Senior Director, Brand Strategy (Creative Director) ($181,700.00 - $233,900.00)

Irvine, CA (On-site)

$182K/yr – $234K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the creative vision for retail branding and lead end-to-end content across digital, video, and experiential formats, coordinating with cross-functional teams to drive leasing, foot traffic, and sales.

  • Oversee content strategy and calendar
  • Lead multi-format creation and partnerships
  • Leverage AI and martech to optimize workflows

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Set the creative vision for retail branding, aligning brand priorities with business objectives and customer needs.
  • Develop and manage the retail content strategy and calendar to drive leasing, foot traffic, and sales.
  • Lead multi-format content development—including digital, video, and experiential assets—from concept to delivery.
  • Direct an internal creative team and external agency partners to maintain high-quality design and production standards.
  • Oversee social and earned media strategies, programming, and performance metrics aligned with brand narratives.
  • Collaborate with Portfolio Marketing, Leasing, Asset Management, and Operations to activate content across the portfolio.
  • Execute customer marketing strategies across Business-to-Customer (B2C) segments to convey retail center value.
  • Produce high-impact pitch materials, brochures, and Business-to-Business (B2B) thought leadership to support brokers and retailers.
  • Integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) and martech tools to optimize workflows and adapt to changing consumer behaviors.
  • Partner with analytics teams to evaluate campaign performance, Return on Investment (ROI), customer personas, and segmentation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)
  • 7+ years, with most experience developing creative work within an advertising agency or internal corporate creative services department.
  • Experience building customer testimonial and social proof initiatives, including video and multimedia content strategies.

Preferred

  • Deep expertise in B2B and consumer behavior, retail marketing, channel strategy, partnership marketing, and multi-platform campaign execution.
  • Mastery of core branding principles and copywriting (headlines and body copy) to guide high-quality creative execution.

Benefits

  • The Company also offers competitive benefits for full time employees including paid time off, matching 401(k), and health benefits.
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Salaries

Posted range

$182K/yr – $234K/yr

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