Edinburgh Gin… how does becoming our new lead brand manager sound?
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Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd… ‘An international, entrepreneurial, brand-led, successful, sustainable and respected, family business’
We appreciate and value your interest in this opportunity with Ian Macleod Distillers. We own some of the world’s best loved brands including Glengoyne, Tamdhu, Rosebank and Edinburgh Gin. Please browse our websites and social channels and immerse yourself in our award-winning portfolio of brands. As we start to tantalise your taste buds and whet your appetite for a career here with us at Ian Macleod Distillers, you will really get to understand just why our team members and customers are indeed so passionate about all things Ian Macleod!
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Setting the Scene…
Born in 2010, and distilled in the heart of our namesake city, our Edinburgh Gin brand has established itself as a pioneer in craft and wonder-filled flavour.
Nestled in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, excitement has been palpable as we have now opened the doors to our brand-new, state-of-the-art distillery at the Arches on East Market Street. This is where traditional craft meets innovation, and we celebrate the art of gin-making amidst breath-taking views of Edinburgh’s skyline.
Edinburgh Gin has indeed been on an incredible journey so far! One of our biggest milestones to date, has been the opening of our new distillery at the beginning of December… a wonderous moment which has been years in the making!
Our Edinburgh Gin brand is already a multi award winning brand and there has been lots for us to celebrate so far. Our central brand management team have been pivotal in elevating our brand to consumers, recently completing an evolved brand position with new master visuals and brand toolkit and enhancing a variety of event experiences. There have been exciting new product developments including the redesign of our ready-to-drink can range, new bottled exclusives and supporting our new distillery and visitor centre.
2025 is even more exciting…
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Our new opportunity…
Due to some internal moves, we now have a unique and arguably career defining opportunity for an experienced Senior Brand Manager to join our team. Providing brand leadership and being the driving force behind the next chapter for Edinburgh Gin, the Senior Brand Manager will help us continue to deliver and refine a truly wonder-filled brand story!
As a Senior Brand Manager, you will be the champion for our Edinburgh Gin brand, leading and supporting our Brand Manager and Brand Executive in the development and delivery of the brand plans. We are expecting great things from you, especially as you will be representing one of our greatest assets! You will live and breathe both our IMD and our brand values, consistently exuding passion and enthusiasm. You will have full brand responsibility to engage, excite and delight our new and existing consumers, global customers, clients and internal stakeholders.
We are looking for a brand manager who has significant commercial acumen and oodles of creative experience in previously leading agile, exciting and premium brands. We are also looking for candidates with previous experience directly with growing, and recognisable FMCG brands (ideally within luxury brands and/or the spirits industry). Along with all of this, we are looking for candidates who have experience building creative digital and social campaigns, managing external agencies and with the knowledge of effective route-to-market pressures and requirements.
Our successful candidate will be an innovative and customer-centric brand leader, who is at home creating and delivering annual brand plans and strategies all in a financially competent manner. The ability to navigate successfully and commercially around a P&L and be comfortable operating across all levels, are also key qualities.
To be considered for this opportunity, candidates must have a can-do attitude, can effect change in a positive way and thrive in a team environment. Curiosity, accountability and proactivity are also hugely important and business critical qualities.
This is a challenging but extremely rewarding role and candidates must be able to clearly demonstrate just why their skills and experience perfectly match those that we are looking for. So, if you are already an experienced senior brand manager, are innovative, and have a curious, entrepreneurial mind along with authentic people leadership skills, then we would love to hear from you!
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Next steps…
To apply for this opportunity, click on the apply on company website button above to create your own recruitment account with us and submit your application and CV. Please remember that along with your CV, you will need to answer some key questions and submit a tailored cover letter, clearly outlining why your skills and previous experiences are a perfect fit to what we are looking for! Your cover letter is your opportunity to make yourself stand out from the crowd!
Please note, this is an open application window therefore we may close the advert at any point depending on the candidate applications received, so our recommendation is that you apply early to ensure you do not miss out!
***no agency contact***
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Proudly supporting the #OpenToWork movement.
Here at Ian Macleod Distillers (IMD), we are an equal opportunity employer and proud members of the Scotch Whisky Association, Drink Aware and the Portman Group. We have developed our ‘Responsible Spirits’ approach, also following best practice to help shape our commitment to wider social responsibility and industry standards and promoting responsible selling and consumption of alcohol.