Sr. Brand Marketing Speciaist

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Summary:

The Sr. Brand Marketing Specialist will support the strategy, creative development, and execution of acquisition-focused marketing campaigns across NRG’s portfolio of retail electricity brands. This role will help build compelling creative that attracts new customers and ensures each brand is effectively differentiated in a competitive market. The Sr. Specialist will collaborate closely with agencies, Brand Strategy, Product Development, Go-To-Market and Legal/Regulatory teams to bring campaigns to life and optimize them based on performance. This position reports to the Senior Manager, Brand Marketing.

Position Responsibilities:

• Support the development and execution of multi-media creative campaigns that drive customer acquisition for the Direct Energy and Cirro brands.
• Support the creative development process, from strategy, briefing, pre-production, production, and post-production, ensuring campaigns align with brand identity and resonate with target audiences.
• Serve as a liaison with external creative agencies, coordinating the development of marketing campaign assets, delivering constructive feedback on behalf of internal stakeholders, maintaining strong relationships, and reviewing creative performance to guide optimizations.
• Support creation of video content for paid media by providing feedback on concepts, scripts, visuals, production, and post-production.
• Review and provide creative input on the creation of all paid marketing assets, both digital and traditional.
• Oversee the design and updates of social media headers, homepage banners, and landing pages to ensure alignment with current marketing campaigns for all brands.
• Assist in managing campaign timelines, deliverables, and approvals across multiple stakeholders.
• Monitor campaign performance and provide insights to inform creative optimizations.
• Support cross-functional collaboration with Brand Strategy, Go-to-Market, Product Development, Legal, and Customer Marketing teams to ensure campaigns are compliant, consistent, and effective.
• Conduct market and competitive research to inform creative strategies and ensure brand differentiation.
• Act as a brand steward, ensuring all acquisition materials reflect brand voice, tone, and positioning.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5-7 years of marketing or brand experience, with a focus on creative campaign development or customer acquisition.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple campaigns and competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a sharp eye for creative detail.
• Ability to collaborate across departments and influence stakeholders in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret performance data and recommend creative optimizations.
• Experience working with or managing creative agencies preferred.
• Background in subscription-based or competitive industries (energy, telecom, internet, etc.) a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or related field required.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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