Position Overview

The Director, Brand is a key leader within the Marketing organization and is responsible for the development and democratization of the brand, with a focus on developing a strategy to take us into the future. This role will be aimed at determining how the brand needs to come to life to live up to the marketplace expectations, create brand joy, and ultimately deliver on our purpose of being a leader in entertainment-technology.

As our brand leader, you are a creative problem solver who must function collaboratively across teams and disciplines to influence without authority and drive impact. This is a role that will be charged with making key creative strategies and decisions. You must be able to educate, guide, and present your path with passion and conviction, earning the trust of your stakeholders. Experience within digital products, B2B and SaaS companies is a major plus. 

This role will require excellent interpersonal and communicative skills, as well as demonstrate sound leadership and decision-making ability. A passion for storytelling is necessary. This is a hands-on role within a team reimaging the impact of brand and marketing across the organization. An open mind, open thinking and start-up mentality will be necessary for success. This role will report to the VP, Marketing.

Essential Functions

  • Lead our Creative Crew (copywriters/designers) to bring together design and content expertise to support executions that drive the biggest business impact.
  • Set a vision for user and client storytelling and develop new ways to integrate our voice into marketing execution.
  • Lead the development and execution of a global brand strategy for the brand (and any other performance hosiery brand initiatives) working with both internal and external teams and agencies that ensure a legacy for the brand.
  • Lead and collaborate with direct and cross-functional team members to execute effective product launches from conception to delivery.
  • Conceptualize and execute our brand experiences, the company’s presence at industry-wide events, as well as communicate culture and values through internal, recruiting and DEI events
  • Identify opportunities for our brand to come to life in partnership with users, brands and partners
  • Responsible for brand portfolio management including new product development from idea to delivery. Collaborate on new product development and product updates for seamless new product launch strategies, updates and road maps relevant to the brand across all markets.
  • Strong partnership with the Manager, Content Marketing to execute brand strategies and grow digital footprint in the market.
  • Build and champion brand stories across the key businesses with a commitment to user/client-centered thinking.
  • Develop and own a Naming Council to develop names across the breadth of the product portfolios in partnership with Product Marketing, Legal and Product partners.
  • Build and drive the User and Client Advisory Boards, facilitating the connection between our users, products and leadership.
  • Develop and nurture a strong brand-led culture within Sales, Product Marketing, Product, Leadership and Human Resources.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • A minimum of 5-7 years managing brand/marketing campaigns
  • Experience building executive relationships and driving/influencing change
  • Passion for creativity, innovation and thinking outside the box
  • Outstanding project management, execution and business acumen
  • Ability to influence and motivate people at all levels across a variety of responsibilities
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to build strategy documents and presentation decks
  • Experience in strategic planning, building out processes and managing ambiguity
  • Able to offer key insights in new Product development
  • Experience in managing / leading within a complex matrix organization.
  • Experience in event and sponsorship marketing, including negotiating partnerships, sponsorships and contracts

Special Work Conditions             

  • Schedule must be flexible in order to accommodate client and business needs.
  • Sedentary - involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Some positions may occasionally require exerting up to 30 lbs. of force and/or a negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, or pull. 

Benefits

  • Cast & Crew provides a comprehensive package of employee benefits including: Medical, Dental, Life/AD&D; LTD, additional voluntary benefits such as STD, Vision, paid vacation, holidays, and sick pay; 401(k) and employer match, Additional Life Insurance, and other company perks and benefits!

Please note: Due to the high volume of applicants, it is likely that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

About Cast & Crew

We enable great content. Films, television, streaming, live events. We make difficult tasks easier - think payroll, human resources, accounting, financial management and workflow. Great content is difficult enough, so we’ve built solutions and software and, most importantly, linked everything together through a central hub. In English, that means Cast & Crew solutions talk to each other, making those difficult tasks we listed above a whole lot easier and simpler. We do. So you can. Learn more at www.castandcrew.com

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