Marketing Jobs Over $200K

Is U.S. marketing hiring losing momentum?

Marketing hiring in the U.S. seems to be holding steady, for now. This week, there are 33,922 in-house marketing roles available, a marginal change from last month’s 33,702. Not much movement month to month, but zoom out to the past year, and there’s a modest decline of 1.9% YoY.

Interestingly, senior roles are showing a different trend. Director-level and above positions are up 2.9% year-over-year, with 4,435 roles currently open. So while overall hiring is flat, companies continue to invest in experienced marketing leadership: perhaps a sign that strategy still matters, even when teams are lean.

What’s driving that demand? We looked at the highest-paying roles posted over the last 30 days and found a clear pattern. Among jobs with a median salary above $200K, 27% are in Product Marketing- largely within B2B SaaS. Another 20% come from Healthcare and Biotech. These sectors continue to place a premium on marketers who can translate complexity into impact.

Beyond that, Growth Marketing remains a strong performer, both in terms of pay and demand, with Brand Marketing also holding firm. We’re keeping an eye on emerging trends and will share a fuller picture in our Q3 Marketing Jobs Report next month.

In the meantime, we strive to have a mix of roles each week: from the highest-paying opportunities to those in less saturated corners of the market. While Product and Healthcare marketing dominate the top tier, there’s plenty of interesting work happening elsewhere, too.

As for salaries: the median across all marketing roles is currently $84,999. At the Director level and above, it rises to $152,006. Here’s how the numbers break down:

• Chief Marketing Officer: $249,995

• SVP / Head of Marketing: $202,498

• VP / Director of Marketing: $163,197

• Marketing Manager: $119,995

• Marketing Specialist: $70,002

Looking at top cities, San Francisco still leads on salary, with New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle close behind. Even Austin and Atlanta are offering competitive figures for the right roles – just not with the same level of salary transparency.

Median Salaries of Senior Marketing Roles

Now, onto this week’s highlights.

Forget the old-school ad networks. Teads is the programmatic media platform that's making advertising look like a premium magazine spread, not an annoying pop-up ad from 2005. This feels like a true C-suite caliber role, with a salary range of $320,000 – $380,000.

I've noticed Teads is a company in transition.

Back in February, Outbrain Inc. acquired Teads and subsequently rebranded as Teads Holding Co. By combining their strengths in performance and brand advertising, they built a full end-to-end platform. CEO David Kostman claims that Teads is now one of the biggest platforms in the space.

Following the acquisition, the company is focused on realizing synergies and driving growth. While its Q2 2025 earnings missed analyst forecasts, revenue was up 60% year-over-year, and the company is betting big on high-growth areas like Connected TV (CTV) to fuel its future.

Global CMO Natalie Bastian left in May following the acquisition, and Outbrain hasn’t had a CMO since Paul Knegten exited back in May 2023. So is the role itself a downgraded CMO? And is the CMO seat still up for grabs? It’s an open question.

From a culture perspective, the company's career materials describe a culture centered on innovation, a global team, and a focus on work-life balance with flexible, hybrid schedules, and Comparably.com has the receipts, giving it an A+ for overall culture.

We think they are really looking for a strategic leader who can navigate a post-acquisition environment. The ideal candidate will be a steady hand who can consolidate marketing efforts, demonstrate clear ROI, and drive growth in new sectors like CTV to meet ambitious financial goals, all while integrating the two company cultures.

If Taligence had this search, we'd be looking for leaders from the ad-tech and mar-tech space with experience beyond the US market, who have scaled marketing efforts for platforms like The Trade Desk, or Magnite (which have done several acquisition integrations), and can drive a clear value proposition to both publishers and brands. In the interview, a candidate should demonstrate their ability to connect high-level strategy to on-the-ground execution and highlight their experience leading a global team through market shifts and technological innovation.

