Director of Brand - Waterbury, VT

Waterbury, VT (Hybrid)

$130K/yr – $155K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive brand strategy and architecture for a multi-brand consumer goods company with cross-functional leadership to protect 20+ years of identity and grow long-term equity.

  • Own long-term brand vision and architecture across Product, Marketing, and Sales.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in brand management with consumer goods experience.
  • Standout: Broad scope including PR, retail marketing, and cross-functional leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the long-term, strategic brand vision, competitive positioning, and brand architecture, honoring 20+ years of brand identity while intentionally guiding brand evolution.
  • Provide strategic brand direction through regular delivery of brand strategy guidelines, campaign briefs, and category briefs, founded on consumer insights and integrating marketing and sales insights.
  • Ensure Product, Marketing, and Sales efforts are on brand across customer and consumer touchpoints, including digital marketing channels, retail marketing efforts, and packaging.
  • Provide leadership and strategic recommendations on brand and category architecture, including how the brand and its products are structured, the naming system for products or lines, and how sub-brands or future innovations ladder up to the master brand.
  • Lead the strategic development of brand-building initiatives that expand brand awareness, improve brand perception, and strengthen long-term brand equity.
  • Partner with Growth Marketing, eCommerce, and Sales teams to align upper-funnel initiatives with performance and business KPIs.
  • Establish brand health metrics and continually monitor performance to refine strategy.
  • Build and support the team and tools that enable the delivery of high-quality consumer insights that inform brand strategy, product innovation, and go-to-market strategies.
  • In partnership with Data & Analytics Team and Growth Marketing, provide brand leadership in building a robust insights ecosystem to guide commercial decision-making.
  • Oversee brand and category PR strategy, agency management, and earned media efforts.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, or similar.
  • MBA preferred.
  • 10+ years in brand management, brand strategy, or consumer insights roles; consumer goods, wellness, or lifestyle experience preferred.
  • Demonstrated success in long-term brand building and insights-driven strategy.
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skill set, with experience managing insights or analytics teams.
  • Experience communicating strategic direction and helping marketing and creative teams translate strategy to application and execution.
  • Prior experience in retail or B2B marketing is a plus.
  • Exceptional communication, influence, collaboration, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Preferred

  • Prior experience in retail or B2B marketing is a plus.

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The Cabot family has been in the hosiery business for 3 generations. Marc Cabot started Cabot Hosiery Mills in 1978 and for more than 40 years we have been making socks here, in the Green Mountains of Vermont. We are interested in one thing, producing the best possible socks the world has to offer. We are so confident in who we are and what we do that we back up our socks with an Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee.

Founded in 1978
Northfield, Vermont, USA
216 employees (23 in marketing)
60% recommend to a friend

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Current headcount: ~216

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
19 (9% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
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