Brand Manager - Food and Beverage

Job Description

Driven to create unique home-grown food concepts that bring people together, the Independent Food Company is a UAE-based hospitality company with multiple concepts under it's umbrella SALT, Switch, Parker's, Grind, Somewhere and Public.

We currently have a open position for a Brand Manager who will be supporting existing teams as well as building new teams as part of pre-opening.

• carrying out market research in order to keep up to date with customer trends, as well as trying to predict future trends
• developing strategies and managing marketing campaigns across Food and beverage department , broadcast and online platforms to ensure that products and services meet customers expectations and to build the credibility of brands
• analyzing the success of marketing campaigns and creating reports
• supervising advertising, product design and other forms of marketing to maintain consistency in branding
• meeting with clients and working with colleagues across multiple departments (such as marketing assistants, marketing managers , Operations Department and Creative Department)
• managing budgets and a team of junior assistants
• organizing events such as product launches, exhibitions and photo shoots.

To be considered for this role, you will come from a hospitality sector with at least 4 years of experience preferably Gelato, Pastry OR relevant benchmarks.