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About Center Stage
Center Stage Merchandising is a fast-growing product and ecommerce company specializing in apparel, headwear, licensing, and creator-led brands. We design, manufacture, and operate ecommerce and merchandise programs across music, outdoor, lifestyle, entertainment, and retail industries.
Our portfolio includes:
- Creator and influencer brands
- Licensed outdoor brands
- Artist and entertainment merchandise
- Ecommerce stores
- Wholesale and retail distribution
Center Stage was recently recognized on the INC 5000 list as:
- #341 Fastest Growing Private Company in America
- #9 Fastest Growing Company in Tennessee
- #7 Fastest Growing Company in Nashville
- #21 Fastest Growing Consumer Products Company in the U.S.
We are currently expanding our ecommerce and direct-to-consumer business significantly through:
- Creator partnerships
- Licensed product lines
- New brand launches
- Acquisitions
- Large-scale ecommerce growth initiatives
This is not a “maintain the machine” role. We are building the machine now.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Director of Growth Marketing to help build and scale the e-commerce growth engine across our portfolio of brands.
This role will lead:
- Customer acquisition
- Paid media strategy
- Analytics and attribution
- Creative testing
- Growth systems
- Ecommerce performance optimization
You’ll work closely with leadership, creative, ecommerce, and brand teams to help build a modern multi-brand ecommerce marketing organization.
This role is ideal for someone who:
- Understands performance marketing deeply
- Thinks strategically
- Is still willing to execute hands-on
- Enjoys building systems and processes
- Thrives in fast-moving environments
What You’ll Own
- Own paid acquisition strategy across Meta, Google, TikTok, YouTube, and emerging channels
- Manage campaign structure, budgets, scaling, and optimization
- Build and improve creative testing frameworks
- Develop audience and funnel strategies
- Define and track KPIs across brands
- Own reporting, attribution, and performance analysis
- Build dashboards and reporting systems
- Help leadership understand performance drivers and growth opportunities
- Partner with creative and brand teams to align messaging with acquisition strategy
- Help shape launch strategies, offers, and campaign direction
- Improve ecommerce conversion performance
- Build repeatable growth systems and operational workflows
- Collaborate with internal creative, ecommerce, and marketing teams
- Help manage external freelancers, agencies, and offshore support resources
- Help establish scalable processes and team structure as the department grows
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in ecommerce growth or performance marketing
- Proven experience managing meaningful paid media spend and driving profitable growth
- Strong experience with Meta Ads and Google Ads
- Strong understanding of attribution and analytics
- Experience building and optimizing ecommerce funnels
- Experience with conversion rate optimization and creative testing
- Experience scaling ecommerce or DTC brands
- Strong business and analytical thinking
- Comfortable operating both strategically and hands-on
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to move quickly and solve problems in an evolving environment
Ideal Background
We’re likely a strong fit for someone who:
- Has worked inside a growing ecommerce or DTC brand
- Has helped scale brands through meaningful growth stages
- Thrives in a lean, high-output environment
- Has a builder mentality rather than a corporate mentality
Why This Role
- Opportunity to help build the marketing organization from the ground up
- Work across multiple fast-growing brands and categories
- High ownership and visibility
- Direct impact on revenue growth
- Opportunity to shape systems, structure, and strategy
- Fast-moving environment with significant growth potential
Compensation
- Starting at $110,000 base salary
- Compensation will scale based on experience and demonstrated ability
Location Requirement
This is an in-office role based in Nashville, TN. We believe close collaboration and speed matter as we build this team and infrastructure.
