Description

Kenvue is currently recruiting for a:

Director, Brand & Creative Excellence

What we do

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON'S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

Who We Are

Our global team is ~ 22, 000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. We are passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours. For more information, click here .

Role reports to:
Head of Marketing Acceleration

Location:
North America, United States, New Jersey, Summit

Work Location:
Hybrid

What you will do

We are seeking an experienced and inspiring Director, Brand & Creative Excellence to help define and elevate how Kenvue builds its brands, and drives creative bravery across the organization.

The Director, Brand & Creative Excellence is responsible for defining, developing, and codifying the way Kenvue builds brands - one where there is room for both art & science, long & short, essentially bothism. This role focuses on building a culture of creativity and creative excellence while supporting teams in establishing best-in-class brand foundations. The director will guide teams through the creative development process and partner cross functionally to drive integrated communications planning.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define, develop, and codify the Brand Building for Kenvue to ensure consistent, effective brand development
• Foster a culture of creativity and excellence within the organization.
• Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to brand teams, agencies, and leadership.
• Support teams in building distinctive, insight-led brand foundations and guidelines.
• Direct teams through the creative development process to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Collaborate with the Media lead to guide teams through the integrated communications planning process.
• Provide resources, guidance, and coaching on creative content excellence across paid, owned, and earned channels.
• Work closely with the full marketing excellence team to support overall marketing effectiveness.
• Contribute to the development of training and codification of brand building / creative excellence materials.

What we are looking for

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field; Master's preferred.
• 10-12+ years of experience in brand strategy, planning, creative development, ideally in both agency and client environments
• Deep expertise in building meaningful and distinctive brand foundations, brand and creative ideas
• Strong creative judgment and ability to inspire teams towards brave work
• Experience guiding cross functional teams and creative partners through integrated campaign development.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.
• Proven ability to drive creative excellence and marketing effectiveness.
• Exceptional ability to manage complexity of working across multiple global brand teams and comfort with ambiguity
• Passion for shaping culture, mentoring talent, and building community amongst marketers and agency partners

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working in or with global-local matrixed organizations
• Background in both client-side and agency-side roles
• Experience developing and deploying brand foundation frameworks at scale
• Familiar with creative effectiveness measurement tools
• Knowledge about marketing growth theories (i.e. Bryon Sharp / Ehrenberg Bass)
• Experience with integrated marketing communications planning
• Expertise in brand storytelling and design thinking
• Experience building capability programs on brand foundations / creative excellence
• Familiar with industry creative evaluation tools (i.e. Links testing)

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What's in it for you

Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges:

$183, 175.00 - $258, 600.00

This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.

• Competitive Benefit Package*
• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Kenvuer Impact Networks
• This list could vary based on location/region

*Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

If you are an individual with a disability, please check our Disability Assistance page for information on how to request an accommodation.