Head of Brand Strategy, Greater Asia

Crazy Maple Studio

$150K — $200K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in brand strategy or entertainment marketing, with 2+ years leading strategic execution.
  • Experience in both Asian and Western markets, understanding cultural and market differences in campaigns.
  • Fluent in Mandarin and English, both written and spoken.
  • Strong entertainment marketing background including trailer strategy and press coordination.
  • Ability to judge content suitability for specific audiences effectively.
  • Self-starter capable of independently building functions as the market evolves.
  • Familiarity with short-form drama formats or web content is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and publish the brand strategy for Greater Asia, focusing on audience and market specifics.
  • Translate marketing insights into content strategies for various genres and platforms.
  • Manage the IP acquisition process, creating business cases for selected properties.
  • Collaborate with Content and Production teams, providing direction and maintaining quality standards.
  • Execute localized brand and social campaigns tailored to Southeast Asian markets.
  • Analyze and report on brand health and campaign performance monthly.

Benefits

  • Annual performance bonus eligibility.
  • Competitive healthcare offerings.
  • Additional employee benefits.
Full Job Description
Position Overview:

ReelShort is seeking a strategic and culturally fluent brand leader to own our brand across Greater Asia, with an initial focus on Chinese-language audiences across Southeast Asia. Based in the Bay Area or Hong Kong, this role sets brand positioning in region, converts audience and performance insight into upstream content direction, and drives that direction through our Content and Production teams. You are the number-one owner of the brand narrative in region.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Define and publish the Greater Asia brand strategy - positioning, audience segmentation, market sequencing, and the annual brand calendar
  • Translate performance marketing and social signal into upstream content strategy: which IP, which genres, and which formats get made, and why
  • Own the IP acquisition roadmap for agency-represented properties, spanning historical and contemporary titles - sourcing, prioritization, and the business case for each acquisition
  • Partner with the Content and Production teams as the strategy client: you write the brief and hold the quality bar, they staff and execute, and a dedicated PM tracks delivery against your brief
  • Run localized brand and social campaigns in market, including KOL and platform partnerships specific to Southeast Asia
  • Report brand health and campaign efficacy on a monthly cadence, with a clear line from spend to audience growth

Requirements
  • 8+ years in brand strategy, content marketing, or entertainment marketing, including at least 2 years setting strategy and executing it
  • Proven experience across both Asian and Western markets - you have run campaigns in both and understand why a creative that works in one fails in the other
  • Professional fluency in Mandarin and English, written and spoken
  • Hands-on background in entertainment marketing and publicity - trailer strategy, release windows, press and platform coordination
  • Demonstrable content judgment: you can articulate why a story works for a specific audience, not only how to distribute it
  • Comfortable as a team of one to start, with the ability to build a function as the region scales
  • Experience with short-form vertical drama, webtoon, web novel, or micro-drama formats a plus
  • Existing relationships with distribution platforms or talent agencies across Greater Asia a plus
  • Prior work at a Chinese-language streaming platform or studio a plus
  • Humble, resourceful, and effective at influencing teams you do not manage

Benefits

Our target salary range for this role is between $150,000 and $200,000. Actual starting salary within the range will depend on various considerations, including: work experience, skills, specializations, and training. This role is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, competitive healthcare, and other employee benefits.

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