Senior Brand Marketing Manager

Sr. Marketing Manager Position Overview: Pistola is seeking a Senior Brand Marketing Manager to serve as a key cross-functional leader within the marketing organization. Reporting to the Fractional Head of Marketing, this individual will play a critical role in translating brand strategy into actionable marketing initiatives that drive awareness, engagement, and business growth. This role requires a strong blend of strategic thinking and hands-on execution. The ideal candidate has experience working in-house at a fashion, apparel, beauty, or lifestyle brand and understands how to connect product, creative, social, wholesale, and performance marketing efforts into a cohesive brand story. The Senior Brand Marketing Manager will act as a central hub across departments, ensuring brand initiatives are thoughtfully planned, communicated, and executed across all owned, earned, and paid channels. What You'll Do: Partner closely with the Fractional Head of Marketing to develop and execute seasonal and annual brand marketing initiatives. Translate overarching brand strategy into actionable 360-degree marketing plans. Ensure consistency of brand messaging, positioning, and storytelling across all customer-facing channels. Support the development of key brand narratives, product launches, seasonal campaigns, and cultural moments. Serve as a strategic partner to Design, Merchandising, Creative, E-commerce, Wholesale, Social, PR, and Performance Marketing teams. Manage marketing calendars and ensure alignment across departments. Lead cross-functional meetings and drive accountability against key milestones and deliverables. Manage both up and down across the organization, helping teams stay aligned and focused on shared objectives. Lead execution of integrated marketing campaigns from concept through launch. Develop comprehensive go-to-market strategies for seasonal collections, key product launches, collaborations, and brand initiatives. Ensure campaign messaging is effectively translated across email, social, influencer, PR, paid media, retail, and wholesale channels. Partner with creative teams to ensure assets are developed to support all channel needs. Support Director of Creative Operations and Fractional Head of Marketing in photoshoot production and execution. Maintain a strong understanding of the evolving social media and influencer landscape. Collaborate with Social Media Manager and Affiliate / Influencer consultants to ensure content supports broader brand objectives. Contribute to brand messaging frameworks, campaign briefs, copy direction, and storytelling. Identify opportunities to amplify brand awareness and engagement through relevant cultural, social, and industry trends. Partner with wholesale accounts and internal sales teams to support key retail initiatives. Develop marketing support materials, launch plans, and storytelling tools for wholesale partners. Ensure brand consistency across all retail and wholesale touchpoints. Work closely with E-commerce and Performance Marketing teams to ensure performance and brand campaigns are clearly communicating brand and product messages. Partner with E-commerce team to identify opportunities for brand storytelling and site enhancements. Track and report on brand and campaign KPIs, as it relates to business objectives. Own post-campaign recaps, delivering clear analysis, learnings, and go forward optimizations. Stay current on the competitive space and industry trends. Who You Are: 5–7 years of marketing experience, preferably within fashion, apparel, beauty, or lifestyle brands. Proven experience managing integrated marketing campaigns from concept through execution. Strong understanding of brand marketing, consumer behavior, and storytelling. Familiarity with social media, influencer marketing, content strategy, and digital marketing ecosystems. Experience working cross-functionally with creative, merchandising, sales, and e-commerce teams. Exceptional organizational and project management skills. Strong communication and presentation abilities. Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution. Highly collaborative, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset. Passion for fashion, denim, and contemporary consumer brands. Location: Los Angeles, CA #J-18808-Ljbffr