Head of Brand & Retail Marketing

Santa Ana, CA (On-site)

$180K/yr – $220K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the brand-building engine for a fast-scaling CPG, shaping Shameless Snacks' voice, identity, and cross-channel impact from day one.

  • Brand Stewardship: define the voice, visual identity, and strategic positioning to ensure a cohesive, category-defining brand bible.
  • Integrated Growth: lead organic social, creator partnerships, PR, and real-world activations to drive authentic audience engagement and earned media momentum.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: align with performance marketing, agencies, and production partners to deliver a consistent brand experience across social, retail, and performance creative.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and document Shameless Snacks' voice, visual identity, and strategic positioning — building the brand bible from scratch
  • Own organic social (Instagram, TikTok) — setting the content strategy, managing execution, and building a community that engages because the content is genuinely good
  • Lead influencer and creator partnerships — identifying the right voices, managing relationships, and ensuring content feels on-brand
  • Drive PR and earned media — securing meaningful placements in health, wellness, and culture publications that build the brand story beyond product features
  • Plan and execute cultural activations and real-world moments that put the brand in front of the right audiences
  • Ensure visual and tonal consistency across every touchpoint — from social content to retail shelf to performance creative
  • Manage agencies, creators, and production partners — knowing when to push and when to let them run
  • Partner with the performance marketing team so brand and paid creative feel like the same company

Requirements

  • 6-10 years in brand marketing, creative strategy, or brand management — ideally in food/bev, better-for-you CPG, or DTC with real cultural cachet
  • You've managed or significantly contributed to a brand's voice and visual identity — not just executed other people's directions
  • You understand culture as a participant, not a spectator — you know what's happening before it trends
  • Experience managing agencies, creators, and production partners
  • Comfortable in a lean, fast-moving environment where you don't need a large team to do great work
  • Strong opinions about brand — you'll push back on what's wrong and advocate hard for what's right
  • Excited to build from scratch rather than inherit a finished playbook

Benefits

  • On-site role with travel budget for activations, market visits, and events
  • Health, dental, and vision
  • Amazing, dog-friendly office environment
  • 401k matching
  • Learning & Development Opportunities
  • Flexible PTO
  • 14 Holidays

Ejam Inc

3.5 Glassdoor

Ejam is a performance-based online advertising and marketing leader. Our approach combines decades of Online Marketing experience with the technical know-how to market products at scale. We are located in sunny Newport Beach and consist of energetic team members ready to make the next move in online marketing.

Founded in 2017
Newport Beach, California, USA
85 employees (38 in marketing)
55% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.8%
Direct
52%
Referral
6%
Social
7.1%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~85

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
26 (31% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
2.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2