Customer Strategy Co-op

#MaesaMagic

The next gen beauty company, Maesa is transforming the industry by incubating and growing meaningful, innovative brands and making prestige beauty accessible. Maesa believes beauty ignites inspiration, creativity, imagination, and connection, sparking new ideas and possibilities, and meeting unmet consumer needs. Through best-in-class design, formulation, brand creation and marketing capabilities, Maesa delivers new, better and different products with an unsurpassed speed to market. Maesa works with a variety of retailers to create and launch brands across beauty and wellness categories. The current portfolio includes Kristin Ess, Hairitage by Mindy McKnight, Fine'ry, Being Frenshe, and Niches & Nooks among other brands. For more information, visit www.maesa.com .

Maesa is looking for a Customer Strategy Co-op to support our Sales Strategy & Operations team across a wide range of initiatives within our growing Beauty portfolio, including brands like Fine’ry, Kristin Ess, Hairitage, and more.

This is a hands-on, fast-paced role designed for someone who is excited to learn, contribute, and gain exposure to how a high-growth beauty company operates. You’ll work closely with the team to support day-to-day execution, help keep projects moving, and contribute to how we use data and insights to drive decisions.

If you’re a self-starter with a strong work ethic and a “jump in and help” mindset, this is a great opportunity to gain real-world experience across analytics, strategy, and operations.

This co-op position requires a full-time commitment of 40 hours per week during the Fall 2026 semester (approximately July through December) and will require to be onsite at our NYC office a minimum of 3x a week.

Responsibilities

Support the Customer Strategy team in executing day-to-day priorities and initiatives across brands and retailers

Assist with updating and maintaining Excel trackers, reporting files, and internal tools

Help build and format presentations and materials to support internal meetings and strategic discussions

Contribute to basic data analysis and insight gathering , identifying trends and summarizing findings

Support coordination of projects and tasks across cross-functional teams

Assist with operational tasks such as sample coordination, shipping, and general team support

Sit in on team and cross-functional meetings to learn how strategy and decision-making come together

Take on ad-hoc projects and tasks to help the team operate efficiently

Qualifications

Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or a related field

Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines

Basic Excel skills and comfort working with data (coursework or prior experience is a plus)

Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn

Positive, proactive attitude with a scrappy, team-first mindset

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Interest in analytics, strategy, or the beauty/CPG industry

Experience with PowerPoint or Google Slides is a plus

Familiarity with tools like IRI, Nielsen, or Power BI is a plus but not required

What We Offer

$20/hour

Our Commitment to You

At Maesa, we live by our values of collaboration, curiosity, game-changing, creativity, and discipline. We believe our people and partners are a creative force that catalyzes the possibilities in beauty to break through traditional limits and discover the “new” without restriction. We prioritize creating and fostering a welcoming environment for employees, partners, ideas, approaches, and endeavors — all through a spirit of warmth and inclusivity. As set forth in Maesa’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.