Senior Manager Strategic Marketing and Branding
Position summary
Introduction
Job description
Skills and Competencies Required:
Behavioral
· Integrity
· Honesty
· Trustworthiness
· Professionalism
Leadership
· Extensive leadership
· Sound people management and acumen.
· Team player
· Motivating teams
· Coaching
· Mentoring
· Developing
Knowledge
· Eskom business and subsidiaries
· Strong networking within marketing industries
· Design concepts/collateral
· Solid understanding of brand building
· Manage a wide range of service providers.
· Understanding of corporate reputation management within a public or highly regulated environment
Skill
· Strong communication and negotiation in all domains of the branding profession.
· Strong financial, business and general management
· Strong project management
· Interpret business briefs into creative content
· Work under pressure
Key Responsibilities
· Drive alignment between branding, corporate communications, and stakeholder engagement to ensure a consistent organisational narrative.
· Manage branding centre resources.
· Provide strategic leadership for branding.
· Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on branding, reputation positioning, and corporate identity matters.Develop and implement strategic marketing and branding direction and position, directive, policies, standards and procedures.
· Support the strategic management of the organisation’s reputation.
· Identify and manage sponsorship programmes in support of the organisation’s strategic priorities.
Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):
· B Degree in Marketing/ Communications/ Business Management at NQF 7 with 360 credits or
· B Tech in Marketing/ Communications/ Business Management at NQF7 with 360 credits or
· Advanced Diploma in Marketing/ Communications/ Business Management at NQF7 with 360 credits.
Related Minimum Experience:
· 10 years of experience traditional promotional, marketing, advertising background.
· Experience within large, complex, or regulated environments will be an advantage.
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