Associate Director, Branding and Communications

The Associate Director, Branding & Communications will lead Kemin’s enterprise branding and communications strategy, governance, and execution to strengthen brand equity, ensure consistent brand expression, and improve communication effectiveness across the organization. This role will work in close collaboration with leadership, business units, and cross‑functional teams to implement day‑to‑day enterprise brand governance and channel performance, and scale standards and toolkits across business units and regions.

It requires strong global marketing leadership, deep experience in B2B markets, cross‑regional collaboration, and the ability to translate corporate messages into compelling global narratives and customer experiences. This position is located at our headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa.

Join the Kemin Team and Transform Lives! We are a privately held, family‑owned‑and‑operated global biotechnology company driven by curiosity and committed to transforming the quality of life for people, pets, and the planet. We create solutions that strengthen health and wellbeing, provide nutrition and immune support for pets and production animals, safeguard the planet’s natural resources, and protect the global food supply chain for generations to come.

We supply over 500 specialty ingredients for various industries, including human and animal health and nutrition, pet food, aquaculture, nutraceutical, food technologies, crop technologies, textiles, biofuels, and animal vaccines. We employ 3,500 global employees and operations in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Italy, San Marino, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States.

• Competitive financial package: rewarding salary, uncapped bonus opportunities, 401k match program, and generous paid vacation and holidays.
• Career development and advancement: opportunities for growth and development throughout the entire career.
• Continued learning opportunities: in‑house learning platforms, thousands of training resources both live and online, and tuition reimbursement for external post‑secondary pursuits.
• Service opportunities: paid time off for volunteering in the community.

• Own corporate brand strategy, architecture, and identity governance across business units and regions to ensure consistent brand positioning, messaging, and visual identity worldwide.
• Lead enterprise communication strategies and messaging frameworks, guide integrated plans for external and internal audiences, and facilitate global‑regional planning cycles and sharing of best practices across markets.
• Lead corporate campaigns and own corporate storytelling with measurement‑driven optimization across channels (web, social, email, executive communications, corporate content platforms).
• Set standards and governance for corporate collateral and events to ensure on‑brand quality and ROI discipline; implement global governance policies and ensure brand compliance.
• Partner with leadership teams and HR on strategic communications topics (employee engagement, culture, change) and provide channel/editorial expertise and governance.
• Work closely with Corporate Affairs and Global Strategic Portfolios integrated marcom teams to monitor brand health, reputation, stakeholder engagement, and channel/content performance, and translate insights into action using data and analytics.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of branding, communications, and events professionals to foster an inclusive, collaborative global culture and ensure ongoing capability building.
• Manage agencies and external partners, including budgets and performance.

• Education and experience:
  
  Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field with 10+ years of experience in branding, communication, events, or integrated marketing within B2B industries.
• Experience working for a global company in life science, agriculture, food, or health is preferred.
• Proven experience leading corporate branding, major events and multi‑channel communications, including governance and standards, especially in the North American region.
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