Director of Marketing, Red Ventures
Sage Home Loans
$140-210k
Media and publishing company
Be an early applicant
Media and publishing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$140-210k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To partner with brands in order to connect customers with the products and services they need most.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field (MBA preferred)
- 8–12+ years of progressive marketing experience, including people leadership
- Experience in financial services, mortgage, or other highly regulated industries strongly preferred
- Deep expertise in digital marketing, email and direct marketing, lead acquisition, and customer retention
- Proven success leading teams and executing multi-channel marketing strategies
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to turn data into clear decisions and action
- Experience partnering with product teams on testing strategies, experimentation, and website optimization
- Excellent communication, project management, and stakeholder management skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking a strategic, data-driven Director of Marketing to lead the planning, development, and execution of our marketing strategy focused on customer acquisition and retention within the mortgage space
- Reporting to the SVP of Marketing, this role owns the end-to-end marketing vision—balancing creativity with performance, speed with precision, and growth with compliance
- You’ll lead multi-channel marketing efforts, manage internal and external partners, and translate data into action
- As a people leader, you’ll grow and coach a high-performing marketing team while collaborating closely with product, sales, operations, and analytics partners to deliver measurable impact
- This role includes direct supervision of our Email Marketing Specialist
- Develop and execute comprehensive marketing strategies that drive acquisition and retention while aligning with Sage’s business objectives and client-first mindset
- Own long-term marketing planning, including campaign roadmaps, budget allocation, and channel optimization
- Monitor market trends, competitive dynamics, and customer insights to inform strategy and continuously raise the bar
- Lead execution of multi-channel marketing efforts, including digital, email, direct mail, paid media, and emerging channels
- Own email marketing strategy and directly manage the Email Marketing Specialist to drive retention, lifecycle engagement, and lead nurturing
- Guide content strategy across the website, landing pages, and digital assets, ensuring messaging is clear, compliant, consistent, and conversion-focused
- Evaluate and test new channels (e.g., SMS, push notifications), building structured experimentation frameworks to scale what works—fast
- Hire, coach, and develop marketing talent with a focus on accountability, growth, and performance
- Lead and manage agency partners across creative, media, marketing automation, and analytics to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery
- Set clear expectations, KPIs, and success metrics for internal team members and external partners
- Partner closely with product, sales, and operations teams to support product launches, promotions, and testing initiatives
- Work with analytics and reporting teams to define success metrics, dashboards, and insights that enable real-time optimization
- Ensure marketing priorities stay aligned with business goals and product positioning
- Track, analyze, and report performance across all channels, delivering actionable insights to senior leadership
- Establish clear goals, KPIs, and ROI benchmarks; iterate quickly based on performance and learning
- Build scalable frameworks for ongoing testing, personalization, and funnel optimization across the customer journey
- Protect and strengthen the Sage brand through consistent messaging and adherence to regulatory and compliance standards
- Ensure all marketing efforts reflect Sage’s values and resonate with consumers and referral partners, including real estate professionals
- Win the right way—balancing growth, trust, and long-term brand equity
Our take
Red Ventures was founded in 2000, shortly before the dot-com bubble burst. It survived the crash, however, and has grown into one of America's biggest digital media companies. Its brands include Lonely Planet, Healthline and TV Guide.
The company was last valued at around $11 billion, which is evidence that its focus on momentum and adaptability has proven successful. Red Ventures is one of the major companies leading the shift towards intent-based media. It has acquired a range of specialist sites and publishing houses that serve the travel, tech and health sectors.
Red Ventures has managed to successfully out-compete rivals by moving away from the more traditional direct sales approach. Instead, it has focused on guiding customers towards purchases on other sites, and then taking a commission. The company's agility and laser-sharp focus on advice and specialty subjects will prove invaluable in the years to come.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2015
$250m
LATE VC
Total funding: $250m
Company benefits
- Hybrid Schedule & Flexible PTO: Take advantage of 3-4 days in-office per week and 1-2 WFH days per week (varying by team), and a robust Paid Time Off program that includes logging off for "Winter Week."
- Family Support, Planning, and Fertility: Our benefit offerings support every unique path to parenthood including fertility, egg freezing, adoption, surrogacy, parental bonding, and more.
- Mentorship Culture: Find a mentor, be a mentor, say yes to something new. This is a place where you’re guaranteed to build connections that extend past your immediate team and even your tenure at RV.
- Purpose & Community: We empower employees to make an impact for causes they care about, and we invest heavily in systemic impact through nonprofits like Road to Hire.
- World-Class Wellness: In addition to the on-site amenities at HQ, our unique wellness benefits include free therapy sessions and counseling for U.S. employees and family members.
Company HQ
Indian Land, SC
Leadership
Ric Elias
(Co-Founder & CEO)Ric co-founded Red Ventures in 2000 and has served as the CEO since.
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