Brand Manager - FMCG D2C

REVIEW CRITERIA:

MANDATORY:

• Strong Senior Brand Strategist Profile
• Must have 4+ years of pure brand strategy experience at branding/strategy agencies (not advertising/campaign-only roles)
• Must have hands-on experience with brand strategy frameworks for new brand creation and rebranding initiatives (brand persona, positioning, narrative, tone of voice, guidelines)
• Must have experience conducting and leading brand workshops, integrating research inputs (primary + secondary) into insights and brand positioning
• Must have B2C brand strategy experience (B2B exposure is highly preferred but optional)
• Must have strong writing and storytelling skills to translate brand positioning into compelling narratives, messaging, tone, and strategic decks.
• Must be able to manage end-to-end brand strategy projects, including research synthesis, workshop facilitation, positioning, framework creation, and collaboration with design teams for visual translation.
• Must have a portfolio or compilation of case studies showing rebranding projects, positioning frameworks, workshop involvement, research synthesis, and strategy-to-design translation
• Preferably a degree/master’s in Marketing, Brand Strategy, Design, or Communication from reputed institutes (e.g., MICA, NID, Srishti, or similar).
• Must come from Branding Studios, Brand strategy firms, Strategic design consultancies, branding agencies etc.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are looking for a senior brand strategist professional, who can help us deliver innovative strategic directions that benefit our client’s business with measurable results. The candidate should have thorough knowledge and experience in the methods and application of tools to deliver an effective programme. Candidates should have experience with both mass and premium brands as well as FMCG, durables, and service categories.

Experience with digital-first or digitally marketed brands is an advantage that we look forward to.

ROLES & EXPECTATIONS-

• Drive brand and business strategy processes in our firm.
• Thorough practical knowledge and experience in implementing methods, tools and processes with capabilities to handhold teams to deliver at the highest standards.
• Proficient in conducting research programs to uncover customer and user needs, business and market findings, drawing insights for branding, service and CX design for digital and traditional applications.
• Conduct primary and secondary market research in marketing, sales and consumer experience.
• Programming workshops, conducting them and creating a comprehensive outcome report with insights and recommendations.
• Bring an idea to life on a whiteboard, articulate it, create systems and deliver.
• Strong understanding of pan-India markets across a wide range of verticals and categories.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Excellent storytelling skills, capable of good verbal and written communications, client interfacing and presentation skills.
• Proficient in putting together presentations and strategy decks.
• Good articulation and writing skills.
• Understanding business, data tools and analytics (The math of it)
• Capable of managing and building relationships with senior client executives with strong domain-level competence along with a well-informed worldview.
• Team player capable of working across verticals with leadership skills.

ADVANTAGEOUS / OPTIONAL SKILLS-

• Experience in ethnographic, observational and behaviour studies.
• Management skills, idea creation, directing and delivering through a creative team.
• Interest in trends and analysis of brands, brand strategies and staying up-to-date and well-informed.
• Experience in analysing the brand and marketing landscape and writing advisory and opinion articles on branding and brand communication.
• Well-informed and knowledgeable with a world view.
• Observant and aware of current trends and their evolution.

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Job Responsibilities

-Create and execute the brand strategy for the company. This involves developing a clear understanding of the company's mission, target audience, and brand positioning.

-Responsible for managing the visual identity of the brand, developing and maintaining brand guidelines, overseeing the design of marketing materials, and ensuring consistency across all communications.

-Responsible for conducting market research to understand consumer behavior and trends, as well as to identify opportunities to enhance the brand's reputation.

- Working closely with internal teams, including marketing, advertising, and product development teams, to ensure that the brand strategy is aligned with the company's overall goals.

-Developing marketing campaigns that effectively communicate the brand's message to the target audience.

-Tracking and analyzing the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and brand strategy through monitoring consumer engagement, tracking brand awareness, and measuring the return on investment of marketing initiatives

-Building relationships with key stakeholders, such as media outlets and influencers, to enhance the brand's reputation and increase brand visibility.

Requirements

-Creative mindset to come up with innovative ideas for branding and marketing campaigns.

