Brand Manager, Innovation

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

Job Introduction

An exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial marketer, with a passion for innovative brands, looking to make a mark and be part of shaping the future of premium spirits in the UK.

A can-do attitude and drive, that will grow the most recent addition to the William Grant & Sons family, Silent Pool Gin.

If you have a passion for building highly desirable brands and delivering exquisite executions within the dynamic UK marketplace then read on!

Main Responsibilities

Working on William Grant & Son’s newest brand, Silent Pool Gin, within the Innovation team of the UK marketing team, the Brand Manager will execute the UK brand strategy, with responsibility across the marketing mix.

Managing and influencing brand performance through data driven insight, measuring, and evaluating to optimise activation plans. Collaborating with communication agencies and internal teams to grow brand fame and build customer engagement. 

Our Ideal Candidate

A thinker-doer; with the strategic brain to identify challenges and opportunities, and the creative-drive and determination to bring new ideas to life in the real world.

Our ideal candidate has proven experience of brand management, including developing strategy, campaign planning and activation. They will need to be able to lead the creation of plans and solutions and use their polished communication & influencing skills to recruit a wide range of stakeholders to their cause.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.