Global Assistant Brand Manager, Closeup (PR & Content)

Job description

ABOUT UNILEVER:

Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. It has 172,000 employees and generated sales of €48.4 billion in 2014. Over half (57%) of the company's footprint is in developing and emerging markets. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann's, Lipton, Wall's, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry's, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx.

Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) commits to:

· Decoupling growth from environmental impact.
· Helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being.
· Enhancing the livelihoods of millions of people by 2020.

Unilever was ranked number one in its sector in the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In the FTSE4Good Index, it achieved the highest environmental score of 5. It led the list of Global Corporate Sustainability Leaders in the 2014 GlobeScan/SustainAbility annual survey for the fourth year running, and in 2015 was ranked the most sustainable food and beverage company in Oxfam's Behind the Brands Scorecard.

Unilever has been named in LinkedIn's Top 3 most sought-after employers across all sectors.

For more information about Unilever and its brands, please visit www.unilever.com . For more information on the USLP: www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/

BACKGROUND

Unilever, with its purpose to make sustainable living commonplace, is committed to supporting sustainability and providing consumers around the world with the products they need to look good, feel good and get more out of life.

The fast-paced and ever-evolving digital & social landscape is changing how consumers engage with brands & communities, including access and communication with a democratised world of influencers, ratings & reviews and general knowledge about personal care products.

We need people with real passion for beauty, brilliant communication & social community management skills and who are unafraid to break convention and be a trailblazer within our business.


ABOUT THE ROLE

The role is Global Assistant Brand Manager for Closeup. working specifically on our Brand Engagement pillar of the team. This role supports the GBM to lead a diverse combination of purpose, consumer engagement, PR and communications strategy into action.

Closeup is one of the fastest growing and expanding brands under the Unilever Oral Care portfolio, with the vision of becoming an iconic youth confidence brand.


WHO YOU ARE
· You're a communications expert: Formulating a sharp communication strategy, and crafting distinctive and effective brand content
· You're a relationship expert: Forming dynamic relationships with agencies/ partners to get the absolute best from them, and seamless collaboration with brand team counterparts to fulfill brand and business objectives
· You're a can-do person: With an uncompromising drive for excellence, and a healthy disregard for conventions

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES
· Develop communication platforms, brand content, news, messaging and media materials. Taking into account all forms of media channels and audiences.
· Orchestrate strategic partnerships with external content platforms, experts and advocates, influencers and KOLs.
· Develop an in-depth understanding of local markets, consumers and shoppers –
the business environment in which we compete, including category segments and channels.
· Project management, building project networks and defining key milestones, following up with team members.
· Assess brand performance and effectiveness of project implementation, identifying issues and opportunities, and recommending the best course of action.
· Budget management: ensuring that budgets are allocated optimally, preserving the integrity of budget forecasts, and ensuring that spending is aligned to expectations/forecasts.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE & TRAITS
· Degree with at least 3 years of related marketing experience.
· Proven track record, either in-house or with an agency (both preferred).
· Experience in Advertising/ Content/ PR/ Editorial and/or Marketing, preferably on FMCG, beauty or purpose-led brands.
· Demonstrates strategic and conceptual thinking.
· Has excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a strong eye for detail.
· Sharply attuned to what's trending and talk-able in pop culture, social media and influencer landscape. Combined with strong consumer focus.
· Great teammate. Keeps a balance between personal accountability and delivery through teamwork.
· High commitment to work on many and different projects. Learns fast and delivers quickly.

TO APPLY:
Please apply online by clicking on “Apply Online” below. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements. Should you not meet our immediate requirements, your profile will be registered in our talent pool system and we will match your profile to suitable future vacancies.

You will be able to access your status update through the candidate tracking link.

Thank you for your interest and application.