[Hiring] Director, Marketing, Growth Consulting @Cornerstone Advisors of Arizona, LLC

Role Description

Cornerstone Advisors is seeking a Director, Marketing & Growth Consulting, to serve as a client-facing consulting leader advising banks and credit unions on marketing strategy, growth, brand, customer/member acquisition and retention, product strategy, marketing technology, and performance. This role focuses on helping financial institution clients assess current capabilities, define growth priorities, and execute practical strategies to improve marketing effectiveness and measurable business outcomes; it is not an internal corporate marketing leadership position at Cornerstone.

The Director will work directly with CMOs, CEOs, and marketing leaders to lead strategic engagements, facilitate executive decisions, develop actionable roadmaps, and translate marketing data into clear recommendations. The ideal candidate is an experienced marketing practitioner and advisor who brings strong financial services or consumer marketing expertise, executive presence, analytical rigor, and the ability to connect brand, product, channel, technology, and investment decisions to growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; degree in marketing, business, communications, analytics, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive marketing experience, including significant responsibility for brand strategy, growth, campaign management, digital marketing, marketing operations, product marketing, customer/member acquisition and retention, or related disciplines.
• Experience advising senior leaders, leading complex initiatives, or operating in a consulting/advisory capacity is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365; familiarity with platforms such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud, HubSpot, Adobe Experience Cloud, Google Analytics, and Google Ads preferred.

Requirements

• Deep working knowledge of brand strategy, growth strategy, product marketing, multi-channel campaign management, digital/social/paid media, content strategy, customer/member acquisition and retention, marketing analytics, and marketing operations.
• Familiarity with CRM, marketing automation, personalization, analytics, website/CMS platforms, and emerging AI-enabled marketing tools.
• Strong understanding of how marketing strategy connects to product adoption, revenue, or balance-sheet growth, customer/member experience, and measurable ROI.
• Demonstrated executive presence, facilitation, presentation, relationship-building, and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of financial services marketing and applicable regulatory considerations is strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.
• Flexible work environment.

Company Description

Cornerstone Advisors provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, our firm complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.