Senior Brand and Marketing Manager

Salary: A GBP 70,000:

A GBP 75,000 + Bonus

Location:

London

My client is looking for someone who has worked across different restaurant and food:led businesses in London and wants to join a fast:growing, exciting group. This is a people:first business that is making a real impact across the London hospitality scene, with ambitious plans for growth and new openings.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Brand Manager to join a growing and highly entrepreneurial hospitality group with a collection of distinctive food and restaurant concepts across London. This is a role for someone who genuinely gets food, drink and hospitality and understands that great brands are built through how they look, how they sound and how customers experience them.

The two brands are still evolving, so this is not a role where you are simply handed a brand book and asked to follow it.

• Lead the development and evolution of a number of exciting hospitality and restaurant brands
• Shape how the brands show up, communicate and connect with customers
• Develop brand positioning, tone of voice and communications strategies
• Work closely with founders and senior leadership to bring new concepts to life
• Support new restaurant concepts and openings
• Work with PR, creative, paid media and external agency partners
• Oversee marketing activity across the restaurant portfolio
• Identify opportunities for partnerships, collaborations and activations
• Manage and coach a more junior marketing resource
• Stay close to what is happening across food, drink, hospitality and culture

• Experience in a senior brand or marketing role within hospitality, restaurants, food, drink or lifestyle.
• A genuine passion for food, drink and the hospitality sector.
• Strong understanding of brand positioning, tone of voice and creative development.
• Excellent communication and relationship:building skills.
• Experience working with PR, creative and paid media agencies.
• Experience managing or coaching a junior team member.
• Good digital marketing understanding; broader digital experience would be a bonus.
• Strong social media and brand:building instincts.

A chance to build and shape exciting food and hospitality brands, influence new concepts and openings, and work with a growing entrepreneurial team. A great role for someone passionate about food, restaurants and brand building.