Senior Director, Marketing, Client Partner (Beauty

Condé Nast is one of the world’s most renowned media publishing companies, creating and distributing every type of media today, spanning print and digital publishing in all formats. With a portfolio of some of today’s most influential brands, the company continues to grow its audience through a global operational and content infrastructure across its 12 owned and operated markets. Headquartered in New York City, the company’s owned and operated markets include China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, UAE/Dubai, the U.K., and the U.S., with additional local license partners in over twenty additional markets across the globe.

Lead brands include Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, Allure, Ars Technica, Bon Appétit, House & Garden, Pitchfork, Tatler, and Vogue Business.

Location:

New York, NY

Cond’e Nast is seeking a strategic, culturally-fluent, creatively-driven and results-oriented Sr. Director of Marketing to lead marketing strategy for a key account in the beauty sector.

This role will report to the VP, Marketing and will be instrumental in driving revenue growth and client satisfaction through strategic storytelling, innovative marketing programs, and collaborative ideation.

The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience in account management, marketing, and production and the ability to manage end-to-end marketing programs from pitch to delivery.

• Lead end-to-end marketing for a global beauty account as primary remit, with secondary responsibility across additional beauty category clients as capacity allows
• Own the full client lifecycle from RFP response and pitch development through program activation, optimization, and renewal
• Serve as the senior client lead and primary point of accountability across both commercial and execution conversations
• Operate at the intersection of Sales, Editorial, Brand Marketing, Creative, Strategy, and Production: translating client briefs into sold-in programs and sold-in programs into flawlessly executed activations

• Build and steward senior relationships across the client’s brand portfolio, including brand leads, global media and content teams, and agency partners
• Develop deep fluency in the client’s brand architecture, category priorities, and global-to-local operating model and use that fluency to anticipate needs and unlock opportunities
• Serve as a single, consistent point of contact across the lifecycle
• Lead pitches, kickoffs, weekly status governance, executive check-ins, and post-campaign reviews
• Navigate the complexity of a global account: multiple brands, multiple markets, multiple stakeholders, often with competing timelines and priorities
• Own client satisfaction as a measurable outcome: including renewal, organic growth, and reference-ability across the client’s brand houses

• Lead the development of pitches and proposals for incoming RFPs client briefs: owning the response end-to-end from brief intake to final deck
• Partner with Sales to interrogate the brief, shape strategic direction, and orchestrate input from Editorial, Marketing, Creative, Insights, and Production
• Translate client objectives into clear, sold-in narratives: ensuring proposals are commercially sound, creatively distinctive, and operationally deliverable
• Scope work with execution in mind: because this role also owns delivery, what gets sold is what gets shipped
• Maintain a library of proven beauty-category frameworks, case studies, and proof points; continuously sharpen our category POV and pitch IP
• Own pitch quality control: tight storylines, accurate scoping, clean financials, and a polished deliverable that reflects the standard of the brands we represent

• Lead post-sale activation of sold programs across editorial, branded content, event, and production: owning timelines, deliverables, and client experience
• Anticipate risks and surface them early; resolve issues before they reach the client wherever possible
• Lead program wrap, performance reporting, and renewal conversations,…