Brand Manager

What the role involves

• Own brand positioning, architecture and messaging hierarchy
• Guard brand consistency across product, marketing, sales and partner channels
• Brief and manage creative partners delivering against the brand
• Track brand health metrics such as awareness, association and preference
• Plan brand campaigns and launches across markets

Core skills

• Brand Strategy & Positioning (level 4/5)
• Brand Architecture & Messaging (level 4/5)
• Market & Competitor Analysis (level 4/5)
• Campaign Planning (level 4/5)
• Creative Direction & Briefing (level 4/5)
• Brand Consistency Governance (level 3/5)

Preferred skills

• Brand Analytics & Research
• Brand Measurement
• Agency & Vendor Management

Tools

Experience expected

3-6 years in brand management, brand strategy or brand marketing

Projects that prove the role

• Brand repositioning that changed pricing power in a category
• Global brand consistency programme across twenty markets
• Brand architecture simplification that reduced customer confusion

Evidence to collect

• A brand platform document you owned
• Brand health research before and after a change
• A campaign brief and the results it produced

What the interview covers

• Positioning a product that sits between two categories
• Resolving a conflict between brand consistency and local relevance
• Measuring brand health when attribution is weak
• Briefing creative partners so the work comes back on the first attempt

How the role progresses

• Brand Coordinator
• Brand Manager
• Senior Brand Manager
• Head of Brand
• Chief Marketing Officer

Certifications that carry weight

• WARC Brand Strategy Certificate
• HubSpot Inbound Marketing Certification
• ANA Brand Management Certificate

Related roles

• marketing-manager
• brand-designer
• product-marketing-manager

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