Brand Project Manager

The Kennel Club; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kennel Club seeks a dynamic Project Manager - Brand for a 12-month fixed term to revitalize its historic brand. This multifaceted role calls for strategic thinkers, skilled in stakeholder management, budgeting, and project coordination, passionate about making a difference in the charity sector.

Qualifications

• Strong project management experience required.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and engagement skills.
• Experience in managing complex budgets.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing brand programme budget and tracking costs.
• Primary contact for stakeholders and managing communications.
• Tracking project plans and managing related administration.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Project management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Job Details:

Fixed Term - 12 months - Full Time

Location: London/Hybrid

Closing date: 27 June 2025

Do you want to be part of a historic change and make dog tails across the UK wag with this exciting change? Do you think you have the skills and enthusiasm to give the Kennel Club more bite with it's brand and fancy the challenge of revitalising a historic brand and bringing a new one to life?

We are looking for a Project Manager - Brand to join us on a 12-month fixed term contract basis to work as part of the Marketing and Comms team.

Reporting to Executive of Marketing and Communications, the Project manager will manage the implementation of our brand strategy. As Project Manager of the brand project, you will play a pivotal role in managing the remaining implementation phase and in ensuring a seamless transition to business as usual. You will champion and promote our new brand and will proactively engage with our network to maintain enthusiasm and enable the consistent application of our brand standards.

About the Role:

This is a dynamic and multifaceted role, requiring a strategic thinker with exceptional organisational, engagement and communication skills.

You will be responsible for:

• Budget Management: Overseeing the overall brand programme budget, including meticulous tracking and control of costs, ensuring adherence to agreed allocations.
• Stakeholder Management: Serving as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, fostering strong relationships and facilitating communication between Project Managers and the Brand team and ensuring communications with our brand agency are clear and actions followed up.
• Project Management & Reporting: Providing matrix management to the Head of PMO and change, reporting on project progress, and proactively managing issues, risks, and dependencies.
• Communication & Engagement: Facilitating regular communication, organising catch-up meetings, channel updates and addressing blockers.
• Ongoing Project Coordination: Tracking project plans, chasing deliverables, and managing project related administration.

What you'll bring:

To be successful in the role of Senior Project Manager - Brand, you will bring strong project management experience, ideally having led the delivery and transition/closure stages of a large scale and complex change project. Experience in implementing rebrands or working on brand, marketing and / or physical asset replacement projects would be an advantage.

You must also be able to demonstrate extensive experience within engagement focused roles, along with:

• Exceptional stakeholder management and engagement skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels
• Strong negotiation skills
• A proven ability to manage complex budgets and deliver projects within financial constraints.
• Experience in managing external suppliers and working with procurement functions
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a proactive and tenacious approach.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to adapt to diverse audiences.
• Process driven, autonomous, and highly organised with a strong attention to detail.
• The ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Experience of closing a project and transitioning to business as usual.
• The ability to work well within a team but also on own initiative.

If you are a dynamic and results oriented project manager with a passion for brand and a proven track record of success, we want to hear from you!

What we're looking for in our Brand Project Manager:

- Experience in delivering a complex brand programme

- Experience in project planning and resourcing

- Experience of budget management

- Experience working in the charity sector and/or a volunteer-based organisation

- Excellent interpersonal skills with a collaborative approach to working

- An influential and persuasive communicator with the ability to communicate with people at all levels within the organisation

- Strong Microsoft Office skills

- Proven ability to work on own initiative, accurately and under pressure

- A flexible and adaptable individual with a hands-on approach

Equal Opportunities & Diversity

The Kennel Club welcomes applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010.