This is not your average clean beauty brand. OSEA is a family-run business with a cult following and a dedication to clean, vegan skincare. This role is a prime example of a high-value opportunity outside of the traditional tech space, with a salary of $250,000–$325,000. It's a consumer-focused position in Los Angeles and a great fit for a leader who knows how to build a brand in the beauty or wellness industry. OSEA is a private company, and detailed financials are not publicly available, but its partnership with leading consumer-focused private equity firm CAVU Consumer Partners signals strong investor confidence, making this a prime opportunity for a marketing executive to build a legacy.

Publicly available information on OSEA's company culture is very limited, and a Comparably.com report gives the company a D+ for work culture, placing it in the bottom 25% of similarly sized companies, although based on a small number of employee participants.

 We believe they are seeking a seasoned marketing executive to scale the brand from a niche, cult favorite to a mainstream, high-growth business without alienating its loyal following. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the beauty and wellness industry and be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, private company environment.

Melissa Palmer is Co-Founder and CEO and Jenefer Palmer as Chief Seaweed Officer (this is almost as good as the Chocolate-related titles I’ve seen at Mars and Hersheys), and the new SVP of Marketing role signals that the company is continuing to build out its C-suite to support its growth. If Taligence had this search, we'd be tapping into the talent from other high-growth, mission-driven D2C brands like Glossier, Drunk Elephant, or Goop, and we’d also consider leaders from established beauty houses, especially L’Oreal, who are kicking it at the moment.

If you’re in an interview loop - focus on how you can leverage brand values to build community and drive growth, and be ready to discuss your experience with both digital and retail marketing strategies.

Creative hiring is trending with Big Tech. It started with OpenAI “acquiring” Jony Ive (ex-Apple legend) for several billion dollars, and yesterday they announced the appointment of their first Creative VP, who will have worked together with their CMO Kate Rouch at Coinbase.

Now LinkedIn is doubling down on brand and content under new CMO Jessica Jensen. With a remit that unifies global marketing, brand, and corporate strategy, she’s closing the gap between day‑to‑day execution and long‑range bets. A core pivot is making LinkedIn the go‑to B2B video + creator platform - and she’s building the leadership to scale it.

Heather Freeland (formerly Adobe’s Chief Brand Officer) announced just yesterday that she is joining LinkedIn as its first Chief Brand Officer, leading Global Brand & Consumer Marketing. Meanwhile, the company is on a hiring tear, listing 7 $200K+ senior marketing roles in the past two weeks - a clear signal of momentum and opportunity.

This role, with a base up to $335,000, signals a major investment in brand storytelling. It is a standout pick because it shows that even a data-driven, B2B powerhouse like LinkedIn is putting a premium on creativity at the executive level.

As a key component of Microsoft's portfolio, LinkedIn is a consistent performer. Its Q4 FY25 revenue was up 9% year-over-year, reaching $17.81 billion for the full fiscal year, and its strategic investment in new products, especially AI-powered features, continues to be a key growth driver.

I've worked extensively with, and interviewed at Linkedin, and the company's stated culture values "trust and care" and "open, honest, and constructive" communication – they really do live these. Meanwhile, Reddit users praise the "vibrant young culture" and "high-energy graduate vibe," while also mentioning that layoffs do happen and manager promotions can sometimes be "cliquey."

We think they are really looking for a creative visionary who can humanize the brand and tell compelling stories that move people. To tackle this one, you will be a strong collaborator who can lead a creative team while fitting into a larger, data-focused corporate environment.

We wrote in January about a significant change in the marketing leadership, with Jessica Jensen, former CMO of Indeed, being appointed the new Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer. If Taligence had this search, our talent pool would include leaders from other major tech brands known for creative excellence, such as Apple, Adobe, or Google, and candidates from top-tier creative agencies who have worked on large-scale brand campaigns.

In the interview, a candidate should be prepared to discuss how past campaigns drove measurable business outcomes and highlight their connection to the West Coast tech and creative scene, as the role is based in San Francisco.

