Brand Development & Activation Director

Jurupa Valley, CA (On-site)

$150K/yr – $175K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expExempt 2-Weeks

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive Del Real Foods' brand leadership by shaping vision, messaging, and integrated marketing across channels.

  • Own development of the brand vision, architecture, and annual integrated marketing plans.
  • Must-have: 8–12+ years of brand leadership in CPG/food with measurable growth.
  • Standout: Strong agency management, premium storytelling, and cross-functional influence.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of the long-term brand vision, positioning, and value proposition
  • Define brand architecture, portfolio roles, and innovation guardrails
  • Ensure consistency across messaging, visual identity, and storytelling
  • Establish clear brand KPIs tied to awareness, equity, and preference
  • Develop and execute annual integrated marketing plans aligned to growth priorities
  • Oversee campaign development across digital, retail, foodservice, social, and experiential
  • Ensure activation plans drive both brand equity and short-term sales impact
  • Partner with Sales to translate brand strategy into retail and customer activation
  • Lead development of a cohesive internal and external communications strategy aligned with brand positioning and business objectives
  • Ensure consistent brand narrative across PR, media relations, digital platforms, trade communications, and executive messaging

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
  • 8–12+ years of progressive brand leadership experience within CPG, food, or adjacent consumer industries
  • Demonstrated success building and scaling brands with measurable gains in awareness, equity, and market share
  • Proven experience developing integrated marketing strategies across paid, owned, and earned channels
  • Strong background in corporate communications, public relations, and executive messaging
  • Experience leading external agencies (creative, media, PR, digital) with high performance standards
  • Strong financial acumen with demonstrated accountability for marketing investment and ROI
  • Experience partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Innovation, Finance, and Executive Leadership
  • Clear, differentiated brand positioning in the refrigerated food space
  • Measurable increases in brand awareness and household penetration

Preferred

  • MBA or advanced degree preferred
  • Experience leading external agencies (creative, media, PR, digital) with high performance standards
  • Strategic visionary with disciplined execution
  • Deeply consumer-centric and insight-driven
  • Commercially grounded and performance-focused
  • Strong influencer capable of aligning diverse stakeholders
  • High standards for creative excellence and brand stewardship
  • A passion for rich, vibrant and the insanely crave-able world of good REAL food
  • Has the ability to turn strangers into Familia
  • Someone who would proudly and passionately celebrate the Hispanic culture through REAL food