Head of Brands

The Head of Brands role is the linchpin of our brand partnerships. You’ll be responsible for managing and delivering everything related to our brand partners – from strategy to creative, production to distribution and maximising revenue growth. 

You’ll act as the brand guardian for the brands we work with and be the designated source of knowledge for everything related to them. You’ll maintain the day-to-day relationship with brand partners; informing and managing the delivery of the ongoing brand strategy and act as the centralised channel for all ingoing and outgoing coms between our team and the brands. 

You won’t be a paper pusher – you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our brand partners are supported, inspired and educated. You’ll add value at every touchpoint by sharing your in-depth knowledge of the brand and your experience with our team to ensure everything we create is aligned, consistent and of the highest quality.

You’ll be an inspiring manager who can effortlessly galvanise our multidisciplinary teams while understanding how to support and motivate individuals to deliver the best possible work. Work that will strengthen our brand relationships and open the door to new ones.

We're looking for you to...

• Collaborate closely with the brands we partner with to inform and help create annual global brand strategies that deliver commercial and cultural value in local markets.

• Manage the efficient and effective implementation of the brand strategy.

• Own the day-to-day relationship with our Brand Partners and work closely with them to create an open, candid dialogue that delivers clarity.

• Grow, our revenue with existing brand partners and engage new brands to buy our Studio services.

• Oversee the full lifecycle of projects. From initial brief to final delivery including internal resource management, external suppliers and financials.

• Immerse yourself into your brands to develop an in-depth knowledge and become the go-to authority. From commercial objectives, target audience insights, content insights, channels, processes, brand assets, key stakeholders and much, much more are met.

• Ensure every project is delivered on time, on budget and to the highest quality by working closely with our Project Manager and Producers to ensure everyone has visibility and clarity over what is required and issues are escalated as early as possible.

ABOUT YOU

At Something™, we expect everyone to learn, add value, take ownership of and have pride in what they do. To be a successful Head Of Brands you will have a proven track record working within agencies and a strong relationship with existing brands who may want to continue to work with you. You should posses the following traits:

• A confident communicator with a strategic mind and an ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• A proactive and intuitive approach that enables you to foresee challenges and uncover opportunities.

• An ability to understand and balance commercial, creative and cultural objectives to help define, develop and deliver projects that engage audiences while delivering against business goals.

• A hands-on approach to building and developing relationships with Brand Partners enabling you to distill a Brand Partner’s thinking in to Something™ actionable by our team.

• A skilled communicator who can deliver clarity and transparency through the use of compelling language, visuals, data-led insights and logic informed by experience. You can remove subjectivity to generate excitement and buy-in from brands, while being able to constructively challenge and defuse tough conversations; ensuring no-one loses sight of the bigger picture.

• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams.

• Collaborative in your approach but single-minded in your ability to deliver. You’ll need to engage multiple internal stakeholders, whilst continuing to push work through and hit deadlines.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

ABOUT US

Something™ is an independent, B Corp certified creative studio based in London and Byron Bay.

Part agency, part entertainment company and part IP incubator we collaborate with brands to increase their cultural relevance and drive commercial growth.

We've spent the past 8 years building a global community of culturally-influential individuals, brands, organisations, events, publishers, and talent. This community enables us to deliver strategy-led, culturally impactful content, campaigns and experiences end-to-end, across all mediums and channels, for the most valuable audiences, today and tomorrow.

Our London studio and home sits at the heart of Fitzrovia where we work on developing our own products and formats alongside brand collaborations – creating more relevant experiences that build lasting relationships between people and brands.

We’ve built a strong foundation of success with some of the world’s most iconic brands and we’re looking for the most interesting people to join us at this extremely exciting stage of our journey as we navigate through our next phase of growth. 

Some of the brands we work with

SOME OF THE BRANDS WE WORK WITH