VP, Brand

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$250K/yr – $275K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own the steering of Prose's brand narrative and broad- spectrum activation across earned media, campaigns, social impact, and advocacy, while building awareness, customer-centric messaging, and measurable ROI through a collaborative, data-informed leadership role.

  • Lead brand strategy with executive partnership and drive cross-functional alignment
  • Oversee holistic awareness, campaigns, and influencer programs
  • Own budget, measurement, and team leadership to deliver impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Brand strategy & narrative — Partner with the Chief Brand Innovation Officer on Prose’s overall brand strategy, and own the strategy across earned media, community, advocacy, campaigns, and social impact — turning positioning into a clear, consistent narrative at every touchpoint, with the customer at the center.
  • Holistic brand awareness — Build full-funnel brand awareness across earned, owned, social, partnerships, and community — increasing how many of the right people know, understand, and choose Prose, not just how much coverage we generate.
  • Customer centricity — Use voice-of-customer insight, emerging customer trends, and data to shape messaging and brand decisions, partnering closely with Growth and Product so the brand connects to the end-to-end customer journey.
  • Campaigns, creative & cultural moments — Partner with NPD + Creative to concept and execute 360° campaigns, brand moments, cultural partnerships, and experiential activations; own marketing briefs and cross-functional kickoffs with Creative, Growth, and Product; and guide asset development across platforms and formats.
  • Marketing & content activation — Lead marketing and campaign activation and always-on content development, sustaining and evolving product storytelling through seasonal repositioning as the market shifts.
  • Brand advocacy & influencer — Build brand advocacy and the influencer/creator program with both an organic and performance lens, building authentic relationships that expand Prose’s reach with new audiences and driving EMV.
  • PR & earned media — Lead proactive PR to build industry and consumer visibility and credibility, overseeing the PR and SEO/blog agency to grow quality coverage, share of voice, and LLM-optimized earned presence that reinforces Prose’s positioning.
  • Communications & crisis — Own communications, corporate/internal comms and crisis readiness, protecting brand reputation with fast, clear, well-judged response when issues arise.
  • Community & social — Lead and expand community, blog, and social management, ensuring Prose shows up consistently across owned social channels (Meta, TikTok, YouTube, etc.).
  • Social impact (B Corp) — Own Prose’s social impact agenda, advancing the company’s commitments as a certified B Corporation and connecting purpose to brand storytelling.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in brand, communications, or marketing, including senior leadership of brand strategy at a consumer brand.
  • Proven track record building holistic brand awareness across earned, social, community, and partnerships — with measurable results.
  • Experience leading integrated 360° campaigns, creative, and content development across channels.
  • Customer-obsessed; fluent in using insight, emerging trends, and data to shape brand messaging and decisions.
  • Experience owning a brand budget and measuring brand health and ROI (awareness, consideration, share of voice, sentiment, MMM).
  • Experience leading PR, communications, corporate/internal communications, and crisis through in-house teams and external agencies.
  • Experience leading influencer/creator advocacy and community/social programs.
  • Familiarity with building brand discoverability in AI assistants and answer engines (GEO/AEO) is a strong plus.
  • Experience with social impact, purpose, or sustainability communications is a strong plus (B Corp or mission-driven brand experience especially welcome).
  • Brand, creator, and measurement tools familiarity is preferred

Preferred

  • Familiarity with brand, creator, and measurement tools — e.g., CreatorIQ, Nectar Social, Dash Hudson, ShopMy, and brand-health trackers like Qualtrics.
  • Experience with social impact, purpose, or sustainability communications is a strong plus (B Corp or mission-driven brand experience especially welcome).
  • Beauty, wellness, or premium DTC experience is a plus
  • Knowledge and passion for prestige skincare and haircare categories.
  • Active, daily use of AI tools in your current workflow — for analysis, reporting, research, or creative thinking. We’re looking for someone who already treats AI as a work tool, not someone willing to learn it someday.

Benefits

  • Competitive PTO
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Company sponsored health care plan (medical, dental and vision plans)
  • 401k + matching
  • FSA and commuter benefits
  • Snacks and lunches
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Prose

4.1 Glassdoor

At Prose, we know one size fits none. So we re-thought the entire model of mass beauty to create one-of-a-kind haircare and skincare. It’s a radically custom approach: We create products that fit you (and only you), combining lab innovation, natural ingredients, and patent-pending AI — for truly custom care and always-improving results.Prose is a Certified B Corporation, a Public Benefit Corporation, and a Carbon Neutral company, because good business is always sustainable.

Founded in 2017
Brooklyn, New York, USA
271 employees (34 in marketing)
80% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$250K/yr – $275K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$25M
Last Raise
$18M
Series B, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2018
    Series B • $18M
  • Dec 2017
    Series A • $5.2M
  • Jul 2017
    Seed • $1.8M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$275.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.4%
Direct
54.8%
Referral
5.4%
Social
4.8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~271

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