Senior Brand Strategist
HomeServe USA · Norwalk, CT · 3 wk ago
On-siteMarketing$114k–$153k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Drive the Brand Across the Organization
- Identify opportunities to strengthen differentiation, relevance, and long-term brand equity across the organization.
- Lead Campaign Strategy
- Support the development of integrated brand campaigns from strategic brief through execution, ensuring messaging is applied consistently across channels and that creative work is grounded in a clear strategic point of view.
- Develop strategic roadmaps and planning frameworks that align brand initiatives with organizational goals, customer needs, and growth opportunities.
- Build and Maintain Internal Brand Fluency
- Develop and run a brand education program that gives teams across the organization the context, tools, and confidence to apply the brand consistently in their own work.
- Advise Cross-Functional Leaders
- Partner with Creative to develop strategic briefs and messaging frameworks that give the creative team, and external agency partners, a clear, confident foundation for execution.
- Own Brand Insights & Intelligence
- Serve as the internal authority on homeowner attitudes and brand perception, category trends, and competitive dynamics.
- Manage key insight programs including the annual customer survey and our brand health tracker, customer journey research and various market studies.
- Translate findings into clear strategic direction and communicate them across the organization in ways that inform decisions, not just decks.
- Guide Organic Social & Community
- Ensure HomeServe's organic social presence is an authentic expression of the brand, building meaningful relationships with homeowners and telling their stories rather than just filling a content calendar.
- Steward the Brand System
- Maintain brand guidelines and standards while actively enabling teams across a complex organization to apply them.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 6–10 years in brand strategy, brand management, consumer insights, strategic planning, or integrated marketing with demonstrable experience activating a brand across a complex, multi-function organization.
- Experience developing messaging frameworks and campaign briefs.
- Experience leading consumer research, market intelligence, brand tracking, or customer insight initiatives and translating findings into business and marketing strategy.
- A track record of cross-functional influence, particularly with teams outside of marketing.
- Comfort operating in environments where brand must earn its seat at the table.
- Experience partnering with creative teams or agencies.
- Strong strategic planning and analytical capabilities, with the ability to synthesize multiple data sources into clear recommendations and actionable priorities.
- Strong communicator — equally effective in a creative brief and leadership presentation.
- Experience presenting strategic recommendations and insight-driven narratives to senior leadership audiences.