Brand Manager

d.ream (Doğuş Restaurant Entertainment & Management)

We are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated Brand Manager who is a strategic thinker, loves to roll up his or her sleeves and get things done. The position will manage a range of marketing and communication activities; from brand management, developing compelling communications assets, supporting our communication efforts and  will be responsible from our leading d.ream restaurant brands.

Job Description

• Develop and effectively communicate marketing strategies to meet organizational objectives
• Implement marketing plans, positioning and go-to-market strategies
• Plan, manage and coordinate all marketing, advertising and develop promotional activities
• Create and organize marketing and advertising activities to ensure consistency with marketing plans
• Effective management of the marketing, advertising and promotional activities of the organization, maximize expenditures and create ROI opportunities
• Determine and manage the marketing budget, deliver marketing activity within agreed budget
• Build brand awareness, drive revenue and profits
• Work closely with restaurant operation teams to align marketing & sales strategies
• Plan and execute events, on site marketing and guerilla marketing activities
• Monitor, review and report on all marketing activity and results
• Provide ROI analysis before, during and after campaigns and/or strategies
• Monitor market trends, product, consumer, and competitors’ activities to identify opportunities and key issues
• Use internal and external data to help measure and develop report performance of all marketing campaigns, and assess against goals (ROI and KPIs)
• Perform analysis of customer research, current market conditions and competitor analysis
• Conduct market research to determine market requirements for existing and future concepts
• Ability to deal with multi stakeholders
• Work with internal stakeholders and key strategic partners to build our strategic framework for restaurant co-marketing
• Collaborate with digital marketing team to define social media marketing strategy 
• Work directly with creative, media and PR agencies, to build break-through, customer centric approach

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communication or business; or related work experience
• Experience in FMCG sector or Restaurant business is an asset
• Min 5 years of marketing experience with a recognized & leading brands
• Experience in end-to-end execution of 360 marketing campaigns
• Experience in building and executing on co-marketing partnerships
• Self motivation, eager to learn in every aspect and good communication skills are essential
• Strong team leadership, people management and multi stakeholder management experience
• Ability to work on tight timelines and pivot quickly when business needs dictate
• Restaurant/F&B marketing experience as well as interest in restaurant dining trends is a plus
• Excellent command of spoken and written English,
• Strong written, visual and verbal communication,
• No military service obligation for male candidates.