concept ideation until the launch planned in 20 countries
    
+ Created 360⁰ communication campaign for Color Expert

    + Conducted a brand's image & performance analysis on Blonde leading to new brand strategy

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Education

  • BACCALAUREAT
    Lycée Henri IV
    2004
  • MASTER IN MANAGEMENT
    ESCP EUROPE
    2010
    Master in Management ranked 5th worldwide by the Financial Times in 2022

Certifications

  • Integrative Nutrition Health Coach
    Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) - New York
    2023
    Health coaching

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