If relocating to the West Coast isn’t on your radar, LinkedIn is also hiring for a Brand Marketing role on the East Coast that’s currently open.

This job is ‘social with teeth’. The seat sets global strategy, ships social-first content, and reports impact in numbers that matter to investors. Legal and compliance sit in the room by design. Your canvas is the firm’s corporate channels and the reputational posture of dozens of portfolio companies. Your dashboards must map reach and engagement to fundraising, deal flow, and exits, not vanity. The JD makes that clear and ties delivery to cross-functional partners in the businesses.

“…demonstrating ROI to internal stakeholders” and the low-ish comp for an SVP suggests you win here by operational clarity – does Blackstone ‘believe’ in Social?

In your first 90 days, you should audit channels and narrative, lock a crisis plan, and set an editorial calendar that tracks earnings, fund milestones, and major transactions. Nail the production model, distinguishing between in-house and partner capabilities, and the paid envelope that provides content with real distribution. Develop an executive social program and toolset that transforms leaders into valuable, repeatable assets (Anecdotally DSMN8 is the best performing tool for this). Treat measurement as a product with governance, so compliance signs off once, and the machine runs every week.

Thinking about job security? Blackstone is a financial powerhouse. They posted one of their strongest recent quarters, with distributable earnings rising to about $1.6 billion and assets under management at a record near $1.2 trillion. Shape your reporting so social ladders to these capital flows, and you will be speaking the firm’s language.

Corporate Affairs runs marketing globally and is led by Christine Anderson, the firm’s primary spokesperson with almost 17 years of tenure. Marketing is headed by Senior Managing Director Catherine McNulty (ex-Morgan Stanley with almost 8yrs tenure). The team is explicit about using data to guide content and distribution. The firm also invests in owned media at scale, including a prolific in-house video program that shows senior leaders in human, funny/cringe formats. These videos showcase executives singing, dancing, and participating in skits, often donning humorous outfits and embracing self-deprecating humor, which is rare in the finance sector. Expect pace, polish, and a bias toward measurable output.

If Taligence had this recruiting mandate, I’d be a bit provocative and tap people from communications agencies serving regulated sectors like Edelman, FTI Consulting but I’d also look at FinTech scale-ups like Stripe, Brex, SoFi and Robinhood, versus the well-trodden path of bulge bracket banks like Goldman and CITI.

The reason we picked this one? With the company's recent 16% revenue spike and strategic pivot to an "AI-driven expert platform,"  this role is very likely a seat at the table of a major market evolution.

The real remit here is to operationalize new CMO Thomas Ranese's vision of an "AI-driven expert platform," marrying the kind of technical savvy that makes you a "Campaign Architect" and "Data Wizard" with a platform-first approach to B2B marketing. This is a role for a marketer who lives and breathes ABM.

The interview loop is clearly designed to separate the talkers from the doers. Community feedback points to a multi-stage journey, likely including a "Craft Demo" or case study. This is where you'll need to do more than talk about your resume. You'll need to walk in ready to prove your technical prowess and your ability to drive measurable business impact within their evolving, AI-focused organization. It’s also worth noting that Intuit’s recent hiring spree for senior marketing talent from data-forward powerhouses like Amazon, Meta, and LinkedIn shows they’re looking for candidates who already speak this language. If you can prove you’re one of them, this role offers a high-impact, high-visibility opportunity to drive real, bottom-line growth alongside some of the best in the business.

For Intuit, if I were doing the hiring, I would be a bit more provocative than simply going back to the FAANG companies for this hire. Thomas, their CMO, has worked for Uber and Danone, and I think he’d be open to talent from more diverse backgrounds… so I’d reach out to Talent at ABM tech vendors like 6sense, Demandbase, RollWorks, prominent ABM agencies like Momentum ITSMA, Inverta, B2B Fusion and Cloud SaaS like Databricks and Snowflake; because they have Account-centric GTM tied to big-ticket deals + strong AI experimentation.

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