Brand Manager

Meriton is a national team of experts driving HVAC innovation through a network of high-performing companies. From strategy and support to systems and solutions, we work behind the scenes to strengthen operations and build value—for our partners and our people.

If you’re looking to make an impact, we’re glad you’re here. At Meriton, you’ll join a team that believes in big ideas, doing great work, and building careers that matter—every step of the way.

Brand Manager

Reports to: Chief Marketing Officer

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Irving, TX

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Brand Manager to join our in-house marketing team who will have the opportunity to work across a wide variety of brands, mediums, channels, and project types.

This is a unique opportunity to become part of a group that is passionate about great work, telling compelling stories and creating thoughtful experiences for a dynamic company. A successful candidate will serve as an integral member of our marketing team and should have experience delivering on integrated marketing and communications priorities (in-house or agency).

The Brand Manager is responsible for collaborating with Meriton portfolio companies to help ensure their marketing and communications plans have the right focus, are maximizing resources, and are well executed.

Responsibilities: 

• Brand management for designated companies across the network to ensure integrity of brand and messaging 
• Content marketing strategy, planning, development, and execution
• Manage incoming requests from designated companies across the network to ensure a high degree of client service, collaboration, and quality in execution
• Is able to write clear and organized creative briefs to facilitate collaboration with creative team members 
• Project management of all key marketing priorities for designated brands
• Measurement + reporting across channels
• Partners with the marketing team and our business partners across departments to develop collateral materials to support sales and field marketing efforts (including brand identity, sales brochures, catalogs, logos, price sheets, newsletters, emails campaigns, etc.)
• Responsible for supporting the organization with producing materials across a wide variety of channels/executions including presentations, advertising, events, tradeshows, and digital media (web, social media, videos, photography, etc.)
• Create and contribute fresh ideas, identify and implement new tools to increase our effectiveness
• Prioritize, organize, and perform multiple responsibilities or projects simultaneously, making decisions independently and taking ownership for wide ranging responsibilities that also meet time constraints and tight deadlines, and operate in a fast-paced, and dynamic environment
• The ability to clearly and confidently present ideas in front of both internal and external audiences with a drive for innovative thinking
• Provide creative executions to promote all Meriton brands, messages and stories across multiple mediums including sales events and company functions
• Provides outstanding internal customer service and support and collaborates both locally and across multiple offices with a focus on not only your success, but also the success of others
• Works with third-party agencies, media outlets, sponsors, etc. to effectively communicate brand standards and direction
• Ensure the quality of design strengthens and supports our brands, ensuring message consistency and brand personality/tone

Qualifications:

• 4-5 years of account/brand management experience in a corporate or agency setting
• Works with a high degree of independence and is a self-starter
• BA in marketing, communications, or journalism (internship experience is a plus)
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills
• Strong skill set working in Office Suite: PPT, Word, Excel
• Successful track record developing engaging content for social media audiences including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, etc.  
• Experience in planning and developing content for internal communications channels including intranets, newsletters, town hall meetings, etc.
• Portfolio of work samples are required at interview stage
• Excellent project management and organization skills
• Role does require some degree of travel for meetings with teammates across the network

Strategic Skills

Ability to keep up with current trends in communications, technologies and marketing strategies as well as competitive positioning and target mindset. Passion for learning and developing new skills. Ability to understand concepts and complexity comfortably. Willing to take direction, open to change and will try anything to find solutions. Strong attention to detail in design work, a positive attitude and a collaborative personality.

Operating Skills

Ability to discern between tasks to determine how best to accomplish goals and organize task/people assignments to get results in a timely way. Ability to figure out processes and simplify them in order to maximize workflow. 

Personal and Interpersonal

Ability to establish and grow relationships with customers through effective verbal and written communication. Dedicated to the needs of the customers, manufacturers and peers and has the patience to actively listen to all business partners. Able to solve problems and skillfully negotiate with a minimum of noise while managing stress. Demonstrates integrity and trust through appropriate directness and truthfulness. Ability to understand personal strengths and weaknesses, seek feedback and continuously improve skills.  

Behavior Skills

Ability to seize opportunities and maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations. Able to pursue tasks with the drive to finish them, regardless of setbacks.  Ability to make decisions on behalf of the team.

Language Skills 

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Reasoning Ability 

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Mental stamina for problem solving and prioritizing multiple tasks. 

Environmental Requirements

Will be required to work in an office environment and possibly, occasionally in the field.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to operate a computer keyboard and telephone and reach items with their hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

NOTE:  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Meriton is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status.  Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.