Brand Marketing Specialist

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $87K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

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Job Summary

Own the creative testing roadmap and oversee the development of brand creative for a comprehensive digital media plan while partnering with analytics and performance teams to translate learnings into actionable optimizations.

  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with brand, performance, and creative partners
  • Present monthly mid-funnel performance reports across regions

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with the Brand Marketing Manager to determine our digital channel mix and investment strategy (e.g. Online Video, YouTube, Meta, TikTok).
  • Own the creative testing roadmap; partner with performance marketing and analytics teams to identify opportunities and structure testing plans.
  • Oversee the development of brand creative to fuel the digital media plan:
  • Draft creative briefs that are rooted in our brand story, customer insights, channel best practices, and campaign learnings.
  • Project-manage internal creative teams and external agencies, managing feedback, securing approvals, and trafficking final assets to media partners.
  • Maintain the brand team’s asset library and proactively identify opportunities to leverage assets and messaging across the organization.
  • Partner with analytics and engineering teams to advance digital brand measurement capabilities and translate creative learnings into actionable optimization strategies.
  • Monitor industry trends and identify emerging opportunities to drive continuous channel testing and expansion to drive performance improvements.
  • Generate and present monthly reports for mid-funnel channels across all active regions (US, CA, UK).
  • Responsible for budget planning and reconciliation for all mid-funnel digital brand channels.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of professional marketing experience, preferably in consumer brand or performance marketing
  • Deep understanding of creative strategy and production, with a proven ability to connect creative insights directly to performance metrics and business outcomes.
  • Strong creative instincts with the ability to give clear, actionable direction and feedback to agencies and creative partners.
  • A data-driven approach to decision-making, with a focus on balancing long-term brand building with short-term conversions.
  • Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with a track record of building cross-functional relationships and presenting to stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational skills and personal accountability, with experience managing budgets, project timelines, and competing priorities effectively.
  • Familiarity with leveraging generative AI tools to optimize creative workflows, speed up production, or streamline daily marketing tasks.

Benefits

  • best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us.
  • career development and corporate giving programs, as well as our employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities, help people build connections while making an impact in personally meaningful ways.
  • a flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being.
  • Thoughtful perks like daily free lunch, a new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and more help our people create space for what matters most in their personal and professional lives.
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Founded in 2006
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1.3K employees (86 in marketing)
79% recommend to a friend
92% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
40.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$8.5M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
48.6%
Direct
45.5%
Referral
3.7%
Social
0.7%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
60 (5% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$1.8M
Last Raise
$1.8M
Post IPO Secondary, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2022
    Post IPO Secondary
  • Aug 2017
    Series A • $1.8M

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