Senior Director, Marketing

The Senior Director, Marketing leads the full marketing function and is accountable for the integrated system that drives customer acquisition, studio traffic and conversion, retention, and long-term brand equity — with brand, retail marketing, digital, lifecycle, and creative all operating as one coherent engine.

Reporting to the CEO, this role sits at the center of Studs’ commercial engine at a pivotal stage: a strong brand foundation, an evolving growth engine, and rising operational sophistication across the company. The Senior Director owns the integrated marketing calendar, leads a team of experienced marketers, and partners closely with Merchandising, Retail Operations, Finance, and People to translate company goals into integrated plans. The work spans long-range brand and customer strategy through to weekly performance optimization, and the role is expected to operate fluently across both.

This role is ideal for a leader who has built and run a full-stack marketing organization at a premium consumer, retail, or omnichannel brand, and who treats marketing as a connected system rather than a set of channel silos. The right candidate has strong commercial instincts, makes decisions with the discipline of an operator and the judgment of a brand steward, and is energized by environments where strategy and execution sit in the same week.

Integrated Marketing & Customer Growth

• →Own the integrated marketing strategy and calendar across brand, retail, digital, and lifecycle, aligned to product launches, studio openings, and seasonal moments.
• →Drive customer acquisition efficiency and grow the active customer base, connecting marketing investment to revenue outcomes.
• →Define annual and quarterly marketing priorities, goals, and measurement frameworks in partnership with the CEO and leadership team.
• →Lead marketing inputs into company planning, OKRs, and business reviews, ensuring every plan is tied to a commercial outcome.

Retail & Studio Marketing

• →Drive studio traffic, appointment conversion, and customer return across the Studs footprint.
• →Build the new studio opening playbook, ensuring local marketing investment translates into measurable ramp performance.
• →Partner with Retail Operations and Merchandising to align launches, promotions, and seasonal moments with in-studio execution.

Lifecycle, Retention & E-commerce

• →Improve customer retention and LTV through segmentation, lifecycle programs, and re-engagement strategy.
• →Own marketing’s contribution to e-commerce performance, including site experience, lifecycle programs, and list growth.
• →Guide strategy and execution across paid media, SEO, email and SMS, influencer, content, organic social, and site merchandising.

Team, Brand & Creative Stewardship

• →Lead and develop a team of senior marketers across brand, retail, digital, and lifecycle disciplines.
• →Set the operating rhythm for the marketing organization, including planning cycles, performance reviews, and reporting.
• →Maintain consistency of voice, positioning, and creative standards across every consumer touchpoint, from paid media to the in-studio experience.
• →Manage internal and external creative resources and agency partners, ensuring strong output and clear accountability.

Marketing Operations & Performance

• →Own the full marketing budget and forecasting in partnership with Finance and E-commerce, including reforecasting against actuals.
• →Build the measurement, attribution, and reporting discipline needed to make confident channel-mix decisions and shift spend as the business evolves.
• →Report performance, learnings, and recommendations to the CEO and leadership team on a recurring cadence.

We don’t expect candidates to know every tool, but familiarity with similar platforms is a plus.

• CRM and Email/SMS: Klaviyo.
• E-commerce: Shopify.
• Paid Media: Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads.
• Analytics: Google Analytics, Looker.
• Creative and Workflow: Figma, Notion, Asana.
• CX and Engagement: Zendesk, Loop Returns, Yext, Delighted.

• 10+ years of marketing experience in high-growth premium consumer, retail, or omnichannel environments.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, including direct management of senior-level reports.
• Proven track record building and running integrated marketing strategies that connect brand, retail, digital, and lifecycle into one coherent engine.
• Deep experience leading multi-channel execution: paid media, organic social, influencer, email and SMS, retail marketing, and site merchandising.
• Strong command of digital performance and attribution, with the judgment to adjust channel mix based on ROI and stage of business.
• Demonstrated experience leading lifecycle and retention programs, including segmentation, re-engagement, and list growth.
• Experience managing creative development across in-house teams and external agency partners.
• Strong cross-functional operator with a track record of partnering closely with Retail, Merchandising, Finance, and Operations to drive shared outcomes.
• Based in New York and able to work from the HQ office on a hybrid schedule.