About the Role
Seeking a strategic, data-driven leader to balance brand building with demand generation, leverage emerging technologies, and inspire a high-performing team to deliver measurable business results. This role will lead the strategy, execution, and optimization of demand generation and brand-building initiatives across key paid, owned, and earned channels, driving volume, quality, efficiency, and intent of demand while strengthening Leatherman's brand.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute multi-channel growth marketing strategies that drive customer acquisition, engagement, and long-term brand growth
- Own demand generation across social media, performance media, SEO/SEM, affiliate marketing, influencer programs, and emerging channels
- Balance short-term performance goals with long-term brand-building initiatives
- Identify new opportunities to expand reach, strengthen relevance, and accelerate growth
- Lead an AI-forward marketing strategy that leverages automation, personalization, predictive analytics, and emerging technologies
- Evaluate, test, and operationalize AI-powered marketing tools that improve efficiency, targeting, and customer experiences
- Drive experimentation and innovation to create competitive advantage and measurable business impact
- Stay ahead of marketing, technology, and consumer trends
- Partner with Product, Brand, Sales, and Content teams to develop integrated go-to-market strategies and product launch plans
- Ensure marketing efforts are aligned with customer needs, business objectives, and brand standards
- Optimize campaign performance through data, testing, and continuous improvement
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Growth Marketing Team
- Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and development plans
- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning
- Help team members grow professionally while delivering exceptional business results
- Own marketing performance reporting and growth KPIs
- Monitor campaign effectiveness, ROI, customer acquisition, and brand health metrics
- Use data and insights to inform strategy, improve efficiency, and drive better business outcomes
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in growth marketing, demand generation, social media, digital marketing, or integrated marketing
- Proven leadership experience managing teams or leading cross-functional initiatives
- Strong expertise across growth channels including social media, paid media, SEO/SEM, influencer marketing, and performance marketing
- Experience building and executing marketing strategies that drive measurable business growth
- Strong analytical skills with experience using data to inform decisions and optimize performance
- Ability to translate strategy into execution and deliver measurable results
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience with consumer brands, retail, ecommerce, or direct-to-consumer businesses
- Experience leveraging AI-powered marketing tools, automation platforms, and predictive analytics
- Experience leading integrated marketing campaigns across multiple channels
- Passion for innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement
Skills
- Growth marketing
- Demand generation
- Social media marketing
- Digital marketing
- Integrated marketing
- Performance marketing
- SEO/SEM
- Influencer marketing
- AI-powered marketing tools
- Automation platforms
- Predictive analytics
- Data analysis
- Strategy development
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Brand building
- Campaign optimization
- Experimentation
Location
- Portland
Work Type
- Hybrid
- In-office
Experience Level
- 7+ years of experience
About the Company
- At Leatherman, we build tools that help people take on the expected—and the unexpected. For more than 40 years, we've earned the trust of makers, tradespeople, outdoor enthusiasts, first responders, and everyday problem-solvers around the world.
- Our Mission: Inspire, equip, and prepare everyone with innovative tools to take on the expected and unexpected.
- Our Vision: Be the most useful brand in the world.
- Our Core Values: • We have integrity in everything we do. • We pursue excellence. • We empower each other to reach our full potential.
- When you join Leatherman, you'll have the opportunity to influence the future of an iconic brand while working alongside talented teammates who value collaboration, innovation, and growth.
