Head of Brand & Creative Strategy

Costa Mesa, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own brand leadership and creative operations across a multi-portfolio holding company, guiding identity, asset production, and campaign design while tying outputs to business goals.

  • Brand ownership: maintain consistency and evolve visual identity across subsidiaries.
  • Campaign leadership: concept from brief to execution and measure ROI via dashboards.
  • Team and partner leadership: hire, develop a small creative team and manage vendors to uphold quality.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the brand identity for The Brella Co and its subsidiaries
  • Develop marketing assets across digital, print, social, and video channels
  • Lead campaign concepting from brief through execution
  • Manage outside vendors, freelancers, and creative contractors
  • Maintain visual consistency across all Brella Co companies
  • Ensure creative work supports brand standards, campaign goals, and business priorities
  • Track and report on campaign ROI, channel performance, and content effectiveness
  • Own and maintain a marketing dashboard that shows what is working and what needs improvement
  • Monitor key growth metrics, including customer acquisition cost, engagement, attribution, and conversion
  • Manage the marketing budget and report spend against outcomes
  • Run and evaluate A/B tests across ads, emails, landing pages, and other campaign assets
  • Use performance insights to improve future creative decisions
  • Report directly to the CEO and serve as a key creative voice in leadership discussions
  • Work closely with the Executive Operations Director on planning, prioritization, and execution
  • Participate in quarterly planning with cross-functional leadership
  • Bring brand and marketing perspective to operational and growth discussions
  • Align creative output with business objectives across all subsidiaries
  • Scope and resource creative initiatives in partnership with leadership
  • Hire, develop, and lead a small creative team of 1 to 3 people
  • Set clear creative direction and maintain a high standard for quality

Requirements

  • Portfolio demonstrating strong creative work across brand, digital, and campaign projects
  • Ability to read performance dashboards and use data to make better creative decisions
  • Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, GA4 or equivalent analytics platforms, paid media fundamentals, and content or social strategy
  • Strong strategic thinking and the ability to connect creative decisions to business goals
  • Clear communication skills and the ability to present ideas to leadership
  • Experience managing a small team, freelancers, vendors, or creative contractors
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment
  • Self-directed working style with strong ownership and follow-through
  • Experience in home services, construction, real estate, or a related industry
  • Experience supporting multiple brands, business units, or locations
  • Strong understanding of campaign planning, creative testing, and marketing performance

Preferred

  • Flexible hybrid work style
  • Opportunity to grow with the company as the portfolio expands
  • Leadership visibility and direct collaboration with executive leadership
  • Opportunity to influence brand direction across multiple growing companies

Benefits

  • The Brella Co is a modern umbrella holding company built around one idea: the American Dream made simple. We build, franchise, and acquire home service brands, giving entrepreneurs, operators, and business owners the systems, support, and structure they need to launch confidently, scale strategically, and grow with intention.
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The Brella Co.

Brella Co. is a holding company focused on building, operating, and scaling a portfolio of service-based brands into repeatable, franchise-ready businesses.We don’t consult or build for outside companies — we develop and grow the brands we own. From naming, storytelling, and brand identity to SOPs, operational structure, hiring processes, and leadership systems, Brella provides the foundation each subsidiary needs to scale with clarity and consistency.Through brands like Popsicle Air, Cadence Real Estate, Well Done, and Levi’s Garage, we’re building a cohesive ecosystem where shared systems, strategy, and execution accelerate growth across every company under the Brella platform.Brella functions as the strategic layer for the group — overseeing leadership, designing operational frameworks, and developing repeatable models built for longevity and expansion.We operate at the intersection of:• Brand creation and incubation• Operational infrastructure and SOP development• Franchise and licensing preparation• Storytelling, culture, and communityOur mission: build companies that last, create brands people believe in, and establish a scalable ecosystem designed for long-term growth and ownership.

Founded in 2024
Costa Mesa, California, USA
2 employees (1 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
918
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.1%
Direct
42.1%
Referral
12.6%
Social
10.1%
Paid
1.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (50% of company)