Agency 2017 - Brand Manager - Iim/fms/mdi (2-3 Yrs) Gurgaon/gurugram/mumbai/meerut (marketing/pr/advertising)

Job Title Brand Manager Across Projects- Location Gurugram Meerut Mumbai- Role Charter Marketing and Project ManagementAbout Agency 2017 - Agency 2017 was formed on the backbone of strategic and marketing excellence and value creation for predominantly real estate and other sectoral players The Founder is an MBA from the Indian School of Business with 8 years in advertising pre-MBA Creative at some of Indias top advertising agencies and 7 years of brand leadership at the Lodha Group Indias No 1 real estate player - Agency 2017 offers a fertile consultative turnaround offerings for emerging developers This encompasses data-backed strategy-rich insight-driven Strategy and Marketing solutions for clients based in Gurugram Mumbai and ancillary locations - The vision is to be a credible Strategy and Marketing organisation with multi-modal operations Towards this market consumer and product understanding will be critical and associated could expect rewarding challenging and meaningful careers in a fast-paced organisation with a steep learning curve Objective Department i Study clients products TG the micro-market price trends relevant data AND understand recommend requirements ii Create Communications Go-To-Market Strategies and AOP Annual Operating Plans for clients iii Participate in the conceptualization and monitor execution of comprehensive communication ATL BTL Digital and activation plan iv Manage timely delivery of ALL necessary Brand Marketing assets - Role Marketing Brand Management- Guide Shouvik SarkarKey Responsibilities - Interacting and collaborating with Sales Channel Loyalty and Brand teams to create and thereafter execute Annual Operating Plans Activation Calendars review metrics budgets - Formulation of Annual Operating Plans with Lead Walk-in Booking targets Media plans ATL Advertising Digital and Loyalty calendars and briefs AND thereafter manage output and deployment - Create brand stories strategies content and supervise the output with a clear focus on driving profitability alongside sales velocity Participate in fortnightly monthly and quarterly reviews with ALL teams Clients to assess need gaps and way forward - Drive innovations strategic interventions and media muscle towards maximising leads walk-ins bookings - Manage digital performance plans with audits on CPL CPVD CPB Cost per lead Visit - Done Booking Activities - Understanding client business product USPs TG demographics visit project locations and study competition - Customer understanding through surveys market research flowback in strategy and communication - Inventory selection packaging dates vertical sound off end to end media planning ACROSS Projects DRIVE targets in sync with Sales Loyalty Referral verticals - Understanding pricing across micro-market and devising calls around activations - Developing a cogent calendar for sustenance AND activation sales - Write business proposals to help close new business attending client presentations and documenting client scope thus making sure that the sales process has progressed effectively - Provide Sales Channel Media Design Architecture teams well-documented input support thereby impacting decisions on Product Pricing and Promotion - Ensure Marketing and business strategies are clearly defined approved by clients - Responsible for staying informed on activities that are being performed on their accounts and being the final sign off on ALL important documentation deliverables before they go to a client This includes budget project plan strategy - Prepare month-end overviews of clients current activities plus plans for future development of accounts - Performance Dimensions KRAs KPIs- Value Creation create business value and follow through the results - Conceptualization and execution of communication CALENDARS to enable Brand Sales and verticals to drive business - KPIs Innovation Frequency Scale Output No of leads generated Impact of these exercises pegged through brand surveys - Breadth and depth Deepen existing client relationships and contribute towards expanding the breadth of Agency 2017 portfolio - KPIs Development and execution of a high-intensity ATL and BTL campaigns around client brands Evangelise Agency 2017 as a brandMeasures i Quality of work ii Adherence to timelines iii Impact on client business iv Innovation and InputsAdditional - Quality of ideas towards business expansion bringing innovative and new thoughts to the table across client bases - Operational Excellence End-to-end execution per required result areas - High degree of finesse in end-to-end campaign execution Engage and deliver creative media plan adherence with creative digital and media agencies and publications - KPIs Quality of output Cost Management Adherence to overall budgets Timeliness - Measures Creation to deployment Start to Stop Management - Project Management ownership Richness of Conceptualisation to finesse in deployment - Measures Feedback from stakeholders see above - Stakeholder Management Manage and influence stakeholders to drive results - Collaborate with Sales Marketing Media Sales Strategy to conceptualize and formulate the way forward for the brand - KPIs Current understanding of issues across functions- Generating synergies across functions Position Summary To assist and effectively support brand management daily operations of the brands products to ensure continuing contribution to business volume share profit and return on assets objectives Key Accountabilities i Consumer customer understanding to identify business opportunities and recommend plans to achieve it ii Understanding business volumes blending TG requirements to derive Brand building Marketing Plans Concept Packaging Product Communication iii On time delivery of assigned marketing projects with alignment from all internal stakeholders and agency partners iv Regular Competition Tracking for communication trade pricing related elements to influence brands ongoing marketing decisions v Lead business analysis and project financials to support and execute marketing business plans vi Manage multi-functional project teams to ensure excellence in execution project plan development execution tracking and summarizing results learning Experience Skills Knowledge - Degree in Business Management in Marketing from Tier 1 institute with 2-3 years experience preferably with exposure to marketing roles - The position requires appreciation and understanding of Marketing business management and the cross-functional synergies between these disciplines - Strategic and analytical skills A broad-based strategic thinker with exceptional intellect who is skilled in analyzing diagnosing brand and portfolio issues and injecting the consumer-first thinking into the process - Consumer-rooted Innovation Thinking Anticipate pre-empt empathise and create The candidate should have demonstrated skills in innovative strategies and communications and having driven short-term and long-term innovation - Cross-functional navigation acumen Leading and evolving the marketing capability over time will require consultative and visible leadership Partnering and working effectively across functional and within the organizational matrix is imperative Best-Fit Behavioral Traits - Practical problem-solver Strategic thinker DOER - Business sense and judgment Able to view problems through the lens of practicality - Learning Agility Quickly learn and internalize new ways of working to facilitate a team to deliver their best Capable of quickly learning new products and technologies - Mature Authentic highly collaborative and able to motivate across levels - Ambitious but with a down-to-earth attitude - Supreme determination a can-do attitude dive deep and deliver ref updazz com