Job Advertisement Overview: Spur Corporation, a dynamic multi-brand restaurant franchisor headquartered in Cape Town, is on a growth trajectory with eight diverse brands including Spur Steak Ranches, Spur Grill & Go, Panarottis Pizza Pasta, John Dory’s Fish Grill Sushi, RocoMamas, The Hussar Grill, Casa Bella, and Nikos Coalgrill Greek. Committed to fostering an exceptional talent pool, Spur Corporation cultivates a workplace that embodies collaboration and innovation, fostering a performance-based culture where each employee can flourish in their unique Spur Corporation journey. Passionate and purpose-driven, Spur Corporation’s employees contribute to the success of the group’s endeavors and operational activities, providing an outstanding return on investment to shareholders. A career at Spur Corporation offers employees an opportunity to nurture, learn, grow, and realize their full potential.
An exciting position has opened in the Marketing Department at the Head Office in Cape Town for a Brand Manager – Local Store.
Minimum Requirements:
- Tertiary education, preferably in Marketing or Business qualifications
- 3-4 years of experience.
- Highly skilled in a fast-paced administration role.
- Strict adherence to the company philosophy/mission statement, consistently acting as a brand ambassador.
- Confidence in producing work across multiple platforms.
- Goal-oriented, organized team player.
- Creative problem solver who thrives when presented with a challenge.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage effectively.
- Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent analytic and time-management skills.
- Exceptional organizational skills are a primary requirement for the Marketing assistant role.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Build Relationships:
- Communicate with Operations and Franchisees to understand requirements and needed information, following each job through from briefing to completion.
- Develop and maintain relationships with Franchisees and Operations, enhancing communication between them and Group Marketing.
- Ensure a consistent and accurate flow of information in both directions.
- Understand the objectives of each local store marketing initiative’s brief to deliver suitable advertising.
Local Store Process:
- Arrange cost estimates and obtain approval from the Franchisee before starting production on any job.
- Facilitate the design and production of POS, advertising, and other marketing materials for local store marketing initiatives.
- Manage placement of adverts, liaising with Advertising Agencies and relevant media owners.
- Package and dispatch marketing materials from Head Office or Spur décor to local stores as needed.
- Review/approve social media content for restaurants on various platforms.
- Assist line management with ad-hoc tasks to improve the day-to-day running of the local store marketing process.
Internal Communication:
- Collaborate closely with Production Manager, Traffic Manager, and Designers, ensuring all briefs are professionally submitted with relevant information for the design/traffic team.
- Maintain regular communication with all relevant parties during office hours.
- Conduct regular update meetings with line management on all work input and output requirements.
Brand – General:
- Check, sign, code, and submit invoices promptly for the payment process.
- Ensure effective use of the Magnetic Briefing System to brief all jobs/inquiries to the studio/production.
- Request and bill CE’s (Change Estimates) in a timely manner.
- Follow up with clients within 2 days of submitting artwork to obtain confirmations/approvals and close/finalize/bill jobs accordingly.
- Understand Spur operations to implement practical insights and learnings in all initiatives.