Brand Executive

Full Time Job
CAA Brand Management is currently seeking for someone who can juggle multiple projects at a time and thrives in a changing, fast-paced, commercial and creative environment. The candidate must be a self-starter, committed, highly motivated and work well in a team. They will have a key role in supporting the team across key Brands and Categories. The role includes brand and licensee management and must display a 'can do' attitude to working across all business functions both internal and external.

Responsibilities
to include but not limited to:

Strategy & Innovation:
• Build knowledge and experience of the licensing industry
• Research and share insights on retail analysis, trends and trade performance
• Research and share innovative brand, retail and category extension strategies
• Support the team to drive long term, high revenue partnerships

Operations & Results:
• Support in the implementation and monitoring of the brand extension process across all business functions.
• Coordinate the team's calendars, project deliveries and ongoing management tasks.
• Support the team in ensuring all payments and reports are up to date and obtained within clients and internal deadlines, working closely with the commercial and finance teams.
• Support in the creation of brand decks, sales tools, point of view documents working the Brand Managers & Brand Director, the creative and strategy teams.
• Take ownership on status reports, trackers and update calls with Brand Owners and local teams. Work with all the region heads to collate necessary information for monthly update meetings with Brand owners or any other brand owners specific request.
• Support, and in some cases own the management (commercial, product development, marketing) of Licensees.
• Support the management of Brands to help drive strategy and brand knowledge to the local CAA sales teams.

Customers & Relationships:
• Support the Senior Brand Director and Brand Managers in the management of the Brands
• Build and nurture strong and trusting long term and professional relationships with brand owners, internal stakeholders and licensees - Client first mentality
• Be one of the interface between the Brand Owners and the business development teams and other internal stakeholders
• Build, nurture and manage partnerships, both new and existing for all specified brands.
• Ensure brand information is communicated internally efficiently to help aid sales teams

Leadership & Teams:
• Work cohesively with other team members to deliver successful brand extension programmes internally with all business functions
• Support the business development teams by providing the necessary tools for finding new licensees in line with the brand owner's objectives, coordinating and compiling reports
• Support the Brand Managers collaborating with product development teams to ensure the Brand creative strategy is applied throughout the programme, and that processes are followed and creative tools/assets are available.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS
• Experience in a marketing or brand role
• Experience of working with businesses across multiple categories
• Have a keen eye for detail and excellent organisational skills
• Team player with a positive can-do approach and solution orientated style
• Be a creative thinker with a pragmatic approach
• Able to work under pressure and meet short deadlines
• Capacity to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritise workload
• Solid presentation, communication, networking and influencing skills
• Basic computer skills: MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

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