Top Brand Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads strategy, growth, brand stewardship, portfolio planning, innovation, omnichannel acceleration, and commercial execution for Toasteds and Carr’s cracker brands. Uses consumer, category, competitive, and financial insights to guide brand plans, investments, innovation pipelines, commercialization, and brand positioning. Partners with cross-functional teams, agencies, digital commerce, finance, sales, supply, and R&D while managing an external licensing partnership and coaching team members.

Manages a technology partner brand across sales, finance, procurement, product, and marketing teams. Drives revenue, profitability, market awareness, go-to-market strategy, pricing, promotions, partner relationships, product launches, reporting, and quarterly business reviews. Serves as the subject matter expert for the partner’s product line, communicates performance and financial results, supports sales enablement and content development, forecasts sales volumes, and facilitates relevant certifications.

Owns the U.S. retail private-label potato portfolio while supporting branded products. Responsibilities include developing brand and portfolio strategies, analyzing consumer and category insights, managing budgets and profitability, supporting innovation and commercialization, coordinating customer marketing programs, and leading cross-functional initiatives to drive growth, market share, and profitability.

Lead brand strategy and campaign vision for a CPG consumer brand. Write creative briefs, manage agencies and celebrity partnerships, align integrated marketing (social, ecommerce, influencer, media), and translate syndicated data (Circana/Nielsen/SPINS) into retail-driven recommendations and product innovation. Collaborate cross-functionally to connect marketing to velocity, distribution, and business outcomes.

Supports brand strategy and profitable growth for a beer portfolio by developing marketing plans, analyzing brand performance, managing social and advertising programs, coordinating promotions and events, and partnering with cross-functional teams and agencies. The role also oversees product and packaging initiatives, local market execution, and day-to-day brand budgets and forecasts.

Lead top-of-funnel and brand advertising strategy, budgets, media planning, agency relationships, creative execution, and measurement across Grammarly and Superhuman’s multi-brand portfolio. Manage TV, CTV, OOH, digital video, influencer, and audio investments; partner with data science on incrementality and brand lift; develop strategic frameworks; and lead, mentor, and grow a team of brand advertising marketers.

Manages brand marketing strategy and campaigns for designated hospitality brands. Responsibilities include developing marketing plans, overseeing social media and content, managing agencies and cross-functional partners, optimizing paid media and CRM campaigns, analyzing performance, coordinating events, and representing the brands at market activities. The role requires hands-on collaboration with restaurant operations and creative teams, local market knowledge, and experience executing multi-channel marketing programs in hospitality or luxury lifestyle environments.

Leads Relativity’s industry thought leadership brand strategy and execution across campaigns, content, communications, PR, events, social, influencer marketing, and digital channels. Analyzes program performance, evolves messaging using market and audience insights, maintains editorial and brand guidance, manages expert relationships, oversees budgets and resources, and supervises a senior specialist. The role also evaluates AI applications for improving content consistency, efficiency, and accuracy.

Leads Depend brand growth and innovation initiatives across North America. Develops consumer-insight-driven concepts, positioning, value propositions, portfolio strategies, and go-to-market plans. Directs cross-functional teams through innovation development and commercialization, partners with sales and global teams, manages P&L and business planning inputs, prepares stakeholder materials, and drives process improvements using design thinking and agile methods. Requires 5+ years of brand marketing experience, strong consumer insights and innovation skills, and willingness to travel 10–20%.

Drives growth of the MadeGood US brand through brand health and business performance analysis, portfolio optimization, sales strategy, marketing budget management, consumer-facing materials, and cross-functional innovation launches. The role collaborates with Sales, Brand Communications, R&D, and Project Management to execute marketing programs that support volume, revenue, and profit goals.

Lead GitLab’s talent brand strategy and employer value proposition across the candidate journey. Develop integrated recruitment marketing campaigns, editorial content, recruiter resources, events, and scalable content systems. Partner with Talent Acquisition, Marketing, Communications, and business leaders to support hiring priorities and improve candidate experiences. Use performance data, audience insights, feedback, and market trends to evaluate campaigns, guide priorities, and increase candidate engagement and conversion.

The Talent Brand Manager will shape GitLab’s employer brand through recruitment marketing, storytelling, campaigns, and candidate education. Responsibilities include translating the employer value proposition into messaging, creating cross-channel campaigns and team-member stories, improving candidate journey touchpoints, analyzing funnel and engagement metrics, and partnering with Talent Acquisition and cross-functional stakeholders. The role also manages projects and external partners while improving talent brand processes, reporting, and operations in a fully remote environment.