- Ability to think strategically and develop comprehensive branding strategies that align with the company's overall goals and values.

- Strong understanding of marketing principles and techniques to develop effective marketing campaigns and measure their success.

- Excellent communication skills to effectively communicate with various stakeholders, including cross-functional teams, vendors, and customers.

-Analytical skills to analyze market data, consumer behavior, and marketing trends to develop effective branding strategies.

-Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.

-Detail orientation to ensure that the brand messaging and visuals are consistent across all marketing channels.

- Adaptable to changing market trends and consumer behavior to adjust branding strategies as needed.

-Knowledge of Event and exhibition handling.

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Our client is a 360-degree boutique firm that provides single-point branding and eCommerce growth consulting to its clients. They have best-in-class professionals with a combined experience of over 40 years in Retail, Textiles, FMCG, Fashion, Consumer Durables and more. They create online brands for their clients through strategies like marketplace management, marketing, social media channels, and analytics that help planning and forecasting.

Currently, they are helping businesses from Fashion, Lifestyle and Personal technology to create a unique space in leading marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, TataCliq etc. With over Rs.100 crores revenue generated through their 10000+ listings, the team is led by passionate entrepreneurs with a mission to simplify the digital market and e-commerce presence for all businesses.

As a Client Success Manager, you will be responsible for managing clients’ account end to end, including developing channel strategy, defining targeting, managing creative, setting up campaigns, measuring performance, and deriving insights.

What you will do:

• Taking complete ownership for a portfolio of accounts
• Understanding the client and their business from a holistic perspective
• Strategizing and creating a robust plan of action/ roadmap for clients
• Guiding a team of 2-3 people to work on client’s listings, reviews, account health and day to-day operations
• Tracking and driving the progress of various projects to ensure timely delivery
• Being responsible for all regular (and ad hoc) reporting and analysis
• Onboarding clients on multiple marketplaces by liaising with category managers at respective marketplaces
• Co-ordinating with various Marketplaces for solving queries and issues regarding the accounts
• Reviewing every account in the portfolio in complete detail to understand the current level of performance
• Being accountable for hitting goals and driving sustainable growth
• Preparing and presenting plans and results to the clients

• Minimum bachelors' degree in any field
• Strong analytical skills including Microsoft Excel
• Proactive, Team Player, requires good co-ordination and networking capabilities
• Good written communication skills and typing speed in English
• Self-motivated with passion for e-commerce
• Outstanding client handling & communication skills both written & verbal

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CercleX is a digital technology platform which is a leading https://cerclex.com/blog/waste-management-in-india/">waste management company in India  with an extended outlook of circularity through its various ventures into the field of sustainability.

We have received FICCI Impactful Cleantech Startup Award, MeitY Emerging Startup Award, TVS Capital Budding Nxt Gen Entrepreneur Award, and many more for our digital solutions enabling transactions between waste generators, and aggregators, processors, and bringing in complete transparency, traceability to the waste ecosystem.

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Job Description:-

Brand Managers are the people who shape a company’s outward image. To do that, you’ll need to uncover consumer insights and deliver innovative marketing campaigns. We’ll turn to you to learn what can attract our customers and prospects and how we can improve customer experience.

Cerclex is looking for an experienced Brand Manager to help us build our brand and raise brand awareness. You’ll work across all levels and departments of our organization to find what makes us unique and communicate it to the world.Ultimately, you’ll help us improve our company’s reputation and drive growth.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze brand positioning and consumer insights.Stay current on market trends and competitive activity
• Translate brand elements into plans and go-to-market strategies
• Manage a team of marketing people working on brand initiatives
• Lead creative development to motivate the target audience to “take action”
• Establish performance specifications, cost and price parameters, market applications and sales estimates
• Measure and report performance of all marketing campaigns, and assess ROI and KPIs
• Monitor market trends, research consumer markets and competitors’ activities
• Align the company around the brand’s direction, choices and tactics
  
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related field. MBA preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in brand management, brand marketing, or marketing management
• Experience managing a brand across multiple markets
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Strong communication skills
• Project management experience, with a solid understanding of project management principles and techniques

