Top Brand Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

Develops and leads the vision and strategy for radio and audio brands across music, spoken word, talent, production, contesting, digital applications, and social media. Responsibilities include research, content creation, talent coaching, marketing and promotion development, strategic planning, and brand oversight. The role requires strong media leadership, content judgment, communication skills, knowledge of digital and social best practices, broadcast-system proficiency, and flexibility to work irregular hours.

Own Bocce’s Bakery end to end, leading brand strategy, annual planning, performance analysis, innovation, commercialization, packaging, marketing activation, consumer insights, sales partnership, budgets, and agency relationships. The role requires cross-functional leadership across Sales, Product, Operations, Finance, R&D, and Quality, combining strategic direction with hands-on execution in a remote-first, entrepreneurial CPG environment.

Own Shepherd’s end-to-end brand and content strategy across LinkedIn, email, website, partnerships, and communities. Develop messaging, thought leadership, founder-led content, case studies, guides, and campaigns; manage content distribution and repurposing; and align content with growth, pipeline, and revenue goals. Analyze performance, capture customer insights, test new channels, and build scalable content systems in an early-stage AI and legal services company.

Leads Roo’s integrated brand campaigns, major launches, thought leadership, PR, and strategic partner marketing. Owns campaign strategy, storytelling, cross-functional execution, measurement, brand research, market expansion, agency relationships, budgets, and campaign planning systems. Partners with PR agencies to build earned media, sponsored content, industry presence, and executive and customer thought leadership that strengthens Roo’s credibility among veterinary professionals and animal hospitals.

Leads Airbnb’s technical brand and content function, including the Tech Blog, cross-team engineering narratives, executive and engineer voices, distribution, conferences, academic and media relationships, open source presence, budgets, and vendors. Partners with Talent Acquisition to measure impact on senior engineering hiring. Requires technical fluency, strong editorial judgment, program discipline, stakeholder influence, risk management, and experience working directly with engineers.

Leads Solink’s content and brand strategy, including category narrative, thought leadership, editorial planning, speaker and influencer programs, sales enablement, and performance measurement. Manages employees, freelancers, agencies, budgets, and cross-functional stakeholders to build a consistent content engine that increases category authority, share of voice, and pipeline impact.

Leads consumer product innovation for Health-Ade, from trend identification and concept development through commercialization, launch, and activation. Coordinates cross-functional teams across R&D, Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, Insights, Design, Legal, and Regulatory. Develops business cases, evaluates consumer and market data, manages project risks and timelines, and supports product storytelling, retailer presentations, experiential marketing, sampling, and influencer programs.

Develop and evolve brand positioning, narrative, messaging, propositions, architecture, naming, and employer value propositions. Lead workshops with senior stakeholders, guide acquisition brand transitions, create decision recommendations, partner with Legal and People teams, and translate research and brand tracking into strategic improvements. The role requires strong writing, facilitation, research interpretation, and evidence-based recommendation skills in a complex, multi-market organization.

Lead global payment-network brand strategy by developing customer and market research programs, translating B2B and B2C insights into go-to-market strategies, managing brand health metrics, driving quantitative and qualitative analysis, and converting brand intent into multi-year programs. The role requires executive communication, strategic influence, project management, and leadership of analysts.

Supports brand growth strategies, annual operating plans, forecasting, and performance tracking. Analyzes consumer, category, customer, competitive, pricing, promotion, and sales data using syndicated and internal business intelligence sources. Leads cross-functional innovation, renovation, productivity, and commercialization initiatives. Helps execute integrated consumer, shopper, retail, digital, and eCommerce marketing programs while coordinating with agencies, supporting customer meetings, and optimizing post-launch performance.

Manages brand standards within an AI-native content production platform. Builds and maintains email, banner, social, and video templates; operates content generation tools; reviews outputs for brand and channel compliance; identifies brand drift; and ensures quality before client delivery. Requires hands-on digital production knowledge, strong brand standards fluency, structured review discipline, and active daily experimentation with AI and marketing technology.

