Senior Brand Manager (Account Director) 6 Months FTC

Reporting to: Group Brand & Marketing Director

Based: East Croydon / Hybrid

Here at The Gym Group we believe we are simply the best in our industry! Our amazing teams have skills, abilities and can-do attitudes that make this a great place to work!

We have strong, embedded values and an easy-going culture which ensures we put our people first. We pride ourselves on being fun, innovative, inclusive and engaging. We are now on the lookout for a Senior Brand Manager to join our amazing Marketing Team on a 6 month FTC.

So, what's stopping you? Apply today and come "Find your Fit" with us!

What you need to know about us...

We're not like any other gym company; we are The Gym Group, a place where you can #BeYouWithUs and perform to your absolute best. We are successful; by membership we're the 2nd largest gym business in the UK and the 4th largest in Europe. We hire people with real passion, positivity and enthusiasm which motivates and inspire those around them. We actively invest in our employees; it's so important to us that our people can thrive in our environment and can make the most of the flexibility and support we offer to all of our teams. We have been recognised as #1 in our industry by Glass Door and #25 in the Top 50 Best Places to work in 2022 which is all down to our great leaders and exceptional teams. We have held the prestigious Investors in People Gold Award for 2 years and were recent winners of an amazing award for all of the work and support we did through the pandemic.

We are proud of our people and our Gym Support teams are phenomenal; you want to be a part of that, we know you do!

What you need to know about the role...

Our newly created Senior Brand Manager role will lead cross-functional workstreams and programmes that ensure the delivery of our vision: to break down barriers to fitness, for all. At The Gym Group, we believe in the power of brand to transform our businesses, drive growth and create financial value.

We are looking for a unique blend of creative thinking, strategic depth, analytical rigour but with a passion for delivery. This role would best suit a broad thinker with experience across brand research and analysis, purpose and positioning, brand architecture and identity and employee branding. We are looking for someone with a strong command of modern marketing principles and understanding of how to build powerful brands in todays world.

In partnership with a number of stakeholders across the business, this role will oversee medium term rolling roadmaps of brand-wise & company wide initiatives. These projects have a wide span of functional requirements including (but not limited to) strategy, operations, comms & people. This role will work in partnership with the Group Brand & Marketing Director and the Head of Marcom, to deliver a progressive agenda & a set of consumer-facing workstreams set around 4 key pillars:

Brand Identity: Visual & full sensory experience delivery of a brand ecosystem embedded in the organisation

Beyond Consumers, Define & manage our Financial Brand (inc. Corporate PR), Employer Brand & B2B Brand, that creates stand out from the competition and markets us these audiences

Main job activities:

• Acts as our brand guardian for our brand identity across the organisation (beyond initial roll out) ensuring consistency in delivery in an on-going basis
  
• Identifies gaps and learnings in our VI system, to continually evolve our Brand Identity for maximum impact, delivering distinctiveness and memorability
  
• Lead a cross-functional team to clarify the transformation plan for all touchpoints, internal and external facing communications, tools, platforms and assets
  
• Drive Interconnectedness across functions to deliver a cohesive operational plan for brand identity role out
  
• Partner with key teams to deliver on prioritised transformation opportunities that deliver on commercial goals
  
• Develop a long-term roadmap for transformation across our 4 key pillars
  
• Supporting the People Team to in the change management programme for the organisation (embedding a new VI, new brand platform and becoming member centric)
  
• Work in an advisory role and as a change agent engaging leaders to understand and identify opportunities for meaningful transformation activity.
  

Let us tell you what we are looking for...

To enrich our great team, we are looking for someone who embraces their role, the team and our culture.

We're looking for someone who is clearly able to demonstrate:

• Ability to develop a critical path of key activities, providing planning support and identifying and managing dependencies across transformation plans.
  
• The ability to tell a story and move hearts and minds to bring people in
  
• Highly collaborative: can proactivity build a network & craft a mutually beneficial proposition for successful partnership
  
• Ability to shaping the future by helping to generate a single-minded vison for the various workstreams
  
• Simplification: This role will work with very senior partners within marketing/other functions on a regular basis, so simplifying & framing complex issues is key
  
• 8-10 years in Brand Marketing / Project Management/ Agency / Design Agency experience
  
• Proficient in navigating a matrixed organization
  
• Track record of successful transformation delivery
  
• Strong business acumen and critical thinking skills
  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
  
• Experienced in delivering big outcomes in a fast-paced environment
  
• Challenging conventional views and presenting ideas persuasively to gain buy-in
  
• Able to translate strategic thinking to creative and innovative solutions
  

So, we've told you all about us and our amazing new opportunity; now it's your turn to hit 'Apply' and tell us about YOU. We also want to put it out there that we actively encourage applications from a diverse demographic and we are passionate about your culture and value alignment. We want this to be a match that works for you as much as for us - when we say be YOU with us we really do mean it!