Brand Manager

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

As the Brand Manager at Simply Business, you will have the unique opportunity to lead the transformation of our brand campaigns to help unlock significant growth potential aligned with our brand strategy and business goals. 

Under the guidance of Bonny (Head of Brand Marketing), you’ll be our team expert in planning, executing and measuring brand advertising campaigns – working with agency partners as well as close collaboration with our PR and Social Media Managers to ensure brand objectives are effectively met. 

You’ll focus primarily on driving consistent, flawless execution of Simply Business brand activation plans by ensuring effective implementation of brand strategy and action plans.

As our Brand Manager, you’ll:

• build the strategies and plans to grow awareness, perceptions and consideration levels amongst our key target audiences
• drive our brand advertising campaigns forward, raising the bar on effectiveness by examining performance to unearth valuable, actionable insights
• lead the planning, execution, and optimisation of brand campaigns across various channels
• drive maximum returns on ad campaigns by collaborating with the agency partners and internal teams to optimize strategies, placement types, and ad formats
• build strong relationships with media owners to stay at the forefront of new paid media strategies

We’re looking for someone who is:

• experienced in brand marketing and campaign activation with prior knowledge of Above-The-Line and digital campaigns aimed at building brands
• highly collaborative and able to build strong and effective relationships with internal brand colleagues and external agencies to create and manage campaigns on TV, YouTube, Radio and beyond
• enthusiastic about data, measurement and reporting on performance with excellent written, interpersonal and organisational skills
• in tune with small business owners, their needs and their wants and the role insurance could play in their lives / livelihoods

(We know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the ​​confidence gap​.​​ You don’t have to match all the bullet points above to be considered for this role.)

We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you and do your very best work.

This exciting new role is about brilliant campaign execution which would suit a creative, collaborative and data-centric marketeer who is passionate about building brands. If that’s you, apply today.

About Simply Business

We insure small businesses and enable big dreams – not just for our customers, but for our people and communities too. With over 1,000,000 active insurance policies, we protect builders, bakers, landlords and more than 1,200 other trades.

We’re a technology company as well as one that sells insurance. That means we build, we fail, we learn and we improve. We’re a B Corp too, which recognises our strong track record of having a positive impact on people, society and the environment.

Why not check out our advert on YouTube: Simply Business TV advert 2024: 'Simply the Best'

What are the benefits of working at Simply Business?

We offer a great work-life balance where every team member has a manageable workload and the flexibility to work hybrid. 

On top of the 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), we offer leave that suits your needs. Plus the option to buy five more days of holiday with your flexible benefits. 

Our flexible parental leave allows you to approach an important time how you want – with six months full pay to the primary caregiver and four weeks full pay if you’re the secondary caregiver.

Our life event leave is an extra days leave every two years for those big moments in your life like moving house or your birthday. And as a thank you to our long-serving employees we offer a two week paid sabbatical after five years of service, then four weeks off after ten years of service.

And our core benefits can put your mind at ease with private medical insurance through BUPA, that covers any pre-existing condition. And a health cash plan that covers your everyday medical expenses.

We also make sure you’re compensated fairly with a competitive salary based on your experience and the market we’re in. Plus the potential to earn an annual bonus based on performance.

There’s access to the tools to support your personal development with programmes on our dedicated learning platform. As well as support for your mental health with access to counselling. 

We’ll match what you put into your pension up to five per cent. And pass on a tax-free sum that’s four times your basic salary with our life assurance policy, with the option to increase it to ten times through our flexible benefit scheme

Our salary sacrifice car scheme gives you the option to buy a brand new, fully insured, and maintained car for a convenient fixed monthly amount taken from your gross salary (after 6 months service).

And our flexible benefits scheme gives you an allocated amount to use each year on benefits like critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, or a gym membership.

Ready to join us and drive our success as a high-performing team? Apply today.