Director of Brand + Marketing

New York City, NY (On-site)

$125K/yr – $175K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and evolve the brand across strategy, creative direction, and multi-channel experiences, translating insights into cohesive systems and campaigns.

  • Lead internal brand and creative teams, setting standards and KPIs
  • Collaborate with Sales, Product, and external partners to strengthen brand equity and growth

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the positioning of In Common With and Quarters, establishing a clear, differentiated point of view within the design and cultural landscape.
  • Lead the development of product narratives, translating material, process, and design intent into language that is precise, grounded, and culturally resonant.
  • Establish and maintain standards for voice, tone, art direction, graphic design, and photography, ensuring consistency and clarity across all expressions.
  • Define and refine the end-to-end brand experience across digital, retail, and physical environments, ensuring alignment between brand intent and lived experience.
  • Ensure that the customer journey—from first interaction through purchase, fulfillment, and follow-up—is as considered as how the brand is communicated.
  • Identify opportunities to expand the brand’s relevance across audiences, geographies, and categories, without diluting its core identity.
  • Develop a deep understanding of cultural context, customer behavior, and market dynamics to inform brand evolution—not just marketing strategy.
  • Lead and develop the internal brand and creative team, including art direction, graphic design, photography, and marketing, setting a high bar for thinking, craft, and execution.
  • Provide clear direction across all outputs, ensuring work is aligned with brand principles and executed with rigor.
  • Build and manage a network of external collaborators, including photographers, stylists, writers, and producers, maintaining a consistent level of quality and taste.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience leading brand and marketing functions within luxury, design, fashion, or a similarly positioned, product-driven business.
  • A demonstrated ability to define brand positioning and translate it into cohesive systems—spanning product narratives, campaigns, and channels—that drive both desirability and revenue.
  • Deep experience across integrated channels, including e-commerce, CRM, paid and organic media, PR, partnerships, and retail or experiential environments, with accountability for performance.
  • Strong commercial acumen, with a clear understanding of customer acquisition, conversion, retention, and lifetime value.
  • Experience owning product marketing for physical goods, including naming, positioning, and go-to-market strategy.
  • Experience leading PR strategy and partnerships, including managing external agencies and developing collaborations from concept through execution.
  • Proven ability to build and lead teams, establish systems, and maintain a high standard across both strategic thinking and execution.
  • Experience managing budgets, forecasting, and aligning investment with business goals.
  • Track record of working cross-functionally with Product Design, Sales, and Operations to align brand and marketing with broader business objectives.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Preferred

  • Strong commercial instinct, with a clear understanding of how positioning, pricing, and storytelling shape demand.
  • Deep familiarity with the codes of luxury—understanding how restraint, consistency, and attention to detail build long-term brand equity.
  • Experience operating at the intersection of brand and business, with the ability to connect narrative, channels, and customer experience to measurable growth.
  • A clear editorial point of view, with the ability to shape narratives that are precise, differentiated, and culturally aware.
  • Ability to build and scale systems—campaign frameworks, briefing processes, and content pipelines—without diluting quality or intent.
  • Strong market awareness, able to read competitive context and identify opportunities for differentiation.
  • Comfort moving between high-level strategy and hands-on execution, maintaining rigor in both.
  • Experience working closely with founders or executive leadership, bringing structure and clarity to evolving priorities.
  • A direct, thoughtful communicator who gives and receives feedback with clarity and respect.
  • Operates with integrity, accountability, and a high level of personal ownership.

Benefits

  • Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance (with 100% monthly premium coverage options), PTO, and a 401(k) with employer match
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In Common With

In Common With is a design studio built on collaboration between artists, materials, environments, and our community at large. Working together, we’re committed to redefining the familiar by bringing elevated materials, detail-oriented design, and unparalleled adaptability to lighting for all spaces.

Founded in 2018
New York, New York, USA
27 employees (10 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
40.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.9%
Direct
42.4%
Referral
2.5%
Social
6.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~27

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (19% of company)