Senior Director, Brand Marketing

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$204K/yr – $275K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

omni-channel brand leadership with a consumer-first mindset and cross-functional ownership of campaigns, content, CRM, and partnerships.

  • Lead cohesive, cross-channel marketing plans spanning brand, CRM, paid, organic social, and influencer content.
  • Align Product, Retail, e-commerce, PR and operations to deliver a unified brand narrative and seamless customer experience.
  • Oversee agency partners and internal teams to ensure bold, on-brand work grounded in consumer insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute comprehensive marketing plans that span seasonal brand campaigns, collaborations, site content, CRM, paid media, organic social, and influencer content. Your role will be crucial in orchestrating cohesive Consumer first Marketing plans that enhance brand presence and drive growth. Act as a key marketing leader across all major Athleta milestones, overseeing campaign readiness and integrated execution.
  • Champion customer-focused strategic planning and ensure rigorous, channel-specific execution. Lead teams to create and implement compelling, customer-centered content that reinforces our brand aspiration and drives engagement.
  • Partner closely with our creative team to push the boundaries of creativity. Foster a culture of innovation and ensure that all content reflects our brand’s style and tone, setting industry standards for visual storytelling
  • Collaborate with leads across Product, Retail, e-commerce, PR, and operations to deliver a unified brand narrative. Your ability to integrate brand and product content across various platforms will be key to achieving a seamless customer experience.
  • Support CMO on leading annual brand strategy, brand narrative and ongoing brand evolution work. Lead strategic planning against brand and business needs for content and campaigns, ensuring effective strategy led planning approach
  • Build strong relationships with design, merchandising, e-commerce, production, field operations, and finance teams. Work alongside our creative team to craft bold, impactful work that resonates across the brand.
  • Utilize customer data and insights to inform and refine key strategies and tactics. Ensure that our marketing efforts are grounded in a deep understanding of consumer behavior and market trends.
  • Manage our agency partners, including Creative, Influencer, Social and partner with internal Media shared services team to deliver their best work in support of the Brand’s objectives

Requirements

  • 10–12 years of experience in omni-channel or integrated marketing, campaign strategy, or media planning within a consumer, retail, or apparel brand (or agency).
  • Proven track record of developing and executing large-scale integrated marketing campaigns that drive awareness, engagement, traffic, and conversion.
  • Balanced strategic and creative thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to translate insights into actionable marketing plans.
  • Inspirational leader with experience managing and developing senior-level talent.
  • Deep understanding of channel interdependencies and the ability to drive cohesive execution across media, creative, CRM, retail, and experiential marketing.
  • Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and influence skills; capable of aligning diverse partners toward a unified vision.
  • Strong appreciation for Athleta’s aesthetic, voice, and mission, with the ability to maintain brand integrity while driving business results.

Benefits

  • Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
  • One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.
  • Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.
  • Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.
  • Employee stock purchase plan.
  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
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Athleta

We believe that being fit and active makes life richer and bigger than it could possibly be otherwise. And we’re always looking for people who share our passion for leading an active lifestyle, growing personally as well as professionally, and creating game-changing products and experiences. Collaboration is a real thing here. Because we know that individually we’re strong; but together we’re unstoppable. Athleta is a certified B Corp, which means we put people and planet right up there with profit, and we’re committed to using business as a force for good. If all this has you nodding “yes,” we’d love to hear from you.

Founded in 1998
San Francisco, California, USA
2.9K employees (445 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
101.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.5%
Direct
51.9%
Referral
3.9%
Social
11.9%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
361 (12% of company)
Median Career Experience
7 years
Median Tenure
4 years

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