Brand Manager – Director

PRO ATHLETE

Brand Manager/Director at Pro Athlete leading brand strategy and creative teams for retail and eCommerce. Develops cohesive brand narratives across various channels while ensuring alignment with company goals.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeKansas City • Kansas, Montana • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and implement the overarching brand strategy and vision for all brands (private label and retail), setting and enforcing the brand guidelines and guiding the vision for each brand.
The Brand Manager/Director is responsible for the strategy, not the visuals.
Align creative efforts with consumer insights and market trends.
Work with an in-house marketing team to create or refine each brands’ customer persona - helping to determine who the customer is and what products they want.
Partner with senior leadership to ensure brand strategies align with organizational goals and resonate with target audiences.
Lead creative teams, including designers, photographers, videographers, copywriters, social talent, and external agencies, providing clear direction and feedback.
Oversee the creation and assist the Creative Team with the approval of all customer-facing content, ensuring brand consistency across email, social, web, video, print, packaging, and advertising.
Monitor the visual and tonal representation of all brands across channels.
Collaborate with Product Development on high-level product design and concepting to ensure brand cohesion and product creation that meets the needs of desired customer base.
Serve as the final arbiter of brand voice, ensuring that all content is aligned with the established brand narrative.
Anything creative and brand-related that the customer sees would fall under this role’s domain.
We will lean heavily on this role to help craft each brands’ story, identify the customer base, and will rely on them to ensure that all creative efforts moving forward align with that narrative.
Willingness to wear multiple hats on the creative side.
Other duties as reasonably assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design, Art, Photography, related field, or equivalent experience
5+ years brand management experience, preferably in a leadership role
2+ years experience in eCommerce, private label and/or retail preferred.
Experience working with photographers, videographers, graphic designers, and stylists.
Experience with packaging design is a plus but not essential.
Attention to detail and highly organized.
Understanding of lifestyle apparel landscape, sporting goods, and appreciation for the relationship between sports and apparel/products.
Shopify experience is a plus but not essential.
Baseball and pickleball knowledge/experience is preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Sports PRO ATHLETE is a Kansas City–based sporting goods retailer and brand that creates a “game-winning experience” for customers and the community. It operates online shops (including JustBats and JustPaddles) selling bats, gloves, paddles and related gear, and runs events, wellness and speaker programs, alumni initiatives, and community partnerships. The company also collaborates on branded collections and has engaged in product efforts for first responders, positioning itself as a community-focused, consumer-facing sports retail business. Brand Manager – Director Job not on LinkedIn 🔥 1 hour ago 🏢🏡 Kansas City – Hybrid ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 💃 Brand Manager Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Develop and implement the overarching brand strategy and vision for all brands (private label and retail), setting and enforcing the brand guidelines and guiding the vision for each brand.
The Brand Manager/Director is responsible for the strategy, not the visuals.
Align creative efforts with consumer insights and market trends.
Work with an in-house marketing team to create or refine each brands’ customer persona - helping to determine who the customer is and what products they want.
Partner with senior leadership to ensure brand strategies align with organizational goals and resonate with target audiences.
Lead creative teams, including designers, photographers, videographers, copywriters, social talent, and external agencies, providing clear direction and feedback.
Oversee the creation and assist the Creative Team with the approval of all customer-facing content, ensuring brand consistency across email, social, web, video, print, packaging, and advertising.
Monitor the visual and tonal representation of all brands across channels.
Collaborate with Product Development on high-level product design and concepting to ensure brand cohesion and product creation that meets the needs of desired customer base.
Serve as the final arbiter of brand voice, ensuring that all content is aligned with the established brand narrative.
Anything creative and brand-related that the customer sees would fall under this role’s domain.
We will lean heavily on this role to help craft each brands’ story, identify the customer base, and will rely on them to ensure that all creative efforts moving forward align with that narrative.
Willingness to wear multiple hats on the creative side.
Other duties as reasonably assigned. 🎯 Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design, Art, Photography, related field, or equivalent experience
5+ years brand management experience, preferably in a leadership role
2+ years experience in eCommerce, private label and/or retail preferred.
Experience working with photographers, videographers, graphic designers, and stylists.
Experience with packaging design is a plus but not essential.
Attention to detail and highly organized.
Understanding of lifestyle apparel landscape, sporting goods, and appreciation for the relationship between sports and apparel/products.
Shopify experience is a plus but not essential.
Baseball and pickleball knowledge/experience is preferred. Apply Now 📊 Check your resume score for this job Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply. Check Resume Score 🌐 Worldwide Built by Lior Neu-ner. I'd love to hear your feedback — Get in touch via DM or support@remoterocketship.com Search Search Jobs by country Search jobs by city Search jobs by job title Search entry-level jobs Search junior-level jobs Search senior-level jobs Search jobs by tech stack Search jobs by contract type Search remote internships Search remote part-time jobs Remote jobs Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Sales People Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Software Engineers Anywhere in the World Resources Advice Tips for finding remote jobs Interview questions and answers Resume examples Cover letter examples Post a job Affiliates Privacy policy Terms of service Job board SEO course AI Apply Copilot OpenClaw job finder Find jobs using your resume Jobs by Country Remote jobs anywhere in the world (Worldwide remote jobs) Remote jobs United States Remote jobs Australia Remote jobs Brazil Remote jobs Canada Remote jobs France Remote jobs Ireland Remote jobs Germany Remote jobs Netherlands Remote jobs Spain Remote jobs UK Popular Jobs Remote data analyst jobs Remote customer support jobs Remote executive assistant jobs Remote marketing jobs Remote product designer jobs Remote product manager jobs Remote project manager jobs Remote recruiter jobs Remote sales jobs Remote software engineer jobs Jobs by Type Remote full-time jobs Remote part-time jobs Remote contract jobs Remote internship jobs Remote entry-level jobs Remote jobs with no experience required Remote junior jobs (1-3 years of experience) Digital nomad jobs Remote jobs with no degree required Freelance remote jobs Temporary remote jobs Remote jobs hiring now Stay at home mom jobs

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Hard Skills & Tools

Brand ManagementPackaging DesignCustomer Persona DevelopmentContent ApprovalProduct Concepting

Soft Skills

Highly OrganizedClear Direction and Feedback

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in MarketingBachelor’s Degree in CommunicationsBachelor’s Degree in Graphic DesignBachelor’s Degree in ArtBachelor’s Degree in Photography