Brand Marketing Director

Grand Rapids, MI (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive7+ years exp

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the brand strategy and cross-functional activation engine for a beverage portfolio, translating insights into planned campaigns, store execution, and growth across retail and on-premise channels.

  • Lead end-to-end brand planning and cross-functional collaboration across Sales, Innovation, and Ops to drive measurable growth.
  • Drive multi-channel campaigns (media, digital, experiential, PR) and agency partnerships from concept to launch with strict budget and timeline discipline.
  • Leverage consumer, market, and competitive data to optimize investments and boost trial, loyalty, and occasion-based activation.

Job Description

Own the brand strategy and cross-functional activation engine for a beverage portfolio, translating insights into planned campaigns, store execution, and growth across retail and on-premise channels.

  • Lead end-to-end brand planning and cross-functional collaboration across Sales, Innovation, and Ops to drive measurable growth.
  • Drive multi-channel campaigns (media, digital, experiential, PR) and agency partnerships from concept to launch with strict budget and timeline discipline.
  • Leverage consumer, market, and competitive data to optimize investments and boost trial, loyalty, and occasion-based activation.

Responsibilities

  • Leads the development and execution of annual brand strategies across the Mahou USA portfolio.
  • Manages and develops the brand marketing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Oversees integrated marketing planning including media, digital, social, experiential, partnerships, PR, and retail activation.
  • Leads brand activation initiatives that drive consumer engagement, trial, loyalty, and awareness.
  • Co-Develops and manages annual brand calendars with cross-functional input from Sales, Commercial Strategy, Innovation, and Operations.
  • Partners closely with Sales and Commercial teams to ensure brand strategies are effectively translated into retail and on-premise execution.
  • Oversees strategic alignment on campaign development and execution from concept through launch, ensuring programs are delivered on time and within budget.
  • Uses consumer insights, syndicated data, market trends, and competitive intelligence to inform brand strategies and optimize marketing investments.
  • Evaluates campaign and activation performance against KPIs and provides recommendations to improve future effectiveness.
  • Leads agency relationships including media, experiential, PR, and digital partners.
  • Presents brand strategies, campaign results, and business recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Ensures brand consistency across all communication channels and consumer touchpoints.
  • Identifies emerging cultural, category, and consumer trends that can drive future growth opportunities.
  • Collaborate with Innovation and Insights teams to support new product launches and portfolio growth initiatives.
  • Fully responsible for marketing budget management – forecasting, PO process, monthly reconciliation and ROI delivery
  • Responsible for special projects as assigned by the CMO.
  • Consistently identifies and produces opportunities for continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • 7-10 years experience executing brand strategy – ideally within beverage, or CPG
  • Experience leading brand activation & integrated marketing campaign execution
  • Retail/on-premise support experience
  • Agency coordination (briefing, evaluating creative, deployment)
  • And cross-functional collaboration

    Benefits

    • Health, dental, vision, and other coverage for all employees starts date of hire.
    • 401(k) matching
    • Paid time off, volunteer time, and floating holidays
    • Employee Assistance Program
    • Paid sabbaticals with tenure
    • Paid parental leave for all employee