Own the partnership portfolio and roadmap across CPG, lifestyle, media, sports, universities, and cultural institutions. Source, negotiate, close, activate, and measure partnerships and sponsorships, including HBCU athletics, professional sports, wellness festivals, pop-ups, and retail activations. Build business cases, define performance scorecards, manage budgets, collaborate with internal marketing teams, and recommend renewals or cancellations based on revenue, customer acquisition, brand equity, and partner contribution results.

Lead brand growth for Nutri-Grain and Special K through brand strategy, innovation, full-funnel marketing, budget management, market analysis, and commercialization. Partner cross-functionally with Innovation, Finance, Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, Insights, and agencies to translate consumer and business insights into action plans. Support social, influencer, media, and omnichannel activations while protecting brand positioning and driving performance.

Leads the strategy, growth agenda, innovation pipeline, brand stewardship, integrated marketing, media execution, budgets, and performance management for Special K and Nutri-Grain. Translates consumer, category, competitive, and financial insights into annual plans and long-range strategies. Partners with cross-functional teams and external agencies to commercialize innovations, optimize communications, strengthen brand positioning, and deliver profitable growth. Coaches team members and manages stakeholder alignment, investment decisions, forecasts, and business performance.

Leads content, connections, and brand-building strategy for the Poise brand across media, owned platforms, search, social, influencer campaigns, digital commerce, shopper marketing, and retail media. Develops brand stories, analyzes market and consumer trends, oversees digital shelf experiences, creates toolkits and visualizations, and influences cross-functional teams to improve brand equity and market performance.

Develop and execute global brand marketing strategies, campaigns, product launches, messaging, content, and media plans. Build brand vision and positioning, manage campaign performance and budgets, use consumer insights, coordinate agencies and vendors, and collaborate with digital, sales, channel, product, and leadership teams to improve customer experience and drive business growth.

Supports consumer marketing and brand growth through strategic business planning, category and competitor analysis, P&L support, product innovation, pricing, merchandising, consumer research, marketing communications, and performance tracking. Collaborates with sales, finance, supply, regulatory, demand planning, global marketing, and agency partners. The four-month internship provides formal and on-the-job development, with potential consideration for full-time employment.

Leads global B2B and B2C brand research, including brand health tracking, voice-of-customer programs, research architecture, and insights roadmaps. Translates quantitative findings into marketing strategies, content, and executive recommendations. Manages research vendors and internal teams, establishes operating rhythms, and may lead and develop analysts. Requires strong storytelling, analytical rigor, market research expertise, and experience in financial services, payment networks, or B2B fintech.

Manage Feastables’ core product portfolio and drive revenue growth through brand strategy, financial oversight, customer insights, SKU optimization, pricing, trade spend, and product roadmap development. Lead performance reviews and collaborate cross-functionally with sales, category management, finance, and marketing teams. Analyze business metrics, guide customer strategy, support product launches, and manage initiatives through stage-gate processes in a fast-paced CPG environment.

Supports consumer marketing and brand growth through strategic business planning, category and competitor analysis, P&L recommendations, product launches, pricing, merchandising, consumer research, marketing communications, and performance tracking. Collaborates with sales, finance, regulatory, supply, demand planning, global marketing, and external agencies to execute local business plans. The internship offers formal and on-the-job development, with potential consideration for full-time employment.

Supports a global client account by managing sports and entertainment partnership activations, contractual assets, creative approvals, project timelines, budgets, presentations, reporting, and client communications. Coordinates with internal teams, vendors, agencies, and partners to execute marketing programs and events. Conducts research, monitors sports and media trends, prepares reports and decks, handles client requests, and helps maintain relationships that support business growth.

Own Krisp’s global brand and communications strategy across PR, integrated campaigns, executive thought leadership, organic social, and company storytelling. Lead campaigns from strategy through measurement, build media and agency relationships, secure high-quality coverage, shape executive narratives, and translate complex AI technology into compelling content. Measure brand awareness, share of voice, engagement, and campaign impact while partnering across teams and regions.

Own Krisp’s global brand and communications strategy across PR, integrated campaigns, executive thought leadership, employee communications, and organic social. Lead campaigns from strategy through measurement, secure Tier 1 media coverage, develop executive narratives, translate complex AI technology into compelling stories, and measure brand awareness, engagement, share of voice, and campaign impact. This fully remote role requires U.S. Central or Eastern time zone availability.

Lead social media, brand reputation, creator, and social search strategy across Penn Foster Group’s portfolio of brands. Manage a social media team, develop content and influencer programs, improve visibility across platforms and LLMs, monitor reputation, analyze performance, and align stakeholders across Marketing, PR, Partnerships, and leadership. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, optimization, and multi-brand growth.