David Yurman

David Yurman

Senior Director, Brand Voice Identity

New York, NY · Director · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$178k-$220kDetected 30 days ago
Project ManagementWritingBrand StrategyCRMIntellectual PropertyLeadershipCommunicationPublic SpeakingOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • When the artists began collaborating, their goal was simply to make beautiful objects to wear.
  • David Yurman collections are available at retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and France and at locations worldwide, through their exclusive authorized fine jewelry and timepiece network of retailers.
  • The Yurman family's guiding vision continually defines and redefines what it means to be the preeminent American luxury jewelry brand.

Requirements

  • Experience leading copy teams and holding writers accountable to standards, deadlines, and execution.
  • Ability to balance brand elevation with commercial clarity.
  • Strong understanding of e-commerce, CRM, social, retail, events, and clienteling communication needs.
  • Ability to define tone by channel, audience, product category, and business objective.
  • Strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate and defend voice strategy and execution to senior stakeholders.
  • Experience partnering with Creative, Marketing, Merchandising, E-commerce, Social, PR, Retail, Events, Legal, and Product teams.
  • Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Creative Writing, or related field required.
  • Proven experience owning or building a brand voice system across multiple channels and business verticals.
  • Deep understanding of luxury positioning, product storytelling, and how language creates desire.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams at once.
  • Success Measures

Nice to have

  • Protect the brand from generic luxury language, excessive adjectives, over-explanation, promotional noise, and inconsistent tone.
  • Set clear standards for writing quality, editing discipline, creative judgment, speed, ownership, and execution.
  • Oversee day-to-day workload, prioritization, routing, approvals, and delivery across all copy workstreams.
  • Ensure the team understands not just what to write, but why the language matters to the brand and the business.
  • Hold team and cross-functional teams accountable to the brand voice architecture and channel-specific standards.
  • Provide direct, actionable feedback that improves both the work and the writer.
  • Foster a culture of high standards, precision, accountability, curiosity, and creative discipline.
  • 10+ years of experience in copywriting, brand voice, creative strategy, or verbal identity, ideally within luxury, jewelry, fashion, or a premium brand environment.

Compensation

  • Base pay is one component of David Yurman's total compensation package, which may also include the following for eligible employees: access to healthcare benefits, 401(k) plan, bonus, employee discounts, Summer Fridays (corporate roles), generous paid time off, sick time, and more.

Benefits

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at David Yurman
  • We will always advocate for equity and inclusion for all.

Company info

  • David Yurman is a celebrated American jewelry company founded in New York by David Yurman, a sculptor, and his wife, Sybil, a painter and ceramicist. When the artists began collaborating, their goal was simply to make beautiful objects to wear. Led today by their son Evan, David Yurman creates timeless, yet contemporary collections for women and men defined by inspiration, innovation, consummate craftsmanship and cable - the brand's artistic signature. David Yurman collections are available at retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and France and at locations worldwide, through their exclusive authorized fine jewelry and timepiece network of retailers.
  • Our Values
  • At David Yurman, creativity, innovation and impeccable craftsmanship are at the core of everything we do. Fueled by the energy of our hometown, New York City, artistic passion informs each and every jewelry design. The Yurman family's guiding vision continually defines and redefines what it means to be the preeminent American luxury jewelry brand. We are committed to responsible business and social practices and to the protection and advancement of human rights. We believe in partnering with others who share these values and understand their importance.
  • Job Description
  • David Yurman is a celebrated American jewelry company founded in New York by David Yurman, a sculptor, and his wife, Sybil, a painter and ceramicist.
  • Led today by their son Evan, David Yurman creates timeless, yet contemporary collections for women and men defined by inspiration, innovation, consummate craftsmanship and cable - the brand's artistic signature.
  • At David Yurman, creativity, innovation and impeccable craftsmanship are at the core of everything we do.
  • Fueled by the energy of our hometown, New York City, artistic passion informs each and every jewelry design.
  • We are committed to responsible business and social practices and to the protection and advancement of human rights.
  • We believe in partnering with others who share these values and understand their importance.
  • Senior Director, Brand Voice Identity

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