What are the responsibilities and job description for the Brand Director position at TalentPop?
We're Hiring: Brand Director (In-House | Valley Stream, NY)
About The Role
This is a pure brand role. You'll own and evolve how the brand shows up in the world — setting the creative vision, leading an in-house team, and ensuring everything from the website and editorial campaigns to organic content and email feels cohesive, intentional, and unmistakably on-brand. You'll collaborate closely with the growth team, but your focus is brand — building something people recognize, trust, and love.
What You'll Do
Team Leadership & Creative Management
About The Role
This is a pure brand role. You'll own and evolve how the brand shows up in the world — setting the creative vision, leading an in-house team, and ensuring everything from the website and editorial campaigns to organic content and email feels cohesive, intentional, and unmistakably on-brand. You'll collaborate closely with the growth team, but your focus is brand — building something people recognize, trust, and love.
What You'll Do
Team Leadership & Creative Management
- Lead, manage, and inspire a team of 5–6 creative professionals including designers, content creators, and video editors
- Set clear creative direction, provide regular feedback, and foster a high-performance, collaborative team culture
- Partner with the C-Suite to align creative output with brand priorities and broader business goals
- Build and maintain workflows that keep the creative team efficient, accountable, and producing at a high standard
- Define and evolve the brand voice, tone, and messaging strategy
- Ensure consistent brand identity across all platforms — website, email, packaging, social media, and organic content
- Maintain and enforce brand guidelines across all teams and partners
- Serve as the final word on what is and isn't on-brand
- Lead organic content strategy, ensuring storytelling reflects the brand and resonates with the audience
- Direct the creative team in developing brand-forward assets across design, photo, and video
- Plan and coordinate photo and video shoots from brief through final asset delivery
- Provide brand guardrails and creative input to the growth team across paid channels
- Own and manage the seasonal and promotional marketing calendar including launches, sales, and product campaigns
- Develop and lead editorial campaigns that bring together product, lifestyle, and brand narrative
- Project manage campaign execution across functions — keeping timelines, creative, and messaging aligned
- Own the brand experience across the website — look, feel, and messaging
- Ensure brand consistency across all owned channels — website, email, SMS, organic social, influencer partnerships, and packaging
- Partner with the lifecycle and email team to align messaging and retention initiatives
- Review and approve marketing copy, visual assets, and creative layouts
- 6–8 years of brand marketing or brand management experience, ideally in men's fashion or a DTC menswear brand
- A genuine, well-developed sense of men's style — you know what looks good and how to translate taste into brand direction
- Expert-level copywriting skills — clarity, confidence, and a distinct voice
- Proven experience managing and leading a creative team
- Track record of developing and executing 360° brand campaigns
- Strong creative instincts with the ability to define and defend what "on-brand" looks like across every touchpoint
- Proficient using AI tools to enhance creative output and accelerate workflows
- Highly organized with strong project management skills and attention to detail
- Background in creative direction or content production is a plus
- Familiarity with Monday, Klaviyo, Notion, Figma, or Shopify is a plus
- 181 S Franklin Ave, Valley Stream, NY 11581
- Monday – Thursday in-office; Friday remote
- 9 AM – 5 PM EST
- Salary range: $150,000 – $180,000
- 2 weeks PTO plus additional holidays
- Sick time
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) matching
Salary : $150,000 - $180,000