VP, Global Brand and Creative Services

Western Union•Atlanta, GA

4d•$250,000 - $280,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Western Union, one of the world’s iconic consumer brands is recruiting a senior leader responsible for evolving, protecting and executing Western Union’s market identity across the globe. Reporting into the CMO, the VP Global Brand and Creative Services defines the visual representation and overall messaging for the company, ensuring all customer touchpoints and growth campaigns consistently encourages customer transactions while reflecting the core values of the business. This role also leads the Brand Studio, the creative production operations for the company.

Requirements

Significant experience in transforming a company’s brand and creative operations.
Up-scaling current brand sentiment, growth and share of voice in the market; Possessing the ability to aggregate data metrics to measure and report brand performance to the company executives.
Rehabilitating the visual and editorial brand messaging to encourage new customer growth across retail, social media, partner and in particular in digital channels.
Managing high velocity, scaled creative asset production, ensuring a cost-effective approach for talent, asset acquisition, ownership and shared access rights.
Building a team of brand and creative resources who are talented, agile and business-minded, comfortable in working globally and across time zones.
Enabling creative assignments for multi-media channel media programs
Managing agencies, partners, freelancers and external partners, some offshore.
Using AI and marketing automation for effective agility and speed without compromising brand authenticity, credibility or reputation
Financial responsibility of budget and performance targets
Highly skilled in presenting and influencing at all levels of the organization.
Ability and desire to coach a team
Demonstrate experience in omni-channel creative design and copy production including digital, social, offline and OOH to support paid and owned media channel leaders
A minimum of 10 years’ experience in brand and creative leadership, preferably for a global consumer services corporation.
Expect to travel – no more than 30%
Be present at one of our key locations: Atlanta, New York or Miami (minimum 3 days/week)

Nice To Haves

Fintech experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Developing comprehensive strategies to differentiate the company from competitors, increase market share, and capture the target audience's attention.
Enforcing brand guidelines across all external channels (advertising, packaging, digital) and internal communications to build consumer trust and loyalty.
Capturing consumer insights, competitor activities, and industry trends to refine the brand's positioning and measure the success of ongoing brand initiatives.
Guiding the ideation and execution of major brand marketing initiatives, working closely with internal and external creative teams, communications and regional business units.
Creating and managing the high scale, efficient and cost effective production of create output for the company and, providing support for regional marketers and partners.