Director, Brand Experience Connexus Credit Union Job listing

Financial Narrative; United States; Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Remote work

401K with match

25 days PTO + 10 holidays

Volunteer Time Off

Tuition reimbursement $4k–$7k

Descripción de la vacante

Connexus Credit Union seeks a strategic Director of Brand Experience to shape national marketing, branding, and integrated campaigns. You will lead a high-performing team, translate data into personalized member experiences, and partner with executive leadership to advance the UVP across channels.

The role demands data-driven creativity, strong leadership, and proven results in branding and performance marketing.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree required or commensurate experience.
• 8+ years in Marketing, Digital Marketing, Advertising, or Communications.
• 5+ years of progressive people leadership experience managing budgets and lifecycle.
• 5+ years of professional experience with strong communication skills.
• Experience managing large-scale national advertising campaigns.
• Experience with brand management tools and project management software.
• Experience with CRM platforms such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud and HubSpot.

Responsabilidades

• Lead national-scale brand and advertising strategy aligned to growth goals.
• Define how brand work translates to measurable objectives and revenue.
• Maintain an ROI framework for brand and marketing investments.
• Evolve the UVP and bring it to market across channels.
• Direct creative, design, media, digital marketing, and campaign production teams.
• Provide leadership across strategy, editorial direction, and campaign execution.
• Drive integrated marketing across email, social, web, and advertising channels.
• Allocate budget and manage agency partnerships for impact and efficiency.
• Monitor industry trends and deliver data-driven performance insights.

Conocimientos

Brand leadership

Marketing strategy

Data-driven decisions

Team leadership

Educación

Bachelor’s degree

Herramientas

Jira

Trello

Meltwater

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

HubSpot

Descripción del empleo

Serving members across all 50 states, Connexus Credit Union is a member-focused cooperative that is proud to return profits to member-owners through high yields for checking accounts and deposit products, as well as competitive rates on our loans. We are a remote first employer with the majority of our employees residing in the upper Midwest.

As an employer we foster collaboration and high performance to achieve excellence. We holistically care for and develop our employees to thrive personally and professionally. We are proud to share our success with our employees and those we serve.

Connexus offers an Amazing Benefits package:

• 25 days of paid time off and 10 paid holidays
• 16 hours of paid Volunteer Time Off
• 401K Retirement with up to 6% employer match
• Health Savings Account with generous employer contributions
• Employer paid Life insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement from $4,000 - $7,000 per calendar year
• Robust Learning and Development program that includes an annual professional development stipend

About the Role:

Join Connexus Credit Union as Director of Brand Experience and help shape the marketing strategies that drive growth, deepen member relationships, and strengthen our market presence. This roleis responsible fordeveloping and executing national-scalebrand, advertising, and integrated marketing strategies that support member acquisition, loan and deposit growth, and measurable business results.You'lllead a high-performing team of creative and marketing professionals whileleveragingdata, personalization, and ROI-driven decision-making to deliver impactful member experiences. Reporting to the SVP of Marketing,you'llplay a key role in advancing strategic priorities through innovative campaigns,strong teamleadership, and marketing excellence. Ifyou'rea strategic marketing leader who thrives at the intersection of brand, analytics, creativity, and business performance,we'dlove to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of a national-scale brand and advertising strategy, ensuring alignment to Connexus growth goals (loan, deposit, and member acquisition targets).
• Clearly define how brand and campaign worktranslatesto measurable progress against strategicobjectives, including revenue, acquisition, and engagement metrics.
• Establish andmaintaina disciplined ROI framework for all brand and marketing investments, including media, creative, and campaign performance.
• Partner with executive leadership to evolve Connexus’ Unique Value Proposition (UVP) and bring it to market consistently across all channels.
• Supervise and effectively direct holistic brand activities, including creative and advertising teams responsible for content strategy and copywriting, graphic design and visual identity, multimedia and video production, digital marketing, paid and organic advertising,productionand project management.
• Provide leadership and workflow management across brand strategy and execution, editorial direction and storytelling, creative design and campaign development, and campaign/collateral production, scheduling, and distribution.
• Drive the development and execution of integrated marketing strategies across email, social, web, and advertising channels, ensuring a consistent and differentiated brand voice.
• Develop and implement marketing strategies and promotions that support loan,depositand non-interest income growth across the full acquisition funnel.
• Lead initiatives such as personalization, segmentation, and lifecycle marketing, delivering more relevant, targeted member experiences.
• Translate behavioral, transactional, and engagement data into actionable segmentation strategies that increase member lifetime value.
• Oversee analysis of campaign performance, member behavior, and channel effectiveness.
• Reinforce a test-and-learn culture (A/B testing, optimization cycles) to continuously improve outcomes.
• Hold team accountable to clear performance metrics, including cost per acquisition (CPA), conversion rates, campaign ROI, member growth and product per member.
• Regularly communicate performance insights and outcomes to SVP of Marketing in a clear, data-driven format.
• Establish clear processes, prioritization frameworks, and workflows that improve team efficiency, scalability, and strategic focus.
• Serve as a change agent, helping the team adapt tonew marketingtechnologies, capabilities, and ways of working.
• Allocate budget, agency partnerships, and internal resources to maximize impact, efficiency, and creative output.
• Monitor industry trends, competitive activity, and emerging marketing practices.

Position Requirements:

• This position is Remote.
• Bachelor’s Degree, or commensurate experience is Required.
• Prior experience working within a financial institution, such as a bank or credit union is Required.
• 8+ years of experience in Marketing, Digital Marketing, Advertising, or Communications is Required.
• 5+ years of progressive people leadership experience withdemonstratedsuccess in managing budgets and leading the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, training, development, supervision, and performance management is Required.
• 5+ years of professional experiencedemonstratingstrong conceptual, written, and verbal communication skills is Required.
• Priorexperiencemanaginglarge-scalenationaladvertisingcampaignsisRequired.
• Proven experience overseeing the creative development, design, and production of marketing assets that align with brand standards and business objectives is Required.
• Prior experience using brand management and project management tools, such as Jira, Trello, and Meltwater is Required.
• Prior experience working with databases and CRM platforms, such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud and HubSpot is Required.
• Expertiseknowledge working within MS Office products, such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Word Processing is Required.

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