Sr. Brand Manager, Digital Strategy

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$80K/yr – $95K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 13 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive Phusion’s brand presence across digital, social, and paid channels, turning brand strategy into integrated content, channel plans, and performance-driven campaigns while leading influencer partnerships and community programming.

  • Own communication strategy across social, paid, digital, and trade
  • Lead influencer, creator partnerships and always-on community programming

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to brand positioning, the annual brand plan, and 360° campaign architecture; own the brand's digital expression across every consumer touchpoint, including content and copy alignment, creator-ecosystem alignment, and communication flow across content, social, paid, organic, email, and SMS.
  • Translate brand strategy into integrated communication, content, and channel plans with clear objectives and KPIs.
  • Apply digital, social, and brand-level insights to refine strategy and guide in-flight optimization.
  • Lead the social and content briefing and development process — in partnership with the Social Media Manager / Content Developer — establishing a workflow that monitors social trends, aligns the brands to relevant cultural moments, and defines the brand's strategic angles across social and content.
  • Own communication strategy across all Phusion brands – from social, paid, digital, and supporting across trade and brand marketing.
  • Drive community growth, user-generated content, and always-on programming that builds culture and trial.
  • Own paid-media and communication strategy across social, traditional advertising, and CRM; direct the paid-media agency (RASP) and hold it accountable to performance.
  • Manage the content-development and creator/influencer budget with support from the Integrated Marketing Manager
  • Define and maintain the social technology stack — listening, publishing, community management, and creator sourcing — and the brand and competitor insights it produces.
  • Partner with the Integrated Marketing Manager on influencer, talent, and cultural partnerships, and on cross-functional project timelines and reporting.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of digital marketing experience, ideally within CPG, beverage alcohol, or a related regulated consumer category, with proven success managing paid media budgets and agency relationships at scale.
  • 2+ years of experience directly managing and developing employees, ideally in a social media, content, or community management function.
  • Working knowledge of digital media platforms (Meta Business Suite, Google Ads, TikTok Ads Manager), ecommerce/digital shelf tools, and analytics/reporting tools.
  • Ability to travel occasionally (as necessary to attend company or regional meetings/training).
  • Digital marketing experience in a consumer product B2C/DTC environment
  • Experience managing agency relationships and full-funnel media plans
  • Experience owning ecommerce/digital shelf content and performance
  • Understanding and ability to execute performance measurement and attribution
  • Excellent presentation skills and poise
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision

Preferred

  • Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university, or equivalent combination of education and experience, preferred.

Benefits

  • You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter & transit, paid holidays, paid time off, and 401(k).
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Phusion Projects LLC

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Established in 2005, Phusion Projects is a global alcoholic beverage company with presence in over 40 countries, employing 250+ worldwide and housing a portfolio of brands like Four Loko, Mamitas, Pirate Water, Basic Vodka, Basico Tequila, and Earthquake.Since the company’s inception, Phusion Projects has encouraged fans to unfold their own Four Loko story, while being committed to operating as a responsible member of the alcoholic beverage industry. To learn more about Phusion Projects, please visit phusionprojects.com & fourloko.com.

Founded in 2005
Chicago, Illinois, USA
208 employees (12 in marketing)
92% recommend to a friend
97% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$80K/yr – $95K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (6% of company)
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.4%
Direct
42.3%
Referral
5%
Social
16.4%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~209
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Sr. Brand Manager, Digital Strategy

Phusion Projects LLC · Chicago, IL · On-site