About the Role
Relay is a digital banking platform designed to empower self-made business owners with financial clarity, confidence, and control. We aim to transform cash flow management from a source of stress into a clear signal for stronger, more resilient businesses. We are seeking a Director, Brand Strategy to lead brand strategy, manage go-to-market channels (social, influencer, content), and oversee the integrated-marketing function to ensure coordinated and high-performing campaigns.
Responsibilities
- Drive integrated marketing across the team, creating a clear, sequenced plan to manage competing priorities.
- Oversee Relay’s events, social, content, and influencer channels, building systems to increase throughput and hit targets.
- Set campaign strategy and author creative briefs, including positioning, success criteria, and actionable direction for the studio.
- Own the brand's evidence base, including customer research, competitive analysis, and brand tracking.
- Measure brand health, including awareness tracking, brand lift, share of voice, and campaign effectiveness.
- Define category framing, competitive context, and audience definition and segmentation.
- Steward brand governance as policy and assess partnership fit.
- Lead three managers and approximately seven team members, maintaining hands-on involvement in channel execution when needed.
Requirements
- An end-to-end integrated marketer with experience building and running campaigns from strategy through execution.
- Strong opinions on prioritization and resource allocation.
- Numerically fluent with the ability to critically analyze channel metrics.
- Assertive and process-oriented, with a demonstrated ability to implement and enforce marketing workflows across cross-functional teams.
- Proven ability to align stakeholders with competing priorities around a single plan.
- Strong brand judgment and creative sensibility, combined with operational rigor.
- Energized by ambiguity and change.
- Curious about applying AI across work.
- Relentless drive for reinvention and improvement.
- Comfortable taking initiative, risks, and seeking input when needed.
- Takes pride in work, follows through on commitments, and feels a deep sense of responsibility for outcomes.
- Actively embeds AI into work processes.
- Cares deeply about the substance of work and measures success by results.
- Enjoys tackling complex problems and building from scratch.
- Actively seeks feedback and uses it for improvement.
- Resonates with the mission to help small businesses thrive.
- Encouraged to apply even if experience doesn't perfectly match the job description.
- Critical thinking and ability to challenge the status quo.
- Must pass a background check and employment verification.
Skills
- Integrated marketing
- Brand strategy
- Social media marketing
- Influencer marketing
- Content marketing
- Campaign management
- Creative brief development
- Customer research
- Competitive analysis
- Brand tracking
- Brand health measurement
- Category framing
- Audience segmentation
- Brand governance
- Stakeholder alignment
- Process implementation
- AI application
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Director
Salary/Compensations
- $193,500 CAD to $236,500 CAD
- Typical starting salary: $215,000 CAD
Benefits
- Compensation follows impact, with potential for growth beyond annual reviews.
- Perks and benefits detailed on Candidate Hub.
About the Company
- Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self-made business owners the tools and know-how to be great with money—bringing clarity, confidence, and control to every dollar earned, so they can turn hard work into lasting success.
- We do this by replacing financial guesswork with real visibility, transforming cash flow from a constant source of stress into a clear signal owners can use to run stronger, more resilient businesses.
- We are looking for people who are relentless, curious, and care deeply about the work.
- We welcome diverse backgrounds and people who think critically, challenge the status quo, and want to help small businesses thrive.
Equal Opportunity
- If you require accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please reach out to your Talent Partner.
- For compliance reasons, all offers of employment at Relay are conditional upon a successful background check and employment verification through Certn.
