Associate Brand Strategist

Malvern, PA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableEntry Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive Vanguard’s brand strategy and insights work, turning research into campaigns and shared knowledge across teams.

  • Own brand strategy development and knowledge-sharing across audiences and campaigns.
  • Must-have: ~5 years related work experience in marketing, branding, or consumer analysis.
  • Standout: Distill insights into actionable narratives for cross-functional partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Identify and help solve complex business problems through branding and marketing.
  • Collaborate in depth with partners in brand activation, media, market research and line of business marketing partners, in the development of positioning, strategies, creative briefs, and communications frameworks that are single-minded, grounded in human insight, and a springboard to creative inspiration.
  • Partner with our Global Brand Creative team in developing creative campaigns for internal and external initiatives.
  • Use strong writing and analytical skills to distill primary and secondary research into discernible trends and opportunities.
  • Contribute to a growing body of knowledge about our audiences and category, regularly creating presentations with key insights and actionable implications, and partner with other members of the Brand Strategy team in scaling that knowledge through events and programs.
  • Interact with partners and vendors we rely on for industry, competitor, and audience insights, and work to improve Vanguard’s use and integration of these tools.

Requirements

  • ~5 years related work experience. Undergraduate degree in marketing, communications or equivalent experience.
  • Hands-on experience in business, brand and consumer analysis
  • Strong communication skills in a professional context
  • Effective stakeholder management (internal partners and external vendors)

Preferred

  • Understanding of the financial services industry
  • Comfort in navigating research and industry resources
  • Distilling large amounts of information into a concise, actionable narrative
  • Innovative uses of AI and technology to amplify insight and creativity
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Vanguard

Join us as we celebrate 50 years of empowering our 50 million investor-owners.* Since our founding in 1975, we’ve been on a mission to help investors achieve their goals.With no outside shareholders to answer to, we make decisions—including keeping investing costs as low as possible—with our clients’ needs in mind. Whether you’re investing for your first house, college for your kids, or a comfortable retirement, you can be confident we’re on your side.We are a community that thinks—and feels—differently about investing. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests. Let’s celebrate 50 years together.Community guidelines: vgi.vg/sgl1*As of January 2025

Founded in 1975
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
26K employees (1,376 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
24.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.1%
Direct
66.3%
Referral
2.9%
Social
0.1%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~25.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
923 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
5 years

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