Business Development Manager

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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Skills

1. Strong analytical skills

2. ⁠excellent communication skills

3. Adaptability: Willingness to learn new tools and techniques as digital marketing trends evolve.

4. ⁠Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively within team environment, collaborating with marketing specialists, designers, and developers.

5. ⁠Problem-Solving: Aptitude for identifying issues or challenges and proposing solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

6. Research Skills: Ability to conduct market research, competitor analysis, and trend

7. ⁠Content Management: Basic understanding of content creation, editing, and publishing for various marketing materials

8. ⁠Proficiency in Ms office & Canva

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Building GTM Strategy. You’ll own our growth strategies and identify the key channels in which we can invest in and scale our customer acquisition efforts. You’ll be a thought leader who is excited to take a scrappy approach, brainstorm and launch new experiments, A/B test, and double down upon early signs of success.
• Relentlessly optimizing.. You’ll combine quantitative and qualitative insights to identify opportunities, improve conversion rates, and reduce costs.
• Scale a world class team. We’re looking for someone who can build the playbook that the team will operate against as it grows. You’ll be empowered to recruit and get the most out of a high-performing, efficient team.
• Execute a broad mandate. You’ll roll up your sleeves and get done what is necessary to remove blockers to our company’s growth, recognizing that this will change and develop as the business matures. You aren’t afraid to dive in and help us solve other business problems as needed.
• Own growth, content and digital marketing completely: experience in PR/ Comms not needed.
• Highly quantitative approach to growth and marketing. Experience with A/B experiments, growth hacks and other tools.

What will set this person apart:

• BS/BA degree
• 3+ years experience in management consulting and/ or previous experience in a founders role. Former founders encouraged to apply
• Strategic thinker that can tailor nuanced responses to different audiences and define priorities
• Ability to weigh in on or make decisions with authority across all parts of a business
• Self starter; highly motivated and resourceful with proven ability to lead and execute
• Exceptional organizational and task management abilities
• Ability to execute good judgment, tact, professionalism and diplomacy when interacting with employees, managers or clients
• Adept at handling multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, results-driven, rapidly changing environment

• 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

PAVONIAN SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED is looking for an experienced, versatile, multi-faceted UX Writer to perform copywriting magic on our BRAND. This is a remote full time role.

ABOUT YOU

Improve our users' experiences through copy: Creating original concepts and following through with clear, detailed and clear copy that is interesting, on brand, and focused on performance marketing. Writing in range of styles as appropriate for different clients

• Following best practices for quality user experiences from ideation user flow and wireframes to final content and implementation.
• Shape our product tone of voice guidelines:Help raise the bar for all brand communication, driving consistency and further developing our voice and tone guidelines as part of our wider foundational design system.
• Strengthen our brand:Working closely with our marketing copywriting team to make sure the copy you write to help people use our services is also consistent with our brand tone of voice and guidelines. Together you'll make sure that the brand is represented from marketing material through on boarding into using the product regularly, balancing that tone of voice with the context of the copy.
• Communication:You'll frame your decisions with strong rationales. Be able to tell a story, articulate the insights from market and UX research, and support decisions firmly and reasonably. Building brand awareness and increasing brand value and profitability
• Execution:Make sure marketing initiatives resonate with the target market
• Market research:You will research on services and data to determine the performance of the original solutions. This will allow you to iterate on your concepts and improve them over time.

You'll also be an integral part of the UX & Design team

• Collaboration: We believe that working with other disciplines makes for better solutions. Feedback is an important part of our personal and team development and we encourage one another to engage in regular, open conversation within cross-functional teams to build trust and respect about our work.
• Contribute to our design system: Helping take our mature design system, maintained by the whole team, to the next evolution.
• Grow the community: Coaching your colleagues in the team. Evolving our design processes, leading by example. Working on initiatives to expand the reach of UX and Design in the company.
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

You have a demonstrated track record of content and linguistic background, ideally in digital products. Maybe you've been called a copywriter, or a content designer, brand manager or a content strategist in a previous role. Maybe you're a UX research or a designer who has become more focussed on language. You're someone who can communicate and present the decisions and constraints within a project.

You've worked on complex projects before. You have a strong opinion on how copy and communication can be applied to product development. You are a fast, iterative thinker who can partner with any relevant department.

What to include in your application

A portfolio is a must. A portfolio with case studies is better. Tell us about the work as well as showing it.