Senior Brand Marketing Specialist

Job Category: Brand Marketing
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Napa - CA

Redwood Credit Union

Redwood Credit Union is seeking a dynamic Senior Brand Marketing Specialist to lead brand strategy, creative direction, and integrated media campaigns that inspire trust and drive growth. If you’re passionate about storytelling, brand building, and making a meaningful impact in the community—this is your opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

Brand & Creative Leadership:

  • Develop and enforce brand guidelines across all channels
  • Act as the brand steward, offering strategic guidance to support high quality brand expression and communications

Brand Campaign Development:

  • Support the planning and rollout of brand campaigns that increase visibility, strengthen brand affinity, and promote Redwood Credit Union’s unique value
  • Drive creative briefs, timelines, and execution for high-impact brand campaigns
  • Monitor campaign effectiveness and provide actionable insights and recommendations to optimize impact
  • Help support an ongoing influencer program working with the social team and agencies to drive trust and preference for RCU in our market

Media Strategy:

  • Lead media planning and buying media across TV, digital, radio, and more
  • Manage agency relationships, media budgets, schedules, contracts and placements with focus on maximizing ROI

Tell Member Stories:

  • Lead our Member Testimonial Program to create emotionally resonant content
  • Curate and manage a content library while tracking performance and engagement metrics

Collaborate & Influence: Work cross-functionally with internal teams, agencies, and influencers.

Join us and discover why you’ll love working at Redwood Credit Union!

ABOUT REDWOOD CREDIT UNION (RCU):

At Redwood Credit Union, our mission is to passionately serve the best interests of our Members and communities. Since 1950, we have been dedicated to supporting the financial well-being of our Members through better rates, low or no fees, and best-in-class customer service. Our purpose is to inspire hope and elevate the financial well-being of our communities one person at a time, through good times and bad.

As a not-for-profit financial institution, we are committed to a people-first approach, which is reflected not only in how we serve our Members, but also in how we treat our employees. Our leadership team is deeply focused on fostering a culture of heart and empathy, integrity, passion, inclusion, meaningful relationships, excellence, and ensuring financial well-being for all.

Why work for Redwood Credit Union?

  • 29th largest credit union in the U.S. and the largest financial institution based in the North Bay
  • Awarded a 5-Star Rating based on 6/30/24 financial data by Bauer Financial
  • Recognized by Newsweek as one of “America’s Greatest Midsize Workplaces 2025”
  • Recognized by Newsweek as one of “America’s Best Credit Unions 2024”
  • Recognized by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Small Employers 2023″
  • Voted Best Places to Work in the North Bay 20 years in a row
  • World-class Employee Engagement scores
  • Rated Superior in Service by more than 90% of Members, surveyed by SF Gate
  • Industry leading Net Promoter Scores across the U.S

Minimum Qualification: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Brand stewardship experience
  • Integrated media expertise
  • Strong creative acumen and campaign management experience
  • Skilled in balancing creative branding with data-driven approaches
  • Collaborative, with strong communication skills
  • Influencer and content management experience
  • Strong expertise in integrated marketing strategy, media planning (traditional and digital), and brand governance
  • Proven project management and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Proficiency in media planning tools, analytics platforms, and creative systems
  • Familiarity with the Bay Area media landscape and a passion for Redwood Credit Union’s mission are a plus

The ideal candidate has a combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, or related field and a minimum of five years’ experience in brand marketing, media strategy, or campaign management. Financial or consumer brand experience is preferred.

Compensation: Base starting range: $91,520 to $120,573 annually commensurate with experience.

Our base salary starting range is based on scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal peer equity. We offer a competitive total rewards package including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits.

Redwood Credit Union offers a robust benefits package to our eligible employees including:

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance, mental health offerings
  • Employee performance incentive plan
  • Salary Advancement– Merit increase based on performance
  • 401(k) program with employer match
  • Time Off- Competitive PTO accrual plus 11 paid company holidays and your birthday off!

RCU Discounts and Perks:

  • RCU employees are eligible for a .75% discount off RCU standard collateral auto loans
  • RCU employees are eligible for a 1% discount on all recreational or boat loan products
  • 2% discount off Visas and LOC Loans through RCU
  • 0% interest loan to support employees with various immigration related expenses such as visa application fees and relocation costs. Loan amount up to $1,000
  • 0% interest loan to support employees with expenses associated with the naturalization process. Loan amount up to $15,000
  • 0% interest on garment, fitness, or home office equipment loan of up to $500
  • 100% financing for employee purchased homes!

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to stand, bend, stoop, sit, walk, twist, and turn
  • Ability to lift up to 15 pounds
  • Ability to use a computer keyboard and calculator
  • Work environment is indoors; majority of the time is spent sitting at a desk
  • Redwood Credit Union is not offering Visa transfers and/or sponsorships for this position.