Global Assistant Brand Manager (Dove)

Manpower; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Global Assistant Brand Manager for Dove to contribute to global marketing strategy and collaboration with creative agencies and market teams. This full-time temporary role offers remote working options, excellent communication skills and project management abilities are required to ensure successful brand execution. The position is located in London with a diverse set of responsibilities to enhance brand equity.

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication skills to influence stakeholders and manage teams.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with accountability.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Co-create Dove's long-term brand strategy and ensure future-fit brand.
• Lead asset management for campaign ecosystem, aligning with market teams.
• Collaborate with media and digital marketing for campaign optimization.

Skills

Exceptional communication skills

Project management

Agility with problem-solving

Team collaboration

Cultural understanding

Job description

Overview

Manpower is currently seeking an interim Global Assistant Brand Manager (Dove) to work with our global FMCG client Unilever, renowned for brands such as Dove, Sure, Persil, and Simple. The role is based at Blackfriars on London's Victoria Embankment, a short walk from Blackfriars tube. This is a full-time temporary role for 9 months (potential to become permanent), requiring 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Compensation is up to £48,000 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience. The role offers a mix of remote and onsite working, subject to business requirements.

Job Purpose: This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the development and execution of Dove's global purpose communications, supporting the team in delivering high-quality, emotionally resonant content that builds brand equity and desirability. You’ll collaborate with internal stakeholders, creative agencies, and over 27 market teams. You will lead and take ownership in multiple areas of project management, including rollout market strategy alignment, partnership approvals, asset adaptations, and global website development and rollout. There will be extensive support across creative development, budget management, and SWOP. Dove is committed to marketing excellence and ensuring the marketing mix reflects the brand’s distinctiveness and purpose across all campaign touchpoints and market executions. You’ll report to the Comms Global Senior Brand Manager as part of the Dove Masterbrand team, with exposure to the Global Dove Masterbrand VP and liaison with senior leadership and teams across Dove global markets.

Responsibilities

• Co-create Dove's long-term brand strategy to ensure the brand is future-fit, consumer-focused, and leading culture in creative briefs, insights, and tensions.
• Support Global Brand Manager on Creative development for the next 20 years of Dove Purpose.
• Ensure brand guidelines are rigorously followed and act as guardian of visual identity and tone of voice.
• Own complete ecosystem planning, development, and execution with a social-first mindset, including website development and rollout, social channels, and guidance for retail and experiential.
• Lead asset management for campaign ecosystem (guidelines, flighting, format adaptation), market ecosystem alignment, and asset adaptation.
• Collaborate with media, digital marketing, and market teams to plan, execute, and optimize media plans for campaigns.
• Co-create the learning plan with CMI to ensure consumer insights are understood and translated into communications, moving the needle on Brand Equity.
• Work with the Dove Self-Esteem Project team to ensure Brand Say communications drive impact and engagement for DSEP tools and body confidence materials.
• Coordinate total global market tracking with monthly/quarterly updates and align Masterbrand plans, market adaptations, and live campaign execution (PLE).
• Lead Dove Masterbrand Internal Communications to engage global markets, leadership, and broader audiences (newsletters, office comms, LinkedIn, leadership alignment).
• Manage project agency administration, including budgets, SWOP, contracts, and legal alignment.
• Inspire the Masterbrand team by bringing external ideas and trends from culture to inform the brand’s opportunities.

About You

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and manage teams; adapt style to the audience.
• Able to work both in a team and autonomously with proactivity and accountability; celebrate team success and lift others.
• Thrives under high pressure and tight timelines.
• Highly organized project manager who can prioritize multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Agile with a problem-solving mindset.
• Driven to bring impact and purpose to everyday work; strong consumer understanding and curiosity about evolving needs.
• Ability to understand culture and stay connected to cultural shifts relevant to Masterbrand work.
• Proactive and collaborative, constantly seeking better ways to work.

Job Info

• Job Title: Global Assistant Brand Manager (Dove)
• Company: Manpower
• Location: London, UK (Blackfriars, Victoria Embankment) and hybrid/remote option
• Posted: Sep 19, 2025
• Closes: Oct 20, 2025
• Sector: Marketing
• Contract: Temporary
• Hours: Full Time (36.25 hours/week)