Grant Thornton is seeking a Brand Strategy Manager to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below.

+ Develop and evolve the group's positioning, narrative, messaging architecture and tone of voice principles for use across markets

+ Connect audience, client need, value and proof in every framework, so each claim we make is clear, credible and consistent

+ Build the proposition and messaging frameworks behind our campaigns, services and solutions, working with activation, creative, content and service line teams

+ Design and lead brand workshops with leadership teams, markets and service lines to shape propositions, test the thinking and build agreement on the direction

+ Turn approved strategy into clear creative briefs and keep the agreed direction intact through development

+ Shape the group's brand architecture as we grow, developing options and naming recommendations for acquisitions, products, platforms, services and solutions

+ Prepare decision papers for senior leaders, setting out each option with its commercial, legal and market implications

+ Partner with Legal throughout, so trademark and regulatory advice shapes each recommendation from the start

+ Assess the brand equity of firms joining the group and recommend how each brand transitions, from the end state through to the approach and timing

+ Develop the positioning and core messages for acquisition announcements, connecting each new firm clearly to the wider group

+ Define and evolve the employee value proposition with People and Culture, from the promise we make to talent through to the proof points and core messages behind it

+ Brief the teams responsible for employer brand activity, ensuring the core proposition and messaging are applied consistently

+ Define the questions our brand tracking and testing programs need to answer, from awareness and consideration through to message performance

+ Interpret the findings and recommend changes to positioning and messaging over time

+ Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business or a related field, or equivalent experience

+ Around 7 years in brand strategy, gained in-house, in an agency or in a consultancy

+ Experience working across markets or in a complex organization; professional services experience is useful but not required

+ A proven record building propositions and messaging architectures

+ Strong writing and editorial judgment, able to make complex services clear, credible and distinctive

+ Experience in brand architecture, naming and acquired-brand strategy

+ Employer brand experience and confidence working with senior People and Culture stakeholders

+ Skilled facilitation: able to design and lead workshops with senior stakeholders across markets and cultures

+ Research literacy: able to frame testing questions and turn findings into recommendations

+ The ability to build an evidence-based case, present a clear recommendation to senior leaders and gain their support About Us At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result - for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It's what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.

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