Brand Manager

Brand Manager

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Brands&People and -1.

About us

Brands&People is a brand-centric company focused on mobilizing commercial brands in Latin America. We steer, innovate, communicate, and maximize brands to accelerate growth. We’re a people-centric company, too. We believe that propelling the creative careers of our staff results in stronger brands for our clients. Our team is an eclectic mix of brand leaders, creative directors, designers, copywriters, media executives, and brand managers, headed by French strategist Emmanuel Moreau and Mexican designer Gerardo Ortiz.

About you

In this role, your primary focus is to coordinate the team. Your question every morning should be: How can I best organize the team?

You are expected to simplify and organize work for everyone, by defining deadlines, priorities, assigning tasks and responsibilities. You ensure brand objectives are met, by managing everyone's energy, as well as your own in a healthy and responsible manner. You work cross functionally with various teams, clients, suppliers, the Operations Team, possibly other Brand Executives, Brand Leaders and Partners. You are the go-to-person at all times along the journey. People will seek out for you when they have questions on deadlines and priorities.

In most agencies this position is called Account Manager. We believe that is a cold name for your role and it reflects a work culture focused on transactions where a brand is treated as an account. We rather treat a brand as a brand. Our purpose in Brands&People is to help our clients on brand building, brand growth and brand transformation.

We trust you with these key responsibilities:

1. Receive, understand and decode briefs.
2. Debrief, interpret and communicate project needs and objectives in a timely, simple and clear manner.
3. Go beyond requests. Inquire and dig deeper on the client's needs.
4. Find the best way to deliver, consenting with the team while meeting time frames.
5. Before committing to any deadline, ask the team about the time and energy needed to accomplish goals.
6. Define deliverables for every project, seeking guidance and partnering with Brand Leaders and/or Partners.
7. Negotiate over time and deliverables, with both the team and our clients, making sure objectives are properly met and everyone's energy and personal time is respected.
8. Communicate deliverables and time frames to both the team and the client.
9. Assign tasks and responsibilities depending on who best fits the task.
10. Elaborate and present simple and powerful presentations to show monthly progress on projects.
11. Quoting services with suppliers upon request of Brand Leaders or Partners.
    

Experience & Requirements

4+ years experience in Project Management (Advertising).
Capable to understand and explain complex information in simple, clear terms.
Loves order and structure.
Strong verbal communication skills.
Good analytical and problem solving skills. Common sense.
Good interpersonal and customer care skills.
Good accurate records keeping.
Neat appearance and good sense of style.
Self Driven.

Critical Behaviors for Success

These are our beliefs — Autonomy, Ecosystem-thinking, Impact, and Personal Transformation — and we trust them to shape up the way we do things. A person that thrives in our culture, understands and behaves under these 4 principles:

Autonomy —

You do what you love. You love what you do.

You find ways to make things happen while distributing activities, time and energy.

Credibility is earned through execution and getting things done.

You get into the details and deliver results.

You´re always ready to get hands-on all aspects of the daily needs.

Pragmatism and outcomes orientation are valued.

You start early and finish early with no pending issues.

You act like an adult at all times. No one will babysit you - or your work

You channel high levels of energy to specific tasks and finish what you start. 

Ecosystem-thinking —

You love working with people.

You build trust across the organization by being a good listener and inclusively soliciting input.

Foster harmony and Good Vibes Only.

You´re an example of commitment, teamwork, and solidarity.

Manage your time and energy in a way everyone's personal life is respected.

Earn your team's respect and your client’s trust. 

Make sure interactions within your team and the client are smooth, joyful, and drama-free.

Take time to interpret and share clients' requests in a simplified manner.

Don’t assume anything, ask again.

Make sure everybody is on the same page and gets the intended message.

Clarify doubts and simplify things.

Be honest about your status and whether you’ll make it in time or not.

Always be clear and transparent along the journey.

Share lessons learned and victories won with everybody, every day.

Ask for feedback from clients and teammates and take them in a mature and constructive way.

You provide constructive, honest, and respectful feedback on time.

You make sure no one's left behind and that everyone enjoys the journey.

You are observant, proactive and eager to learn

You respect everyone's role in the journey.

Observe, flow, and leave art and creativity in expert hands. 

Personal Transformation —

You pledge to positively transform yourself.

You’re constantly searching for new abilities to acquire.

You enjoy sharing knowledge with others.

You are curious and keep exploring new journeys to explore.

You love challenging yourself.

Impact —

You believe your work can change the world.

You understand data and feel comfortable working with it.

You sustain your work on real information.

You’re able to clarify the outcomes that can be expected from your work.