Brand Manager

This role is for a marketing professional who trains and loves Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. 

Location:  Manchester, UK 

Salary:  Competitive, plus uncapped bonus

Prerequisites: 

• The candidate will need to apply strong, inspirational leadership skills to manage and motivate the wider marketing team. 
• A proven track record of success with a brand in a marketing role.

Key responsibilities:  

• Devising and heading up events, for example, sample sales, pop up shops, training sessions with our athletes, competitions, training camps and other brand events
• The role will require collaborating closely with the whole team of design, eCommerce, product, social media, copywriters, performance marketers, operations, finance and content creators to ensure all marketing campaigns are in alignment with the core brand message.
• Efficiently managing the budget to ensure we hit revenue and profitability targets, as well as other KPI’s
  
• Overseeing social media planning and execution, including creating original and ‘viral’ content
• Consistently identifying new or expanded revenue opportunities and the implementation of plans - Including Rewards points, affiliate programme, potential podcast etc
• Athlete/ambassador management, to provide better support to them, and also maximise the benefit to us
• Management of marketing calendar including products releases, events, sales periods and go to market strategies
• Travel will sometimes be required, also working in the evening and at weekends will also sometimes be required
• Email and SMS marketing optimisation
• Building a genuine community of customers and fans around the brand

If you think this sounds like the perfect role for you, please email james@progressjj.co.uk with your CV and let us know why you would like to work with us.