Supports the brand team across multiple brands and categories by coordinating product development, marketing communications, promotional activities, and internal and external relationships. The role requires organization, multitasking, customer service, communication, and public engagement skills. Responsibilities also include educating others about the brand, answering and directing calls, maintaining visitor logs, and assisting with additional duties as assigned.

Own BigPanda’s corporate social and short-form video activation. Translate strategic narratives into social posts, executive thought leadership, videos, event content, carousels, and reusable content packages. Script, shoot, edit, caption, and publish platform-ready assets; support executives on camera; activate events in real time; and establish efficient content workflows. Monitor performance, maintain brand consistency, and use audience insights and AI-assisted tools to improve content quality and reach.

Own CertifyOS’s brand identity, content strategy, editorial calendar, owned media channels, events, employer brand, and corporate communications. Develop thought leadership, manage LinkedIn, newsletters, podcasts, and executive ghostwriting, while building scalable content operations and measuring channel performance. Partner cross-functionally to strengthen market positioning, support pipeline generation, attract talent, and establish CertifyOS as an industry authority.

Own the organization’s digital reputation across search engines, media, online platforms, and customer communities. Responsibilities include improving Page One visibility, developing SEO content, managing digital PR and earned media, monitoring reputation signals, responding to crises, building customer advocacy, tracking performance metrics, and adapting strategies for AI-powered search, GEO, and evolving algorithms.

As Brand Manager, you'll lead go-to-market efforts, ensuring consistent brand expression across channels and translating consumer insights into effective marketing activations.

Own the organization’s digital reputation across search engines, media, online platforms, and customer communities. Lead SEO, GEO, content strategy, digital PR, reputation monitoring, customer advocacy, and crisis-response initiatives. Improve page-one visibility, secure media placements, manage brand narratives, identify reputation risks, and track performance metrics. Collaborate with internal teams and senior leadership while adapting strategies to changing search algorithms, AI discovery, and digital trends.

Supports integrated brand and marketing campaigns across product launches, seasonal moments, and key initiatives. Coordinates execution across email, SMS, social, shopper marketing, web, and paid media while managing timelines, creative briefs, campaign calendars, and cross-functional workflows. Collaborates with internal teams to align messaging and deliverables, assists with copy development, tracks campaign performance, identifies process improvements, and maintains accountability across projects.

Lead RAGU brand as general manager: own P&L and marketing plan, drive sales, market share and innovation, manage budgets and syndicated data analysis (IRI/Circana), execute omnichannel campaigns, partner cross-functionally with Sales, R&D and agencies, and coach Associate Brand Manager(s).

The Senior Amazon Brand Manager leads client strategy in Amazon FBA, optimizing brand growth, managing budgets, and troubleshooting catalog issues while ensuring client satisfaction and project progress.

As a Brand Manager, you will lead client communications, analyze performance data, and collaborate with internal teams to drive strategic eCommerce initiatives, ensuring client satisfaction and timely delivery of projects.

Lead development of the group's positioning, propositions, messaging and brand architecture. Design and run workshops, advise on naming and acquired-brand transitions, craft employer brand messaging, interpret brand research, and present evidence-based recommendations to senior leaders. Partner with creative, legal, People & Culture and market teams to translate strategy into briefs and activation.

Lead brand initiatives across the organization, including digital asset management governance, employee brand engagement, brand education, naming projects, trademark coordination, and brand governance. Manage project plans, creative assets, stakeholder reviews, approvals, training, communications, and process improvements while partnering with marketing, creative, communications, legal, and business teams.

Supports brand portfolio strategy, develops communications and investment briefs, manages strategic agency relationships, responds to brand association inquiries, and directs creative work for brand partnerships. The role collaborates across disciplines and stakeholders to launch cohesive, high-quality brand initiatives while managing multiple projects, priorities, and campaigns in a matrixed environment.

Lead and execute high-impact brand programs to establish Oscilar as a category leader in AI-powered risk decisioning. Launch thought leadership, campaigns, events, research, and customer advocacy; leverage AI to scale content and workflows; run experiments, measure results, and build repeatable playbooks while partnering cross-functionally with Product, Comms, Events, Design, and Executive Leadership.