Head of Brand

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive brand strategy and storytelling for a product-led SaaS in education, coordinating product, marketing, and GTM across cross-functional teams.

  • Define and drive a brand strategy aligned with product-led growth.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in senior brand or marketing leadership with transformation experience.
  • Standout: Leads brand, creative, and content with cross-functional GTM influence.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive a brand strategy aligned with product-led growth.
  • Evolve positioning toward product value, innovation, and customer impact
  • Translate complex product capabilities into clear, compelling narratives
  • Partner closely with Product and Design to ensure brand reflects the actual product experience
  • Champion storytelling that highlights usability, differentiation, and innovation
  • Ensure alignment between brand promise and product delivery
  • Refine or rebuild brand positioning, messaging frameworks, and voice
  • Strengthen category positioning and differentiation within the K-12 market
  • Ensure consistency across all channels including web, campaigns, and sales enablement
  • Lead creative direction across campaigns, digital experiences, and owned channels

Requirements

  • 10 to 15 or more years of experience in brand, marketing, or related leadership roles
  • Proven experience leading brand transformation or repositioning
  • Experience in SaaS, technology, or product-led growth environments preferred
  • Track record of partnering closely with Product organizations
  • Strong strategic thinking and storytelling capabilities
  • Ability to translate complex product concepts into clear market narratives
  • Deep understanding of modern brand building in a digital-first environment
  • Strong creative judgment paired with business acumen
  • Experience influencing senior leaders and driving cross-functional alignment
  • A collaborative leadership style with the ability to drive change

Preferred

  • Experience leading a shift from sales-led to product-led or customer-led growth
  • Background in education, K-12, or mission-driven organizations
  • Strong point of view on how brand and product should work together
  • Ability to build brand systems that scale with a growing product portfolio
  • A track record of elevating brand from support function to strategic growth driver

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage
  • Retirement 401(k) with employer match
  • Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Mental Health Reimbursement
  • Unlimited paid time off, including seasonal (December) company-wide time off
  • Paid parental and medical leave
  • Private medical insurance for you and your dependents
  • Life insurance
  • 15 days Aguinaldo
  • Vales de Despensa
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Founded in 2013
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
387 employees (27 in marketing)
79% recommend to a friend
69% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
38.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$6.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.6%
Direct
55.2%
Referral
14.8%
Social
1.6%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~386

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
13 (3% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$20M
Last Raise
$13.2M
Series Unknown, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2019
    Series Unknown • $13.2M
  • May 2017
    Series A • $5.7M
  • Nov 2015
    Seed • $1.1M

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