Senior Director, Brand Strategy

Company Introduction WorldStrides is the global leader in educational travel and experiential learning. The company was founded in 1967 to provide middle school travel programs to Washington, D.C. and has grown to provide a wide range of programs for more than half a million students annually to over 100 countries around the world. WorldStrides offers experiential learning programs in educational travel, performing arts, language immersion, career exploration, service-learning, study abroad, and sports. Each of these experiences helps students to see beyond the classroom and to see the world – and themselves – in new ways. The Role This is a defining hire for WorldStrides. As Senior Director of Brand Strategy, you will lead the repositioning of the WorldStrides master brand — consolidating a portfolio of sub-brands, building the storytelling architecture that drives emotional connection with educators and students, and establishing organic content as a top-of-funnel engine. You will be the brand's chief architect and its loudest champion internally and externally. Key Responsibilities Brand Repositioning & Architecture Lead the end-to-end repositioning of WorldStrides as the definitive educational travel brand across K-12, International, and Performing Arts Define and execute a sub-brand consolidation strategy — creating a coherent brand architecture across all WorldStrides products and programs Develop brand guidelines, tone of voice, and messaging frameworks that ensure consistency across every customer touchpoint Partner with Product and Sales leadership to ensure brand narrative aligns with commercial strategy and segment needs Storytelling & Organic Content Build and own the organic content strategy — editorial, social, video — as a long-term brand-building and SEO asset Commission and champion student and educator stories that bring WorldStrides' mission to life authentically Oversee development of campaign narratives, brand films, and impact content that differentiate WorldStrides in a competitive landscape Brand Governance & Team Leadership Serve as the internal brand guardian across Marketing, Sales, Product, and Partner channels Lead and develop the Manager, Social & Influencer and work cross-functionally with Creative, Digital, and Channel teams Build agency and freelance partnerships for brand strategy, PR, and film production What Success Looks Like Unified brand architecture adopted across all sub-brands within 12 months Measurable increase in unaided brand awareness among target educator and student segments Organic content contributing measurably to top-of-funnel MQL pipeline WorldStrides featured in top-tier education and travel media Requirements 8–12 years of brand strategy and marketing experience in education, travel, or consumer brands Proven track record leading brand repositioning or relaunch at a company or product portfolio level Experience managing brand architecture across a multi-pro