Brand Manager

Bring your marketing expertise to our team to deliver on our mission to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow! This role presents the opportunity to design our annual audience go-to-market strategies, franchise portfolio choices, communications platforms and innovations to drive brand health and sales growth in the U.S. Market.

Core Responsibilities

Franchise/Brand Marketing Planning, Implementation, & Project Management (60%)

• Collaborate with Global Marketing teams & Our LEGO® Agency to develop communication strategies and platforms that will enable US Brand team to implement integrated marketing plans to drive brand equity, build active share (penetration), and re-activation (repeat purchase). Effectively translate brand, audience, and commercial strategies into clear local creative briefs that guide internal teams and agency partners.

• Lead the strategic direction of the Brand Preschool team; ensure team understands and takes actions based on audience market conditions, preferences, needs and trends, scaling direction to other audiences and franchises/themes as needed.

• Grow audience base through the product portfolio, innovation, marketing mix activities, and the deployment of communication platforms.

• Advocate and drive internal and external share-of-mind, confidence, and retailer support for audience themes; influence global and local growth ambitions.

• Foster strong internal relationship with Markets & Channel Marketing, Global Product Development, and US Customer Teams to deliver integrated, comprehensive activation plans across marketing channels and platforms.

• Manage partnership (IP, agency, and vendor) relationships as designated brand responsibilities require.
  
  

Business Management (40%)

• Influence and collaborate with Global Product Development to develop audience portfolios to meet the growth ambitions of the US Business Unit.

• Develop Go-To-Market Plans for new product/franchise launches and optimize base portfolio go-to-market plans.

• Develop annual audience objectives to inform budget allocations and communications strategies to ensure efficient and effective marketing plan executions for LEGO franchise(s).

• Holistic business ownership and thought leadership; constant analysis and evaluation of audience performance in partnership with Delivery Brand Manager on corrective actions where necessary.

• Establish Measurement & Evaluation plans; provide feedback to Global partners to optimize future plans and portfolios.

• Thought leadership and strategic setup of audience presentations to customer sell-in of product lines and critical marketing programs.

• Deliver value to Brand Delivery, Customer, Trade Marketing and eCommerce teams to build shopper activation plans to drive performance

Work alongside the Delivery Brand Manager to ensure brand strategy, budget planning, marketing calendar, and campaign execution are aligned from planning through delivery.

Do your part in our team succeeding

The U.S. Marketing department is responsible for crafting and fostering consumer demand by converting audience, shopper, and market insights into compelling, creative, and innovative marketing programs that remain grounded in a strong commercial understanding and focus.

This individual will join the US Brand Management Team as a Design Brand Manager, helping translate audience insights, brand strategy, and commercial priorities into design-led marketing experiences across campaigns, retail, media, and partner touchpoints for the Preschool audience. The role reports directly to the US Brand Director.

Do you have what it takes?

• Demonstrated experience in a marketing role, ideally with some experience marketing family, kids, entertainment, gaming, toy, retail, or lifestyle brands, with a strong understanding of how to translate audience insights into compelling consumer-facing campaigns

• Strong analytical skills and record of identifying and capitalizing on commercial opportunities to drive brand growth and health

• Proven success in driving meaningful innovation. Consistently seeks new ideas and innovative approaches, not shying away to take educated risks.

• Effective collaborator and negotiator who is passionate about building relationships across functions and business units in a matrixed organization. Appreciates strength in working with people from a diverse set of backgrounds.

• Experience driving strong retail partner relationships, crafting plans, and implementing marketing programs to build joint commercial value with larger retailers

• Strong understanding of Integrated Marketing channels, including digital marketing, critical metric setting, and measurement

• Ability to deliver multiple priorities simultaneously at scale with speed and on budget

• Experience working with brand guidelines, visual identity systems, campaign toolkits, packaging, retail displays, or digital content systems

• Outstanding presentation and writing skills with the ability to convey a compelling and concise message, and to engage and inspire colleagues

• High level proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, in order to drive quality business analyses and communication
  

Relocation

There is no relocation budget for this role.

Hybrid working model

Our workplace enables our LEGO colleagues to be and do their best at work. Introducing a flexible way of working is a great example of how we live up to our ambition. This 3 day in the office hybrid model will exemplify our People Promise by embracing the different life situations of our colleagues.

Compensation

The salary for this position has a range of $107,885.00 - $161,827.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to expect:

Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme

Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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