Brand Manager (Maternity Cover, 12-month FTC)

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About the role

Kinneir Dufort (KD) is a world-class user-centred innovation and product development consultancy, creating products and experiences for our clients in the medical, consumer and industrial sectors. We aim to design a better world, achieving positive outcomes for the people we are designing for and generating value for our clients.

KD is a part of the SteriPack group, which has global manufacturing facilities in Europe, US and Asia, as well as Design and Development capabilities in Bristol, UK (where this role will be based) and New Jersey & Colorado in the US.

We are looking for a Brand Manager (BM) to join the team for a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave.

The role will be focused on shaping our overall brand identity, driving brand awareness and engaging internal and external stakeholders. The BM will take responsibility for building a cohesive brand identity across all marketing channels that establishes trust and credibility with clients, and drives demand for our design and manufacturing services in the healthcare sector.

Your skills and experience

Whilst you do not need to meet all of these points, please ensure you meet the majority of them before making an application:

• Proven experience in brand management, preferably in a global capacity in the healthcare industry (design or manufacturing).
• A strong understanding of developing, communicating and executing brand strategy.
• Exceptional communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Experience of working with international teams, adapting to different cultures and markets.
• Experience of working with third-party agencies.
• Proficiency in digital marketing, social media platforms and data-driven decision making.
• Experience of creating engaging and consistent content for social media platforms.
• Experience of creating websites.

The salary for this role is commensurate with experience. You will be asked to supply your salary expectations as part of your application.

Why work with us?

We offer flexible hybrid working policies in terms of both location and working hours from day one. We operate availability hours so people can start at 9:30am if needed, lunch can be taken between 12:00pm to 2:00pm (in case you want to pop to the gym or attend an appointment), and we offer an early finish on Fridays if you have banked your contracted hours for the week.

Our full-time contract is 38 hours per week. Colleagues at KD work with a great deal of flexibility, which varies across our teams. An individual's working pattern is agreed with their respective line managers, taking into account the needs of the individual and the team. We trust our people to work from home, although there may be some occasions when working from the office is necessary. Please get in touch with us if you are thinking of applying but would like more information about how our flexible working policy might work for you in this role and how the team work currently, or if you would like to speak to us about the possibility of part-time working in the role.

We recognise that we are only as good as our people and we know how important it is to support our team:

We offer:

• Performance related company-wide bonus
• Flexible working approaches around our availability hours (which are Monday to Thursday 9:30am to 12:00pm & 2:00pm to 4:00pm and Friday 9:30 to 12:00pm) to help support your work-life balance
• Training and development opportunities which include regular 'lunch and learn' sessions and knowledge sharing via internal channels
• Private healthcare for you and your family as well as additional support via our Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
• A matched contributory pension scheme
• Additional days holiday for long service (starting at 25 days for full-time colleagues) & an annual leave purchase scheme
• Discounted First Bus monthly and annual passes (Bristol has a good Park & Ride network.)
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Team breakfast every Wednesday
• Secure in-building bike storage and shower
• Free eye tests
• Join us for our legendary annual Summer and Christmas parties
• The opportunity to become involved in our work with various organisations, such as Kerning the Gap.
• Regular opportunities to have your say and share your thoughts on how we can develop as a team and as a business
• Enjoy our café that acts as the focal point for the whole team to get together for either morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea (as well as picking up some fruit!). Cake also plays a huge feature in the day-to-day here at KD. There are also plenty of opportunities to socialise outside of the office too, including activities like staff-organised runs, cycles and regular monthly team socials!

About us

Founded in 1977 by Ross Kinneir and Francis Dufort, the KD team are based in an iconic building in the vibrant city of Bristol. The characterful Grade 2 listed stone building was originally built as a sugar refinery around 1850. It's now completely refitted, and houses all of our staff plus our workshops, labs, the design studio, an HF usability suite, as well as client meeting spaces. We are in a great central location: the local area is full of independent shops and it is only a short walk up to Park Street, or over to the Harbourside and St Nick's Markets, both of which have regular street food markets.

Our values underpin everything we do.

• See possibility: we explore the potential in everyone & everything and embrace change to create opportunities.
• Make a difference: we want to part of the solution and have courage to act, even when it isn't easy.
• Stand together: we collaborate seamlessly, value difference and support each other.

We believe strongly in equality and fairness and try hard to do the right thing; we speak up for and support groups who are working to make a difference. Many of our team are also involved in, or run, events in their local communities, making a difference to those around them.

The team at KD are intelligent, hard-working, fun and collaborate brilliantly together to produce creative solutions. We work with some of the biggest, best and most interesting international clients that you'll find anywhere. We're a multi-disciplinary team, with experts in research, innovation, human factors, digital UX, 2D and 3D product & packaging design, engineering, prototyping, and electronics & software, all uniquely integrated within one great company.

Do we sound like a good match for you?

If you'd like to apply or discuss the role, we'd love to hear from you. If you think you might be the right person for us but want an informal chat first then get in touch via joinus@kinneirdufort.com.

At KD we consciously embrace diversity and proactively encourage this with our recruitment process. We welcome applications to this position from anyone meeting the skills criteria, from any background.