• Past experience of working with startups is preferred
• Metric driven marketing Strategies & Campaigns
• Digital & Social Media Marketing
• Experience in Market Research & Consumer Insights is preferred
• Ability to Advertise & Activate Campaigns

• Identify and sign up with influencers in the digital platforms to increase brand reach through content
• content planning, strategy to improve brand engagement in the social media
• tie-up with brands ( co-branding) for amplifying brand reach and building ROI ( generate leads)
• work closely with the PR agency to monitor and enhance the brand engagement in the print/ digital platforms through paid and organic methods
• Handling AB LinkedIn page to run engaging write up, videos, tech talk, industry snippets to develop and build a business audience in LinkedIn
• Outstanding project management skills
• Strong analytical ability – analyze data, develop insight
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We are looking for a creative and detail-oriented communications and marketing specialist who can identify, develop and help amplify the stories that elevate the brand value of Bhumi. You will develop communication and marketing strategies for better engagement with employees, volunteers, donors, partner organisations, and corporate companies. You will be part of a dynamic, driven, and passionate young team of employees (~ 40 members) and volunteers (hundreds of them ) 

What You Will Do: 

• Craft compelling messaging and narratives that evoke positive and vibrant imagery of the organization, along with visually compelling content like videos and infographics
• Develop internal and external communications strategies, and execute them for projects, events, and the organization as a whole
• Partner with key stakeholders to understand upcoming initiatives across India and develop integrated communications plans, then execute. 
• Write memorable, engaging communication across all channels (e.g. Email Campaigns, Blogs, Social Media, PR, etc) that drive awareness of key initiatives and inspire volunteers and donors to take action 
• Plan, strategize and execute the large-scale events (Eg. Daan Utsav, Volunteer recruitment) and digital campaigns 
• Track the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, gain insight, and assess against goals
• Analyse metrics and optimise email and advertising campaigns
• Collaborate with key volunteers nationally to align and implement a communications strategy and messaging
• Manage the messaging on websites and ensure the brand perception is consistent across digital and offline channels
• Oversee the execution of newsletters and all communications (like annual reports, brochures, etc.)

What You Need

• Outstanding written and verbal communication, strong copywriting and content creation skills
• Willingness to work, network and collaborate with volunteer coordinators based out of cities where Bhumi is present
• Strong project management skills with the ability to supervise multiple projects
• Proven track record of developing and executing creative communications plans
• 5+ years of experience in the communications role
• Availability during weekends.

What Is Nice To Have

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in marketing, journalism, business, or related field
• Ability to communicate in Tamil, English and Hindi
• Prior experience of working or volunteering with NGOs
• Good network in the traditional media and digital/social media influencers 

Other Information:

• Designation: Manager to Director based on candidate’s profile
• Reporting to: Executive Director
• Scope: Full time
• Remuneration: CTC 6-9 Lakhs p.a. based on the candidate’s profile
• Expected Joining Date: Immediate

We are looking for a skilled and solutions-oriented Brand Strategist with a strong analytical mind to craft compelling brand stories and strategies that deliver results. The Brand Strategist's responsibilities include conducting extensive research, analyzing findings, making recommendations, presenting to clients and briefing creatives. You should be a strategic thinker with a knack for uncovering consumer insights that inform strategy development.

The ideal candidate should be open-minded and passionate about creating holistic brand experiences. Ultimately, the outstanding Brand Strategist should have strong research skills, an analytical mindset and be an excellent storyteller.

• Conducting extensive primary and secondary research.
• Staying up-to-date on consumer research and market trends.
• Analyzing research, data and trends.
• Creating competitive reviews and situational analyses.
• Identifying insights, challenges and opportunities.
• Developing brand architecture, positioning and strategy.
• Writing compelling brand stories.
• Meeting and presenting to clients.
• Briefing and collaborating with creative teams.
• Leading ideation and brainstorming sessions.
  
  

• Degree in business, marketing, branding, communication or related field required.
• Previous experience as a brand strategist or similar role.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience leading client meetings.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Creative and compelling storyteller.
• Strong research skills.
• Strategic thinker.
• Excellent presentation skills.