Location: Hybrid / Remote (Los Angeles Preferred)

Reports To: Chief Revenue Officer

Dotted Line To: Chief Executive Officer

Type: Full-Time

About The Styled by Collective

The Styled by Collective is a fashion-tech and private client styling company transforming how modern clients engage with their wardrobes. Our proprietary digital platform and concierge-level services offer a revolutionary approach to wardrobe management, private approval ordering, and pre-order access. With technology at our core and luxury in our ethos, we empower clients to get dressed with intention, ease, and exceptional style.

Role Overview

We are seeking a visionary and hands-on Brand Director to lead The Styled by Collective through a critical inflection point. As we rebrand and evolve our product identity, you will own the full brand architecture, creative expression, and execution of this transformation. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, design, and storytelling—requiring excellence in both high-level thinking and precise execution.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives including brand strategy, creative direction, website redesign, content development, and market positioning, while managing a high-performing brand and marketing team.

Key Responsibilities

Brand Strategy & Identity

• Lead end-to-end rebrand process, including renaming, brand architecture, tone of voice, and visual identity

• Develop and maintain messaging frameworks and design systems across all customer touchpoints

• Oversee website redesign and ensure alignment with our technology-forward positioning

• Ensure brand consistency across UI/UX, packaging, marketing, and partnership materials

• Establish brand governance and approval workflows

• Conduct competitive benchmarking and market research to inform brand evolution

• Serve as internal brand steward and final creative approver

Campaigns, Content & Team Leadership

• Own integrated editorial calendar, content pipeline, and omni-channel marketing campaigns

• Manage internal brand and marketing team members across content, social, PR, and partnerships

• Oversee external-facing assets for investors, retail partners, and clients—including design and copy

• Build and maintain brand presence across platforms such as LinkedIn, Crunchbase, and TechCrunch

• Systematize version control, digital asset management, and analytics tracking

PR, Partnerships & Influencer Strategy

• Develop PR messaging, brand toolkits, and press materials

• Lead influencer, affiliate, and brand partnership strategy from vetting to execution

• Manage inbound partnership and collaboration inquiries

• Oversee brand activations, retail campaigns, and product launch events

Digital & Web Oversight

• Lead branding workstreams for website redesign and content migration

• Ensure all digital content meets SEO, UX, and narrative standards

• Collaborate with engineering, SEO, and product teams to iterate and improve digital assets

Product Collaboration

• Guide brand alignment across UI/UX, onboarding, and in-app content

• Collaborate closely with the product team during development cycles

• Translate product features into compelling brand narratives and assets

Merchandise & Brand Extensions

• Direct creative development for client gifting, branded merchandise, and influencer capsules

• Oversee design, production, vendor management, and packaging

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in brand leadership, creative direction, or brand marketing

• Proven success leading rebrands, brand systems, and creative campaigns

• Strong storytelling, content creation, and strategic narrative development skills

• Experience managing internal teams and external agency partners

• Proficient in tools including Figma, Milanote, Google Suite, Shopify, Squarespace, Asana, and Canva

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Data-fluent with strong ability to analyze performance and inform brand decisions

• Experience in fast-paced, founder-led startup environments is a plus

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Background in luxury fashion, editorial, or design-driven consumer brands

• Strategic thinker with operational rigor and creative instinct

• Passionate about aesthetics, technology, and the future of luxury commerce

• Comfortable leading through ambiguity and shaping systems from scratch

• Obsessed with details, timelines, and the quality of the final product

What We Offer

• Opportunity to shape the future of a leading luxury-tech platform

• Dynamic and collaborative team environment with creative autonomy

• Competitive salary, full health benefits, and 401(k) matching

• Flexible remote/hybrid work environment and generous PTO

• Exposure to high-profile partnerships and premium brand activations

How to Apply

Please submit your resume, portfolio, and a short Brand Narrative & Strategy Exercise (details below) as a single PDF or presentation deck here.

