Brand Director

Description of the offer

NPR’s Brand and Marketing team is responsible for building brands and growing audience for NPR’s podcasts, programs, and platforms. We seek to multiply the reach and impact of everything NPR puts out in the world — from up-to-the-minute digital, social and broadcast content to on-demand podcasts, video, and more.

NPR is seeking a director to lead the Brand team within the NPR Marketing team. This individual will work with designers, brand/creative leads, copywriters, marketing strategists, and campaign analysts to create global brands and marketing campaigns seen by millions every day. They will center their team’s work on NPR’s North Star ambition: To draw in younger, diverse audiences to NPR’s journalism and storytelling.

The director will work collaboratively and cross-functionally, building positive relationships across the organization and with external partners. This individual will define how NPR’s brand comes to life for our listeners, platforms, and partners. This will involve managing a fast-moving, high-performing team of creatives to ensure all creative work achieves NPR’s biggest audience and business goals.

They must be comfortable overseeing brand strategy and creative approach from concept to production; presenting to colleagues and external partners; and communicating the bigger ‘why’ behind creative work.

The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who can navigate ambiguity; act with both personal conviction and receptiveness to others’ ideas; meet simultaneous deadlines; and advance creative work of the highest quality in a fast-paced environment.

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