Senior Specialist, Brand Management (1 year Contract)

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Who You’ll Work With

As a Senior Specialist on the Brand Management team, you’ll work closely with the Senior Manager of Brand Management (your direct manager) and collaborate across almost every area of Bain’s Marketing department. You’ll engage most regularly with campaign leads, design project managers, designers, copywriters, the social media team, and paid media leads to ensure brand consistency and effective execution.

WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

The Brand Management team sits in Bain’s Brand Studio center of excellence. Part of the global Marketing department, the Brand Studio is a team of creative strategists and strategic creatives on a mission to help drive extraordinary business outcomes through breakthrough brand strategy, design, video and communications. We create experiences that champion our brand, communicate with clarity, and reinforce Bain and the firm of choice for clients and talent.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Specialist, you’ll coordinate high-priority campaigns and support brand governance, ensuring Bain’s brand is applied consistently and effectively. You’ll turn campaign goals into actionable briefs, insights, and deliverables—keeping projects on track, stakeholders aligned, and opportunities for greater efficiency and impact front of mind. This is a one-year contract role.

You’ll Work On

Campaign Support & Coordination (30%)

• Join campaign kickoff and planning calls, ensuring clear objectives and timelines.
• Draft campaign briefs that capture goals, audiences, key messages, and asset needs.
• Independently monitor campaign progress, making sure creative work feels consistent across all assets and channels.
  
  

Cross-Functional Liaison (20%)

• Collaborate with Bain’s Brand Studio and other marketing centers of excellence (design, copywriting, social, video, paid media, web, etc.) to ensure brand consistency.
• Proactively communicate updates and facilitate alignment across stakeholders.
  
  

Brand Governance & Management (15%)

• Become an expert in Bain’s brand identity and strategy, including brand voice and architecture.
• Help maintain governance documentation and brand materials, including the Bain “Intro Deck,” the internal brand center site, and key brand training resources.
• Advise stakeholders on brand governance issues (logos, trademarking, co-branding, naming) and escalate when brand integrity is at risk.
  
  

Process & Efficiency (15%)

• Refine and document briefing templates, handoff processes, and campaign workflows to improve speed and clarity.
• Identify and recommend workflow enhancements to reduce rework and increase impact.
• Take ownership for implementing agreed process improvements and share learnings with the broader team.
  
  

Research & Insight Generation (10%)

• Conduct competitive research and benchmark analyses to inform creative briefs and best practices.
• Synthesize findings into clear recommendations that inform campaign and brand decisions.
  
  

Ad Hoc & Growth-Oriented Work (10%)

• Support with presentation decks, message frameworks, or light copywriting.
• Use generative AI tools to accelerate research, draft briefs, or summarize campaign insights.
  
  

About You

• Undergraduate degree in business, marketing/communications, humanities, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of relevant B2B marketing experience, ideally in a professional services or agency environment, with a track record of taking ownership of projects and deliverables.
• Strong project coordination, organizational, and multitasking skills—comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex inputs into clear ideas and present them effectively to stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders across regions and functions.
• Familiarity with marketing and collaboration tools such as Kapost, Smartsheet, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and PowerPoint.
• Proactive, resourceful, and able to independently drive work forward with minimal supervision.
  
  

Nice To Have

• B2B brand strategy or brand copywriting experience.
• Experience with brand governance and marketing campaign planning.
• Experience leveraging AI tools for marketing workflows.
  
  

U.S. Compensation Information

Compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, 401(k) plan with an annual employer contribution based on years of service and Bain’s best in class benefits package (details listed below).

Role

Some local governments in the United States require a good-faith, reasonable salary range be included in job postings for open roles. The estimated annualized compensation for this role is as follows:

• In Dallas, TX, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time base salary range for this role is between $74,000-88,500; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
• In Chicago, IL, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time base salary range for this role is between $77,500-$93,000; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
• In Boston, MA, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time base salary range for this role is between $81,000-97,000; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
• For all other locations, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is commensurate with competitive geographic market rates for this role and will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
• Annual discretionary performance bonus
• This role may also be eligible for other elements of discretionary compensation
• 4.5% 401(k) company contribution, which increases after 3 years of service and is 100% vested upon start date
  
  

Bain & Company's comprehensive benefits and wellness program is designed to help employees achieve personal independence, protection and stability in the areas most important to you and your family.

• Bain pays 100% individual employee premiums for medical, dental and vision programs, offering one of the most comprehensive medical plans for employees without impacting your paycheck
• Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave and paid holidays
• Fully vested 401(k) company contribution
• Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance
  
  

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