Group Brand Marketing Manager | Brand & Advertising

Allan Gray; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Southern Africa is seeking a Brand and Advertising Manager in Cape Town. The role focuses on leading brand strategies, managing advertising projects, and collaborating with multiple stakeholders. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in brand management with proven leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum eight years’ relevant experience in brand, media, and advertising.
• Expert knowledge in brand and advertising management.
• Proven track record of managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Brand and Advertising team.
• Oversee advertising agency deliverables and project management.
• Collaborate with various internal teams for marketing execution.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Independent working approach

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce, Marketing

Job description

About The Company

Allan Gray is Southern Africa’s largest privately-owned investment management company managing more than R500bn of assets. We are focused on generating long-term wealth for our clients who include individuals, retirement funds, insurers, trusts, companies and foundations. They invest through our focused range of unit trusts, retirement products and life insurance investment pools or in segregated portfolios across both the institutional and retail business. Our headquarters are in Cape Town, with additional offices in Namibia and Botswana.

Job Purpose

Based in our Cape Town offices (V&A Waterfront), the purpose of this role is to provide brand and advertising expertise by leading the Brand and Advertising team within the Marketing department. The Retail and Institutional brand managers report into this role.

The role reports into the group head of Marketing.

Key Responsibilities

The role will include, but not be limited to:

Brand and advertising

• Lead and manage the Brand and Advertising team made up of Retail- and Institutional-facing brand managers
• Provide input into the annual marketing plan
• Assume responsibility for the day-to-day management of the advertising agency’s deliverables
• Assume responsibility for all branded touchpoints across all traditional and digital platforms
• Lead and manage brand, media and corporate advertising project plans and oversee the implementation of all projects, campaigns, budgets and reports
• Prepare and manage a bottom-up budget-setting process and mid-year forecasts for the Marketing department
• Manage all sponsorship-related queries
• Manage the advertising agency’s creative output
• Accountable for the project management of all creative campaigns
• Lead the project management of all marketing-related campaigns
• Assume responsibility for the management of the advertising agency’s scope of work
• Manage and supervise the production of branded collateral
• Responsible for the execution of product/technical and regulatory client material
  
  

Research surveys

• Lead and supervise end-client related brand research plans and competitor analysis
  
  

Media

• Ensure the facilitation of advertising placements across all related channels and mediums
  
  

Internal stakeholders

Work Closely With

• Digital marketing team to optimise user journeys across the website and to ensure the corporate site is aligned to the corporate identity
• Content team to ensure that content production is implemented in line with expected standards
• Retail Events and Distribution teams to execute client-related projects and events
• Institutional Clients team to execute client-related projects and events
• Various internal divisions within the Group, e.g. Group and Retail Finance, Retail Product Development, People Operations, Group Assurance, Facilities, Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, Foundation, Training, Client Service Centre
  
  

Legislative Requirements

• Translate legislative requirements into implementable brand projects
• Manage the implementation of all product-/technical-related legislative requirements
  
  

Team management

• Lead and manage the Brand and Advertising team comprising two direct reports
• Provide clear, timely and constructive feedback and ongoing coaching to direct reports
• Responsible for performance management of the team in line with business processes and expectations
  
  

Key competencies

Competencies

• Ability to adapt quickly to new situations and requirements
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders
• Independent working approach
• Measured and considered in approach to challenges
• Ability to think strategically
• Comfortable collaborating with others
  
  

Leadership Requirements

• Behave in accordance with company culture
• Show integrity and ethical awareness
• Ensure effective peer working relationships
  
  

Qualification And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce, Marketing
• Minimum of eight years’ relevant experience in brand, media and advertising
• Expert knowledge and proven track record of brand, media and advertising management
• Extensive experience of developing, maintaining and delivering on marketing strategies to meet company objectives
• Proven track record of working with consumer research agencies
• Demonstrable technical marketing skills and company product knowledge (preferable not mandatory)
• Proven track record of managing a team
  
  

Location and application

Allan Gray, 1 Silo, V&A Cape Town

Closing date: 19 June 2025

Please include your transcripts (Matric and University) in your application.