About Cantina:Cantina Labs is a social AI company, developing a suite of advanced real-time models that push the boundaries of expression, personality, and realism. We bring characters to life, transforming how people tell stories, connect, and create. We build and power ecosystems. Cantina, our flagship social AI platform, is just the beginning.If you're excited about the potential AI has to shape human creativity and social interactions, join us in building the future!About the Role:We're looking for a Director of Brand Marketing to be the owner and guardian of our brand — how it looks, sounds, and shows up everywhere from a company deck to a 30 second commercial to a piece of swag. This person will lead a full brand refresh, bringing coherence to our logo, visual identity, messaging, and tone across every touchpoint in the company, and then hold that line going forward.This is a hybrid brand-marketing and brand-creative role. You'll set strategy and messaging pillars, manage our in-house creative team and outside agencies to bring campaigns to life, and take direct ownership of anything that requires a message — including commercials and other brand advertising. You'll also set the brand mandate for how we show up in social and organic channels, working closely with the team that runs day-to-day social execution.What You’ll Do:Lead a company-wide brand refresh — logo, visual identity, messaging, and tone — ensuring consistency across the company deck, website, product, swag, and every other touchpointOwn brand messaging and craft the core messaging pillars, and be able to clearly articulate and defend them internally and externallyTake direct ownership of commercials and other brand advertising campaigns, from concept through productionSet and maintain brand guidelines, and mandate how the brand shows up across social and organic channels (partnering closely with the social team on execution)Manage the in-house creative team and asset production, and manage relationships with outside creative and production agenciesPartner cross-functionally with product, comms, and executive stakeholders to keep brand and messaging aligned company-wideBuild the foundation for scaling brand marketing as the team and company growWhat You’ll Bring:8+ years of brand marketing experience, spanning both agency (account side) and in-house brand marketing at a consumer-facing companyExperience at a recognizable, culturally relevant consumer brand or platformBrand marketing experience managing external brand advertising campaignsExperience working with digital media creatorsExperience working with all social platforms on organic and paid campaignsProven ability to manage and direct commercial/brand advertising production, including working with agencies and production partnersExperience managing an in-house creative team and/or creative asset productionExcellent communication and messaging instincts — able to set and evangelize brand guidelines across an organizationA builder's mindset — excited to create brand infrastructure from scratch, not just maintain what existsCompensation:The anticipated annual base salary range for this role is between $160,000-$240,000. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered, including skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.Benefits:Competitive salary and generous company equityMedical, dental, and vision insurance – 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina42 days of paid time off, including:15 PTO days10 sick days15 company holidays2 floating holidaysGenerous parental leave & fertility support401(k) retirement savings planLifestyle spending account – $500/month to use however you’d likeComplimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employeesOne Medical membership, and more!
