Brand Strategy Director

Texas, USA (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and steward Insperity's brand strategy and advertising performance, lead external agency relationships, and drive data-informed optimization across campaigns and brand initiatives.

  • Own brand strategy, KPIs, and cross-channel performance
  • Lead external agencies and ensure brand alignment
  • Translate insights into actionable recommendations for leadership

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Defines and stewards Insperity's brand strategy, positioning, voice, messaging, and brand standards, partnering closely with the Director, Creative to ensure the brand is expressed consistently and effectively across all channels and touchpoints.
  • Monitors the competitive landscape, consumer behavior, and emerging market trends, bringing forward insights and strategic recommendations that keep Insperity’s brand relevant and differentiated.
  • Identifies and evaluates brand partnership and placement opportunities that enhance awareness and engagement with target audiences.
  • Owns the performance of Insperity’s brand advertising portfolio, independently analyzing campaign data, drawing meaningful conclusions, and bringing forward optimization recommendations without being prompted.
  • Serves as the primary day-to-day relationship owner with the external advertising agency, providing clear strategic direction, managing performance expectations, and ensuring all work is aligned to brand objectives and business outcomes.
  • Communicates brand advertising performance, insights, and recommendations to internal stakeholders including creative and agency operations, providing the context and direction needed to brief, prioritize, and execute work effectively.
  • Establishes and maintains a rigorous approach to brand KPIs, tracking performance across campaigns, channels, and audience segments, and telling the performance story clearly to leadership on a regular basis.
  • Partners with the Director, Creative as a strategic brand voice, bringing a clear and informed point of view on how creative work reflects and advances brand objectives, and contributing substantive feedback that elevates the work rather than simply evaluating it against guidelines.
  • Ensures that visual expression, messaging, and storytelling across all creative output consistently reinforces Insperity’s brand positioning and resonates with target audiences.
  • Collaborates with agency operations and creative teams to submit jobs, provide strategic context for requests, and help educate internal partners on brand standards and advertising objectives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, a related discipline, or equivalent work experience is required.
  • Ten years of progressive experience spanning brand strategy, advertising performance, and agency management, with demonstrated success across multiple disciplines rather than deep expertise in only one.
  • Proven track record of independently owning advertising performance, analyzing data, identifying optimization opportunities, and presenting actionable recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Experience working directly with external creative and media agencies, providing strategic direction, managing performance expectations, and holding partners accountable to brand and business objectives.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with an external media agency and an internal creative agency providing strategic direction, managing performance expectations, and holding partners accountable to brand and business objectives.
  • Strong track record of partnering with creative leadership to translate brand strategy into effective creative execution, aligning on priorities and working toward shared brand and business goals.
  • B2B marketing experience is preferred. Candidates with B2C backgrounds who demonstrate the ability to apply brand and performance thinking to complex, considered-purchase categories will be strongly considered.
  • Advanced analytical capability with the ability to independently assess advertising performance data, identify what is working and what is not, and translate those insights into clear and actionable recommendations for leadership and agency partners.
  • Strategic and creative fluency with an ability to evaluate creative work against brand objectives with a specific and informed point of view in order to articulate what great looks like in a way that earns the respect of creative leadership.
  • Clear and confident brand voice with the ability to define what Insperity stands for, defend it when necessary, and evolve it thoughtfully as the market changes.

Benefits

  • Well-Being: Our total rewards package includes generous paid time off, top-tier medical, dental and vision benefits, health & wellness support, paid volunteer hours and much more.
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Insperity

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Since 1986, Insperity’s mission has been to help businesses succeed so communities prosper. Offering a suite of the most comprehensive, scalable HR solutions available in the marketplace, Insperity is defined by an unrivaled breadth and depth of services and level of care. Through an optimal blend of premium HR service and technology, Insperity delivers the administrative relief, reduced liabilities and better benefit solutions that businesses need to drive performance and growth. With 2024 revenues of $6.6 billion and more than 90 sales offices throughout the U.S., Insperity is currently making a difference in thousands of businesses and communities nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.insperity.com. Founded: April 1986Headquarters: Kingwood, TexasNumber of sales offices: 90+2024 Revenues: $6.6BNumber of corporate employees: 4,400+Number of Clients/customers: 100,000+Stock Exchange/Ticker: NYSE/NSP

Founded in 1986
Houston, Texas, USA
5.1K employees (178 in marketing)
79% recommend to a friend
89% CEO approval

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
149 (3% of company)
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$779.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20%
Direct
75.6%
Referral
3.4%
Social
0.2%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.1K

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Brand Strategy Director

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