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Head of Brand

Partners · Houston, TX, USA ·

Pay:
125.000
Job type:
Full Time

The Head of Brand leads Corporate Marketing at Partners and serves as the keeper, protector, and steward of the Partners brand. Reporting directly to the CMO, this role owns how the firm shows up in the market across every business line, service, and asset type, and makes sure Partners presents itself consistently and proudly wherever it appears. It is a senior, long‑tenured seat at a firm that is still actively growing.

About Us

Partners is one of the largest privately held commercial real estate firms in the country. 300+ people, $85M+ in revenue, with offices across Texas and the Southeast. Our integrated platform brings together brokerage, capital, and development under an ownership structure no public firm can replicate. We are growing quickly, expanding into new markets, and investing in the people who will carry the firm forward.

What You’ll Own

Brand Stewardship

  • Protect and evolve the Partners brand across markets, service lines, and asset types.
  • Set the standard for how Partners looks, sounds, and shows up everywhere it travels.
  • Partner with leaders across brokerage, capital, development, and property management to keep the brand consistent across the firm.

Corporate Marketing

  • Lead the corporate marketing function including current team, future hires, and agency partners.
  • Build and maintain templates, asset libraries, and creative systems the firm relies on day‑to‑day.
  • Set visual and messaging direction across all firm‑wide deliverables.

Campaigns and Marketing Programs

  • Run the firm's ongoing marketing programs and launch new ones tied to growth priorities.
  • Translate firm strategy into campaigns that reach clients, prospects, recruits, and the broader industry.
  • Measure performance and refine the program mix over time.

Digital Presence

  • Own the Partners website and the firm's digital footprint end‑to‑end.
  • Direct content, design, UX, and martech decisions that shape how Partners is found and experienced online.
  • Keep the digital experience current as the firm grows and enters new markets.

Events

  • Lead how Partners shows up at industry events, client programs, and internal employee gatherings.
  • Treat each event as a brand moment, with the strategy and creative thinking to match.
  • Coordinate with Communications, Sales Enablement, and regional leaders to bring the full platform forward.

What You’ll Bring

  • 10+ years in marketing, with significant time in brand and corporate marketing leadership.
  • A track record managing creative teams and agency partners across a multi‑market organization.
  • Strategic thinker with strong creative judgment. Comfortable shaping positioning and editing a layout in the same day.
  • Excellent writer with a feel for tone, audience, and voice.
  • Digital fluency across web, social, content, and martech.
  • Background in commercial real estate, professional services, financial services, or another relationship‑driven industry preferred.

Why Partners

  • A genuinely differentiated platform: brokerage, capital, and development under one roof, backed by an ownership model no public firm can replicate.
  • Real growth and real investment in marketing as a strategic function of the firm.
  • A senior seat with a clear remit, executive backing, and the chance to shape this work for years.
  • Direct partnership with the CMO and senior leadership across the firm.
  • Competitive compensation, full benefits, and a firm that takes care of its people.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Partners is proud to be committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Agency/Recruiter Notice

Partners Real Estate does not accept unsolicited candidate submissions from third‑party staffing firms, agencies, or recruiters. Any unsolicited submission, through any channel, shall confer no fee or commission obligation on Partners, regardless whether the candidate is subsequently hired in any capacity. A written fee agreement signed by an authorized Partners Real Estate representative must be in place prior to the submission to earn a fee or commission, and no retroactive fee agreements will be honored. Partners Real Estate personnel are not authorized to accept unsolicited submissions or approve fees and should not be contacted by outside recruiters.

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