Brand Marketing Director

Grand Rapids, MI (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive7+ years exp

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Shape and own the end-to-end brand strategy and activation engine, aligning cross-functional teams to deliver breakthrough campaigns that move the portfolio metrics while keeping brand consistency across channels.

  • Drive the brand strategy and annual calendar with cross-functional input from Sales, Innovation, and Operations.
  • Lead consumer-driven brand activation and retail/on-premise execution to maximize trial and loyalty.
  • Oversee budget forecasting, ROI tracking, and performance reviews to continuously optimize investments.

Job Description

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.

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

Preferred

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
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Founders Brewing Company

3.6 Glassdoor

Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers both had steady jobs when they decided to chase their dreams and open a brewery–which meant writing a business plan, quitting their jobs, and taking out giant loans. They figured if you’re going to live life, you ought to live it hard, without regrets.After some initial challenges, due to making balanced but unremarkable beers, we were on the verge of bankruptcy. Then, the original Founders team decided to brew the kind of beer that they liked to drink: complex, in-your-face ales, with huge aromatics, bigger body, and tons of flavor.The Founders Family has grown around a simple statement: “We don’t brew beer for the masses. Instead, our beers are crafted for a chosen few, a small cadre of renegades and rebels who enjoy a beer that pushes the limits of what is commonly accepted as taste. In short, we make beer for people like us.”We have been lucky to evolve into one of the highest recognized breweries in the United States. In 2011, Ratebeer.com ranked us as the 2nd best brewery in the world (up from 4th best in 2010), and we have several beers listed in the top 100 beers on Beeradvocate.com. We were the 2nd fastest growing brewery in the U.S. in 2009, the winner of 4 medals at the 2010 World Beer Cup, and the winner of 2 medals at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival.We are proud to be doing what we are doing, and we give great thanks to our customers and credit to our staff for whom we continually work to provide world-class beers.

Founded in 1996
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
196 employees (13 in marketing)
61% recommend to a friend
52% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
42.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
54.7%
Direct
37.4%
Referral
5.3%
Social
1.6%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~193

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
9 (5% of company)