Director of Marketing • Passion Placement

Remote

The Urgent Company (TUC) is changing the way things are made, starting with food. TUC is the B2C arm of Perfect Day, and our CPG brands leverage science and technology to create better quality, kinder, and more sustainable products. We believe there is an urgent need to invent ways to make the products we love without the negative environmental, animal, and public health impacts they traditionally require. 

Our brands:

Brave Robot

Modern Kitchen

California Performance Co.

Coolhaus

If you’re looking for an opportunity to drive meaningful business results and global change in a collaborative, fast-paced startup environment, we hope you’ll join us!

Reporting to the Chief Growth and Sustainability Officer, we are looking for a seriously talented & energetic Director of Marketing to join our team. You should be comfortable with leading teams as well as working alongside them to drive consumer marketing strategy and execution (In-store, Digital, Social/Influencer, Partnerships, DTC, PR, Shopper Marketing).

YOUR CONTRIBUTION:

You will serve as the marketing lead on store level marketing strategies across all brands within the TUC umbrella. Working closely with brand management, R&D, and sales, you will be responsible for aligning the overall consumer and product marketing strategy with impactful and integrated demand plans. As a commercially astute marketing leader, you will also collaborate with cross-functional teammates and company leadership to support TUCs long-term marketplace success.

From day one, you will oversee the marketing planning process, from insight mining to execution to measurable results. Managing the consumer marketing workflow (Digital, Social/Influencer, Brand Partnerships, PR, DTC, Shopper & Consumer Relations), and ensuring that marketing deliverables into the innovation process are provided with excellence will be core responsibilities

The ideal candidate will be willing to roll-up their sleeves to do what it takes to support the business; this will include weekends and evenings at times. The role is remote with a commitment to travel up to 30%.

Consumer Marketing Strategy

Lead development of integrated marketing plan to build/maintain consumer loyalty and support business goals, in collaboration with key stakeholders.

Identify how TUC can improve efficacy of programs, reach new shoppers, and be more accessible by keeping pace with shopper habits, insights, and best practices.

Develop plans that are fiscally responsible, impactful, and can be done with limited resources while fully utilizing the resources available.

Consumer Marketing Execution

Ensure team execution across brand, food service, and private label initiatives.

Lead development of written briefs for use by consultants and creative resources, clearly articulating project and success criteria in service of brand strategies and objectives.

Align stakeholders and leadership on key projects while managing appropriate expectations.

Identify and track KPIs that measure success and track improvement of TUCs consumer marketing programs, providing regular reporting and making optimizations to marketing mix.

Optimize budget spend and performance.

Actively monitor consumer, customer, and competitor food and lifestyle trends and help translate them into innovation pipeline concepts.

Support innovation success through the development of appropriate launch plans and selling materials.

Coach direct reports to ensure excellence, timeliness, and continuous skill development.

Leadership, Team Engagement & People Management

As a TUC leader, you will “live-and-breathe” the values of the company, consistently demonstrating a commitment to lead with reliability, intellect, pragmatism, and collaboration.

You are a strategic thinker with a strong E.Q. to coach and mentor team members, understanding how to build high performing teams and strong collaborative partnerships.

You will develop and clearly communicate team plans and priorities (in partnership with CG&SO and department leaders).

You will create a culture that leads to high engagement and performance by the marketing team.

You will have hands-on involvement with activities in support of brand plans/execution; leading or participating in key initiatives (e.g., Grower Services, Customer meetings).

You will help to develop career paths, ensure role clarity, and support development of direct reports.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position supervises the following disciplines:

Digital

Social/Influencer

Brand Partnerships

DTC/e-commerce

Shopper Marketing

KNOWLEDGE AND REQUIRED SKILLS:

Prior leadership experience required, including regular interaction with company leadership.

Bachelor’s degree required.

Seasoned & agile marketing leader who demonstrates curiosity, makes decisions and recommendations, tracks external trends, “rolls-up-their sleeves”, and understands the upstream and downstream impact of their work.

Highly organized and proactive self-starter with a strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and take complete ownership of projects.

Experience developing brand plans across multiple consumer touchpoints, innovation, and consumer/shopper/category research and insights.

Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; ability to lead cross-functionally and build relationships internally and externally.

Strong analytical skills combined with ownership, pragmatism, creativity, and strategic vision.

Excellent communicator. Able to read an audience and adapt communications.

The Urgent Company is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Perfect Day was founded in 2014 to create delicious, nutritious dairy products that everyone can love. We’re using fermentation (not animals) to make dairy proteins that are the foundation for foods like ice cream, cheese and yogurt – all with the distinctive taste and textures that consumers demand, but without lactose or environmental downsides. Through partnerships with respected brands, we’re working to launch a whole range of dairy products that will help shape a humane, sustainable food system for future generations.

It’s a Perfect Day to change the world. The day when delicious dairy goodness is something everyone can love. The day we say goodbye to the downsides of factory farming. The day we throw a big party with luscious, animal-free milk, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream, all made with Perfect Day! We hope you join us!

Help us create the foods we love, without the impacts we hate.

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