Brand Director Project

Objective: Show us how you’d position The Styled by Collective as we evolve.

Required Sections:

• Mission & Vision: Define our purpose and long-term ambition

• Brand Values: List 3–5 core values and how they show up

• Tone & Voice: 3 tone adjectives + 3 words we use vs. 3 we avoid

• Client Value Proposition: What do we offer emotionally and practically?

• Audience Snapshot: Describe one ideal client and one ideal retail partner

• Competitive Landscape: Pick 1 competitor and compare positioning

• Key Messaging Pillars: 2–3 pillars with supporting proof points

• Mini Launch Concept: One tagline + one launch theme

• (Optional) Brand Manifesto: 100–150 words to anchor our About page

Apply Here

The Styled by Collective is a fashion-tech company on the frontier of transforming personalized styling and inventory management in the luxury retail space. Blending elite human expertise with advanced technology, we’re building a new infrastructure for how people shop, style, and manage their wardrobes.

As we evolve from private client services to SaaS, our proprietary platform—Sartoria—is redefining consignment and ERP operations by enabling secure, scalable, and data-driven styling at scale. Sartoria isn’t just a digital wardrobe; it’s the trust infrastructure powering high-touch, high-value experiences across retail, logistics, and luxury service.

What We’re Building

Our ERP and inventory system solves problems traditional platforms ignore:

• Blind Inventory & Consignment Ordering: Tracks high-value transactions (often $100K–$300K+) in environments without upfront payment or POS-based records, offering retailers, stylists, and clients a secure, verifiable pipeline.

• Retailer & Personal Shopping Integration: Consolidates purchases across Net-a-Porter, Saks, Moda Operandi, etc., allowing AI-assisted recommendations and in-store experiences where client wishlists become real-time pre-selections.

• Payment & Compliance Innovation: Solves compliance and manual credit workflows with a fintech-integrated architecture designed for blind inventory commerce—improving both speed and security.

We’re at a pivotal moment: building a category-defining product that solves backend inefficiencies while delivering world-class UX to our discerning client base. You’ll work directly with our CTO as the first engineering hire, owning platform architecture, implementation, and scale from day one.

Our Stack: Full-stack TypeScript (via React and Bun/Node.js), PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, AWS, Temporal

Location: Remote. Full-time, US-based applicants only (within contiguous US timezones)

What You’ll Do

• Help lead the design and implementation of our next-gen digital wardrobe and ERP system

• Develop performant front-ends and scalable, secure back-ends—powering everything from styling algorithms to fintech integrations.

• Tackle hard problems in consignment logic, high-value transaction handling, and real-time inventory reconciliation.

• Establish engineering best practices, performance standards, and an ethos rooted in craft, ownership, education, and velocity.

You’re a Great Fit If You

• Thrive in a fast-paced, zero-bureaucracy environment that rewards initiative, ownership, and hard work

• Want the rare opportunity to help build an ambitious greenfield product with massive market potential

• Are excited about creating full stack systems that actually make businesses run

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

• 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience

• 3+ years shipping consumer-facing products

• Proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript, and at least one other statically typed language

• Proficiency with a SQL database (does not need to be PostgreSQL)

• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders

• A passion for product, an eye for detail, and a bias for action

• A good understanding of how to use LLMs responsibly and the perils of blindly consuming their output

Bonus Points

• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure

• Experience with macOS (we are not currently maintaining local environments on other OSes, sorry!)

• Prior startup experience

• Interest in fashion or styling (not required—our team has that covered, and yes, we have merch 😎)

Why Join Us

• Competitive Comp Package: Salary + meaningful equity

• Full Benefits: Health insurance, 401k, unlimited PTO

• Impact & Ownership: First engineering hire with full-stack autonomy and product influence

• Proven Growth: 7-figure ARR business with high-net-worth clients and strong market demand

• Future-Shaping Work: Be part of building the tech platform that redefines luxury retail from the inside out

To Apply

Submit your application here! We’re excited to chat with you!