SVP, Marketing

Southfield, MI (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive enterprise marketing and brand leadership for Sun Communities and Sun Outdoors, unifying customer journeys across brands to grow occupancy and revenue.

  • Must-have: 10+ years of senior marketing leadership in a large multi-site consumer-facing business.
  • Lead brand architecture, digital, CRM, and data-driven strategy across operations and growth teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develops and executes a comprehensive marketing strategy that elevates the enterprise brand and strengthens the positioning of its individual business lines. (Essential)
  • Ensures brand consistency and alignment across all customer touch points, partner channels, and digital platforms. (Essential)
  • Continues to enhance brand architecture, visual identity, and storytelling to reflect the company's evolution and 50-year heritage. (Essential)
  • Leads digital marketing, SEO/SEM, social media, paid media, and performance marketing to drive qualified traffic, lead volume, occupancy, and sales conversion. (Essential)
  • Oversees digital transformation initiatives, including personalization, dynamic content, and AI-driven customer journeys. (Essential)
  • Coordinates team member selection and development and ensures team members comply with appropriate policies and procedures.
  • Partners with tech and Data/BI teams to implement advanced analytics, attribution modeling, and marketing automation.
  • Owns the end-to-end customer experience strategy across all brands, ensuring seamless transitions from digital discovery to on-property experience to long-term retention.
  • Uses customer insights and analytics to identify friction points and design improvements that elevate the guest and resident experience.
  • Serves as steward for corporate communications, reputation management, crisis response, and media engagement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field (Required)
  • Master's Degree in Business Administration (Preferred)
  • 10+ years in of progressively responsible marketing leadership experience (Required)
  • Prior senior-level marketing leadership experience in a large, multi-site consumer-facing business (hospitality, real estate, retail, travel, leisure, or related industry strongly preferred)
  • Strong leadership qualities and a demonstrated capability in leading a large, diverse team
  • Proven success managing large marketing budgets, complex brand portfolios, and agency/partner ecosystems
  • Strong background in digital marketing, CRM, marketing technology, and data analytics
  • Experience in publicly traded companies, including comfort with investor-adjacent communication, compliance considerations, and reputation risk
  • Ability to communicate complex information in an easy-to-understand format
  • Visionary brand and creative leadership paired with strong analytical and financial acumen

Nice To Have

  • Experience marketing across multi-country regions (U.S., Canada, and the UK)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Medical and Prescription coverage with 4 plan options so you can choose the plan that best meets the needs of you and your family
  • Comprehensive Dental and Vision Plans
  • On-Site Fitness Center
  • Voluntary Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
  • Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance and Dependent Life
  • Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage
  • 401(k) Plan with Sun matching contribution
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Identity Theft Insurance
  • Legal Assistance Plan
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Sun Communities & Sun Outdoors

3.2 Glassdoor

About Us:Sun Communities and Sun Outdoors are the nation's premier provider of manufactured home communities and RV resorts. To find out more about what we have to offer, visit a community near you or contact us.Our Culture:We have built our culture around a simple customer service philosophy: The Golden Rule. We treat others the way we want to be treated. Our team is considered one of our most valuable assets, and we ensure we offer a fun and rewarding workplace!We are committed to the encouragement of personal growth and are pleased to offer opportunities for advancement to qualified individuals. Our formal training programs, on-the-job training activities, and customized development plans help support team members to accomplish their goals.Accolades:We've been ranked as a “Top 100 Workplace” by the Detroit Free Press for the past 11 consecutive years. We were also recognized as one of Fortune's Best Places to Work in Real Estate in 2022!

Founded in 1975
Southfield, Michigan, USA
741 employees (84 in marketing)
47% recommend to a friend
64% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
213.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.5%
Direct
37.6%
Referral
10.1%
Social
1.8%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~741

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
80 (11% of company)
Median Career Experience
19 years
Median Tenure
5.4 years

Funding

Total Funding
$500M
Last Raise
$500M
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $500M

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