VP, Brand & Content Optimization

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$220K/yr – $270K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead Aspen’s multi-year brand and integrated marketing strategy to grow patient acquisition and brand equity.

  • Must-have: 15+ years in brand and integrated marketing with leadership experience
  • Standout: Owns budget and leads a high-performing marketing team
  • Standout: Cross-functional leadership across creative, media, and digital teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Spearhead the development and execution of a data-driven, multi-year brand and integrated marketing strategy for Aspen, driving measurable growth in patient acquisition, conversion, and brand equity.
  • Architect and lead the execution of integrated marketing campaigns across all digital and traditional channels, optimizing for performance and ROI through rigorous analytics, creative testing, and continuous iteration.
  • Own the development and optimization of creative strategies that deliver the right message to the right audience at the right time, ensuring alignment to patient needs and behaviors across every stage of the funnel—from awareness through conversion and retention.
  • Partner closely with creative, media and digital teams to design and execute robust test-and-learn agendas, leveraging A/B and multivariate testing across creative, messaging, formats, and channels to continuously improve engagement and conversion.
  • Lead measurement and performance frameworks for creative effectiveness, establishing clear KPIs and feedback loops that connect creative output to business outcomes and inform ongoing optimization.
  • Own Aspen’s social strategy – across paid and organic – from a content and community engagement perspective, working closely with Aspen’s social team to respond and engage patients on the platforms where they are researching care.
  • Drive a culture of perpetual optimization, ensuring campaigns are continuously refined based on performance data, patient insights, and evolving market dynamics.
  • Leverage consumer and patient insights to inform tailored, audience-first funnel strategies, delivering more personalized and relevant messaging that improves connection, trust, and action at each stage of the journey.
  • Drive seamless integration of brand promotions and messaging across all patient touchpoints, including in-center experiences, call center interactions, and digital platforms, ensuring a consistent and compelling brand experience.
  • Establish and refine a comprehensive promotional strategy, leveraging market insights and competitive analysis to maximize brand visibility and patient engagement across the entire Aspen ecosystem.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or a related field
  • 15+ years of experience in brand and integrated marketing, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
  • Proven track record of developing and executing successful, performance-driven marketing campaigns with a strong emphasis on creative effectiveness and optimization
  • Demonstrated experience partnering with media and digital teams to drive full-funnel performance through testing and learning
  • Strong analytical mindset with experience in measurement frameworks, attribution, and translating insights into actionable strategy
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills

Preferred

  • Experience in the healthcare industry, DTC brand, or consumer brands is a plus
  • Experience as a growth marketer is a plus

Benefits

  • A generous benefits package that includes paid time off, health, dental, vision, and 401(k) savings plan with match
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When you say “Yes” to Aspen Dental, you get a great career and so much more. From mentors invested in your success, to a support network that has your back, joining Aspen Dental can give you the career you never imagined and the financial well-being to live the life you always wanted. When we launched Aspen Dental, we set out to break down the barriers that made it hard for patients to keep up withtheir dental health—affordability, transparency, and access. We knew the key to better patient care started with the provider, so we changed how the dental business worked. We built new relationships, expertise, and tools to help dentists run their businesses more effectively and better care for their patients. Fast forward, and over 20 years later, we’ve launched more than 900 Aspen Dental locations—by doing so, I’m proud to say we have changed access to dental care nationwide. But there’s more work to do. Healthier, happier smiles were just our beginning.Aspen Dental now joins a new portfolio of businesses with TAG - The Aspen Group as their parent business support company for our suite of healthcare brands.ABOUT TAG - THE ASPEN GROUPTAG was built on the simple idea of bringing better healthcare to more people. TAG and the independent healthcare practices it supports operate more than 1,100 locations in 45 states through its four healthcare support companies: Aspen Dental®, ClearChoice®, WellNow® and ChapterSM. Combined, the companies serve more than 30,000 patients a day and more than 8 million patients each year. TAG is headquartered at 800 W. Fulton Market in Chicago.

Founded in 1998
Chicago, Illinois, USA
8.9K employees (57 in marketing)
44% recommend to a friend
59% CEO approval

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
23 (0% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
2.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
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