Brand Manager

6 days ago

Cape Town, South Africa takealot.com Full time

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people to join us. We offer a great work environment and a promise that you won't be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to be part of building something great.

**This position reports to the Head of Brand & Communications**

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Build & execute a Brand & Communications Strategy for Takealot's Marketplace
- Develop and implement marketing campaigns and strategies for Takealot's Marketplace and monitor and report their success
- Create internal communications initiatives that will increase Marketplace exposure to employees and foster a positive perception.
- Oversee the creation of marketing and communications collateral to Marketplace sellers to ensure that it is consistent with Takealot's brand, including newsletters, seller platform copy, banners etc
- Engage with key cross-functional internal teams, stakeholders and third-party agencies to complete briefs and project manage campaigns from start to finish to ensure expectations are managed across the board and deadlines are met.
- Plan monthly content themes for Takealot Marketplace marketing campaigns, (including brand-led, promotions, newsletters, testimonial videos, customer service templates, PR, other initiatives etc)
- Research and keep the team abreast of competitor trends and best practices
- Create excitement around the Takealot brand and help come up with ideas to further build brand equity and development amongst Takealot Sellers.
- Input ideas for new and existing brand campaigns and take ownership of their development and implementation.
- Daily management of brand campaign documents like marketing calendars, campaign & project control documents, battleplans, briefs and campaign decks.
- Assist with brand reputation management and sentiment tracking. Analyse and report to the business on a monthly basis.

**Attributes required**:

- Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail and a well-structured thought process
- Ability to multi-task and to meet tight deadlines
- Very strong interpersonal skills and experience of marshalling cross-departmental resources towards daily goals and objectives

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- A minimum of 5+ years working in a Brand Management role
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification in Marketing or related degree
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Experience in an e-commerce/ marketplace environment (advantageous)
- Ability to run projects according to basic project management processes and protocols
- Experience working with project plans and project management tools, including Asana
- A high level of attention to detail and great organisational abilities are a prerequisite to succeeding in this role

**The Environment**:

- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to Employ an **Extra Ordinary Mind** who:

- is forthright but respectful
- is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
- is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
- is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
- is **passionate about the potential of e-commerce** and delivering a **world-class customer experience**:

- is **entrepreneurial**, **thrives under change** and accepts it is a constant and always **looks for solutions** to do something better and faster
- is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
- is curious and challenge the status quo
- is innovative and enjoys iteration
- is collaborative
- **thinks like an owner** of the business.
- is **SMART, has INTEGRITY** and **is HARDWORKING**

If you meet the above you are an **Extraordinary Mind** so come and join us
- Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference_

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