Job Description

Job Title: Strategic Account Brand Manager
Location: Remote, offshore. Accepting applicants from South Africa and LATAM.About Us: We are a dynamic marketing, branding, PR, and digital content marketing agency based in Chicago. We specialize in creating innovative strategies that elevate brands. Our team collaborates with high-profile clients to deliver powerful and impactful brand experiences, from comprehensive digital platforms to specialized marketing tools.Position Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Strategic Account Brand Manager with a strong background in brand management, strategic thinking, and positioning expertise. This individual will play a pivotal role in developing and executing brand strategies for our clients, leveraging both creative and analytical skills to deliver impactful results. If you have experience working in brand management within a packaged goods environment, and are capable of leading multi-faceted projects with an agency mindset, we want to hear from you!Key Responsibilities:

• Brand Strategy Development: Lead the creation and execution of brand strategies that align with client objectives. Develop positioning, messaging, and strategic plans to drive brand growth and market presence.
• Account Process Management: Oversee day-to-day account operations by inputting and tracking time spent on accounts, maintaining timelines, ensuring client work remains within scope, and partnering with finance on budget management. Champion internal processes and tools to drive consistency, efficiency, and a high standard of service delivery across all client engagements.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with subject matter experts across various verticals, including media, sales, digital content, and research vendors, to pull together cohesive strategies for diverse projects.
• Project Management: Manage end-to-end brand projects, from concept development to execution, ensuring that all deliverables meet client expectations, timelines, and budgets.
• Marketing Plan Development: Build detailed and actionable marketing plans for clients, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Develop both individual marketing efforts and larger, integrated campaigns that span digital and traditional channels.
• RFP Customization & New Business: Assist in crafting and customizing RFPs for new business opportunities, showcasing your ability to communicate brand strategies effectively to potential clients.
• Performance Optimization: Innovate and implement creative solutions to optimize performance and drive growth, using both qualitative and quantitative insights.
• Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with clients, ensuring consistent communication, understanding of their needs, and delivering exceptional service.
• Presentation & Reporting: Develop high-quality presentations and reports (primarily in PowerPoint) to communicate strategy, performance metrics, and recommendations to both clients and internal stakeholders.
• Deadline-Oriented: Ensure all projects are executed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards, effectively managing competing priorities and timelines.

Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years in brand management or strategic marketing, ideally with experience in the packaged goods industry and/or a branding agency environment.
• Strategic & Creative Thinking: Strong ability to think strategically while also being able to creatively problem-solve and develop innovative marketing strategies.
• Marketing Expertise: Proficient in building marketing plans, budgeting, and executing individual and integrated marketing efforts.
• Industry Knowledge: Familiar with sales, media planning, digital content, collateral creation, and working with both qualitative and quantitative feedback loops.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a strong command of the English language. Ability to develop clear, compelling presentations for clients and stakeholders.
• Analytical Skills: Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical abilities, with a proven track record of using insights to guide strategy and decision-making.
• Tech-Savvy: Comfortable using a variety of tools and platforms to manage projects, build reports, and track performance (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite, marketing analytics tools).
• Self-Sufficient: Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, demonstrating initiative and ownership over projects and client relationships.
• Deadline-Driven: Strong organizational skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in creating and executing digital content strategies.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint and other presentation software.
• Background in working with RFPs and new business proposals.
• Execution Excellence: Proven ability to drive flawless execution of marketing plans from concept through deliveryxe2x80x94ensuring deadlines are met, details are managed, and campaigns are activated with precision and accountability.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Work from home with this remote opportunity!

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