Convive Brands is a New York-based hospitality group that builds and operates high-quality restaurant brands. Convive operates 60+ restaurants nationwide across three concepts: Le Pain Quotidien, Little Beet, and Little Beet Table. As a patient, long-term investor-operator, it aims to build significant enterprise value through both organic growth and acquisition.

With a focus on building a company rooted in long-term success in an ever-changing and hyper-competitive industry, we are growing our team with excitement about the future and grounded in how to get there. Challenges and opportunities exist at every level, alongside truly incredible upside. Convive employees embody confidence in navigating change, building and leading growing teams, and supporting strategic execution in the hospitality space.

Job Description:

At Convive Brands, we believe that great hospitality starts with great people, and powerful, purpose-driven brands. We're looking for a Director/Senior Director of Marketing to help lead the charge as we grow and elevate our family of restaurant brands. This is a rare opportunity to bring your strategic vision, creative chops, and operational savvy to a high-impact leadership role where your work will shape how thousands of guests experience our hospitality.

In this role, you'll serve as both a strategist and a hands-on builder, developing our brand and marketing function from the ground up. You'll create and execute strategies that drive growth, deepen guest engagement and position Convive for what's next, whether that's opening new restaurants, entering new markets, or integrating new brands. You'll be a trusted partner to our executive team and a key voice in shaping our company's story. As the most senior leader of the Marketing Department, you'll be a thoughtful mentor to our marketing function, and will be responsible for building and leading a high-performing team that consistently delivers exceptional work, setting a high bar for quality and creativity, and inspiring others to meet it. Through your leadership, you will create a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and continuous learning, while keeping a strong bias for action and results.

We're looking for someone who believes great ideas are only as powerful as their execution, and who pushes the work, and the team to excellence. Our ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial mindset, sharp instincts, a collaborative spirit, and a deep understanding of what makes brands resonate in today's competitive food and hospitality landscape.

What You'll Do

Lead Brand & Marketing Strategy

Craft and execute thoughtful, tailored marketing strategies that ladder up into the strategic vision set by the Executive Leadership Team, in order to elevate each of our brands and support business goals, from guest acquisition to retention to brand equity. Partner closely with Operations to ensure marketing efforts are grounded in the guest experience and aligned across channels. Build and Grow Our Brands Oversee the evolution and expression of our brand identities across a portfolio of hospitality concepts. Ensure brand consistency and emotional resonance across all touchpoints, digital, in-store, social, and beyond. Be a Hands-On Leader Work alongside your team to bring ideas to life from campaigns to content to in-store activations, playing a heavy part in the execution of strategies. Drive accountability, foster innovation, and make space for creativity in everything you do. Use Data to Drive Impact Define smart, measurable KPIs to assess marketing performance. Regularly analyze performance data to inform strategy, iterate quickly, and scale what works. Inspire & Develop the Team Lead and mentor a growing Brand & Marketing team, nurturing a culture of collaboration, ownership, and high performance. Encourage curiosity, experimentation, and continuous learning. Be a Strategic Partner Collaborate with the Executive Leadership Team to align marketing with overall business strategy. Take ownership of initiatives and deliver insights that help the organization grow in smart, sustainable ways. Guide Through Change Help lead the marketing function through periods of growth, acquisition, and transformation with clarity and care. Bring a steady, strategic hand during times of change, while keeping your eye on long-term brand building. What You'll Bring 5+ years of progressive experience in marketing, brand strategy, or growth roles Proven success leading multi-channel brand and marketing initiatives Hospitality, restaurant, or retail experience Experience building brands in fast-paced, multi-unit or multi-brand environments Strong analytical chops, with a data-informed approach to drive the right decisions Outstanding leadership skills; you know how to rally a team and elevate others Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities A creative, entrepreneurial spirit with a bias toward action Comfort with ambiguity, change, and cross-functional leadership

Why You'll Love It Here

At Convive Brands, you'll join a passionate team that's reimagining what hospitality can look and feel like. You'll have the chance to shape the future of beloved brands, build a best-in-class marketing function, and see your impact in real time, on our teams, our guests, and our growth.

We're building something special here. If that excites you, we'd love to meet you.

The annualized range for this position (plus a bonus) is : $125,000-$160,000

Convive Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected class. Convive Brands celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.