Brand Manager

Strong Brand Marketing Manager profiles, with experience with well-known B2C brands

Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have total 6+ YOE, and recent 3+ years working in end-to-end Brand Marketing (including Brand building, positioning, & brand strategy)

Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have strong hands-on experience in Brand Marketing for a Top / well-known B2C or Fintech brands

Mandatory (Core Skills): Must possess creative thinking, strong project management skills, and be execution-focused; should have managed brand campaigns including creative development, production, social content, media planning, and buying..

Mandatory (Education): Candidates from Top college like IIMs, ISB, MICA, VGSOM-IIT Kharagpur, IIT etc (Note: College can be ignored if candidate is from unicorn companies like Bharatpe, Unilever, Reliance, Groww etc)

Mandatory (Company): Well-know B2C Brands in FMCG, Fintech, BFSI, Consumer Tech, or Lifestyle brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Day to day management and successful long-term relationships with different accounts.

• Experience in fronting client relationships directly

• Handling operations and client management
• End to end project management
• Briefing the creative team, helping in the creation of a concept.
• Facilitating communication between Client Service Operations & other business units to ensure an effective operating environment.
• Focusing on the strategic aspects of maintaining and growing long-term relationships.
• Establishing growth plans for teams and managed accounts
• Strategizing and executing campaigns for clients.
• Identifying prospective clients, establishing strategic partnerships and alliances
• Working with senior management keeping them informed of new developments, service issues and new business opportunities.
• Managing paid social media campaigns 

Preferred Requirements:

• 4-10 yrs RELEVANT experience 

• Must have worked with digital agencies managing social media marketing and performance marketing (preferable)

• Also willing to consider exceptionally talented folks from offline agencies

• Located in Bangalore and willing to travel to HSR layout

• Experience in fronting client relationships directly

• Experience in social media marketing (organic & paid)
• Experience in relationship management, strong verbal and written communications skills

Duties/Responsibilities:

The person plays a dual role of Public Relation and Influencer Manager.

Public Relations

• Combine creativity, communication, and storytelling to create meaningful public relations campaigns that promote our products/ Founders.
• Pitch stories to top-tier local and national journalists, editors, media outlets, TV, radio, podcasts, niche blogs, and other online outlets.
• Cultivate, strengthen, and maintain media relationships.
• Create media materials such as press releases, talking points, run sheets, and messaging documents.
• Seek and manage business award submissions, interview opportunities, and speaking engagements for Co-Founders.
• Secure, track, and measure results.

Influencer Marketing

• Grow and maintain relationships with influencers to create excitement and mass brand exposure across social media platforms
• Mine the social media platforms for top-tier influencers, celebrities, content creators, and talent that can increase brand reach.
• Manage and update internal influencer database to ensure platform and metrics stay updated.
• Collaborate with internal creative and social marketing teams to drive influencers to create high-quality and engaging content.
• Continually engage with existing influencers and creators via email, DMs, and phone to build strong, long-lasting relationships. Manage day-to-day communications with talent/influencers.
• Manage all influencer requests, place and track product samples requests.
• Oversee gift boxes and other special packaging needs for high-touch influencers.
• Think creatively and add new ideas to pitch for new and exciting influencer programs.

Qualifications/Skills:

• 5+ years experience in public relations, in-house, or agency.
• Course in Mass Communication.
• Strong experience writing news releases, media advisories, feature stories, blogs, and media pitches.
• Existing relationships with top-tier local and national journalists, editors, media outlets, TV, radio, podcasts, niche blogs, and influencers preferred.
• Social media wizard who is well-versed in all platforms (IG, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, TikTok, etc.) and in tune with how the influencer marketing landscape differs across each respective platform.
• Deep expertise in identifying key tastemakers, celebrity endorsers, and influencers.
• A passion for building and cultivating relationships with influencers.

Other Requirements

• Previous experience working with consumer products and fashion brands.
• Passionate about social media trends and pop culture in general.
• Love working in fast-moving, high-growth companies.
• Meticulous organizational skills.
• Self-starter, comfortable with managing multiple priorities at any given time.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Outstanding relationship-building skills

Designation: Art Director

Department: Brand Marketing

Location: Bangalore

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, art, or similar discipline

Experience: 4+ years of relevant experience in creative roles at Ad agency, with an understanding of creative development and production.

Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate, brainstorm, and strategize with teams for a wide range of materials – be in ATL, BTL, internal, corporate or brand communication
2. Translate strategic direction into high-quality design within an established brand identity
3. Develop concepts by hand or with software, and execute original content determining ideal usage of colour, text, font style, imagery, and layout
4. Use trend intelligence and an understanding of the current and historical business and market to design and execute specific classifications
5. Develop innovative marketing experiences that help tell meaningful stories, which connect to users and communities to drive awareness and viewership of the brand.
6. Graphic and Layout design, End to End development of the set.
7. Create tailored content and conversations across each channel for total ecosystem engagement.
8. Effectively build and manage relationships with internal stakeholders, as well as talent.
9. Read, review and design content to identify the right content for videos.
10. Supervise projects, timelines and manage deadlines

Skills:  

1. Exceptional creativity and innovative design skills
2. Experience with design software, including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, etc.
3. Proven experience with graphic design, with a strong portfolio of work
4. Excellent communication and presentation skills
5. Organizational and time-management skills for meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
6. Hands-on knowledge in creative skills like content, layout design, graphic design,
7. Excellent verbal and written skills and confident communication skills..

Salary: Upto 12LPA (Negotiable)

IMMEDIATE JOINING PREFERRED!

• 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