Head of Creative Marketing, Banana Republic

New York City, NY (On-site)

$204K/yr – $275K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own and evolve the end-to-end creative strategy for Banana Republic, leading a diverse, high-performing team to connect with customers across retail, digital, social, packaging, and events while partnering with Brand Marketing, Product, and Visual Merchandising to drive business goals.

  • Define a holistic creative vision aligned with long-term strategy
  • Build and mentor a diverse world-class creative team
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure brand consistency and impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Drive Creative Expression
  • Lead and evolve a creative strategy that authentically connects with the customer.
  • Champion creative concepts that tie to Banana Republic’s purpose and positioning and span across retail, digital, social, packaging and experiential.
  • Ensure all creative expressions reflect Banana Republic’s unique brand voice, maintaining consistency and emotional resonance across every touchpoint.
  • Lead creative vision behind brand events and experiences to ensure brand consistency and innovation.
  • Leverage consumer and cultural insights to inform creative decisions that drive engagement and strengthen brand connection.
  • Lead with Purpose and Performance
  • Define and execute a holistic creative vision aligned with Banana Republic’s long-term vision and marketing strategy.
  • Drive a high-performance creative culture that values inclusivity, innovation, and accountability.
  • Partner with Brand Marketing, Product, and Visual Merchandising to ensure creative direction supports business goals and strengthens brand distinction.

Requirements

  • Creative Leadership: 12+ years of progressive creative direction experience within apparel, lifestyle, or agency environments.
  • Strategic Storytelling: Proven success driving brand evolution through emotionally resonant, purpose-driven creative work that drives brand heat.
  • Team Building: Experience developing and mentoring diverse, high-performing creative teams.
  • Collaboration: Strong ability to build trust and alignment across internal partners and external agencies.
  • Brand builder:
  • Execution Excellence: Expertise in design, photography, and digital best practices with a strong understanding of omnichannel marketing.
  • Inspirational Communicator: Exceptional storytelling, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Tools: Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, G-Suite, Figma, Keynote, and related tools.
  • Flexibility: Thrive in ambiguity, challenges convention, and continuously evolves their approach.

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.
  • See more of the benefits we offer.
  • For eligible employees
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Banana Republic

3.7 Glassdoor

Explore our amazing opportunities at jobs.bananarepublic.comBanana Republic is a global apparel and accessories brand focused on delivering modern, versatile classics designed for a life with no boundaries. Curious, connected and out in the world, Banana Republic provides a wardrobe of favorites – clothing, eyewear, jewelry, shoes, handbags and fragrances – all made for a life in motion with the finest materials and fabric innovations. Founded in San Francisco, Banana Republic is located in about 700 company-operated and franchise retail locations worldwide.But selling clothes isn’t the only thing we do. We’re committed to bettering the lives of those in the communities where we live and work. That’s why we’ve established a community outreach program through which employees dedicate thousands of volunteer hours. We’re also dedicated to supporting our employees. We provide robust on-boarding plans and programs to promote career growth like stretch assignments, mentoring, coaching and global assignments. In addition, we offer competitive benefits, including medical, 401(k) match, Employee Stock Purchase plan and employee charitable contribution matching. Banana Republic is proudly recognized as part of Gap Inc., which also operates Gap, Old Navy, and Athleta. If you’re knowledgeable about fashion and passionate about our brand, we’d love to hear from you.

Founded in 1978
San Francisco, California, USA
7.7K employees (1,323 in marketing)
62% recommend to a friend
71% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$204K/yr – $275K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Creative median pay in the United States

$110K/yr

Most pay falls between $83K and $155K. Based on 2,631 salaries.

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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
57.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.1M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.8%
Direct
47.6%
Referral
4.5%
Social
22.5%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~7.7K
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Head of Creative Marketing, Banana Republic

Banana Republic · New York City, NY · On-site