Marketing Brand Manager - Resort

Detroit Lakes, MN (On-site)

$85K/yr – $100K/yrMid Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 13 days ago

Job Summary

Own and drive brand strategy, voice, and market positioning for resort brands while leading content, catalogs, and cross-functional campaigns across sales, creative, and licensors.

  • Define storytelling, campaigns, and messaging to differentiate each resort brand
  • Partner with Sales and Creative Leads on catalogs, timelines, and approvals
  • Leverage AI and emerging tools to strengthen content, planning, and email performance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the brand strategy, voice, and positioning for assigned resort brands
  • Market Presence & Content Strategy: Develop seasonal and campaign-level marketing plans, defining storytelling , , content direction, and messaging that differentiate and elevate each resort brand respectively
  • Catalog Ownership: In collaboration with the Marketing Creative Lead, you will collaborate and lead resort catalogs and fliers including timeline management, content direction, messaging, and cross-functional approvals
  • Sales Collaboration: Partner with Sales to understand growth opportunities, prioritize requests, and ensure marketing tools align with business goals
  • Request Management: Review and prioritize incoming marketing requests through established workflows (e.g., Monday.com), ensuring clarity and alignment
  • AI: Embrace emerging AI tools with curiosity, exploring how they can strengthen content creation, campaign planning, email performance, and brand storytelling (no prior AI experience required )
  • Retail Experience: Collaborate on and help define in-store branded environments and retail marketing support
  • Trade Show Partnership: Collaborate with the broader marketing team on major resort-related trade show presence and materials; serve as a strategic partner (this role does not directly oversee trade shows)
  • Email Marketing and Website: Build and manage customer email communications and an effective campaign cadence, primarily B2B via Mailchimp, with support for D2C brands (often in Klaviyo ), including light website updates and ongoing site management as needed
  • Brand Communications & Social Media : Develop external communications, partner messaging, presentations, company announcements, and social media content that supports broader go-to-market strategies

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing , Business, Communications, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 6-8+ years of experience in brand management, marketing strategy, sales enablement, or related field
  • Strong eye for photography, visual storytelling, and content that resonates with lifestyle audiences
  • Ability to think strategically while executing tactically
  • Highly organized and comfortable managing multiple timelines simultaneously
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable learning project management systems (e.g., Monday.com)
  • Clear and confident communicator, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively without direct authority
  • Self-motivated, proactive, adaptable multitasker who thrives in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong cultural contributor who embraces and enhances our unique company culture
  • Willingness to travel onsite and occasionally for events, activations, or industry engagements

Preferred

  • Passion for or familiarity with resort, outdoor lifestyle, or destination retail environments strongly preferred
  • Experience with email marketing platforms and campaign management is highly desirable
  • This role blends brand strategy with hands-on execution

Benefits

  • LIFE'S BETTER WITH GREAT BENEFITS. PTO accrual, holiday pay eligibility, and merchandise discounts begin immediately . Health, dental, vision, and life coverage, along with 401(k) participation, begin the first of the month after 60 days . Company 401(k) match eligibility begins after 12 months, and profit sharing is based on company performance. Exempt roles receive 10 days of PTO during years 0-1, 15 days during years 1-5, and 20 days after 5 years, plus 7 paid holidays annually. Additional benefits include voluntary benefit options, confidential no-cost Employee Assistance Programs, employee discounts across Lakeshirts brands, employee events and recognition programs, referral incentives, and Dogs at Work.
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Lakeshirts

Lakeshirts is a custom apparel decorating company that started in our owner’s parents’ basement in 1984. We have since grown to an $200 million+ company in a 275,000 square foot facility. Our production floor includes 48 automatic screenprint presses, 32 multi-head embroidery machines, six 60-foot laser appliqué bridges, three sublimation presses, and a number of dogs running around the place. Lakeshirts sales continue to grow, as does its profitability, due to the hard work and continuous improvement efforts of its 500+ employees and over 60 nation-wide reps. Lakeshirts provides decorated apparel to thousands of customers in the resort and college markets, being a preferred choice to customers based on its breadth of great designs, great garments in its inventory, and reliable and responsive delivery. With more than 40 artists on our staff, we create thousands of pieces of art each year, giving each customer a unique look. We have over 100 bodystyles in stock, and each one comes in a multitude of colors, totaling more than 1,000,000 pieces in our inventory.This is all done in a culture that reflects respect, community, and fun. Our culture is second-to-none and must be experienced to be truly understood. If you happen to be in the lakes area, we invite you to stop in and see for yourself. We always enjoy visits, and we’re proud to show off the community that we’ve called “home” for all of our lives. And if you happen to bring along a Milk Bone or two with you, we know you’ll make some very quick and deep friendships.Life’s Better in a T-shirt

Founded in 1984
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA
363 employees (129 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$85K/yr – $100K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($93K) is 10% below the median base salary for Brand Marketing Manager roles in the United States ($103K).

Brand Marketing Manager median pay in the United States

$105K/yr

Most pay falls between $90K and $121K. Based on 86 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
12.5 years
Median Tenure
2.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2020
    Private Equity
  • Jan 2019
    Private Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
78.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
10.7%
Direct
54.8%
Referral
33.6%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~363
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Marketing Brand Manager - Resort

Lakeshirts · Detroit Lakes, MN · On-site