Senior Manager, Brand and Creative - Central Shared Services

London, UK

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years exp

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

global brand system ownership and governance with regional alignment, ensuring consistent design across channels; DAM and tool estate governance and enablement to drive adoption; and central delivery of high quality brand communications and templates to maintain strong brand alignment.

  • Steward brand system and assets with central-regional coordination.
  • Oversee brand tools including DAMs and workflow platforms to drive adoption and correct use.
  • Lead central communications design and rollout across global outputs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Steward the firm’s global brand system, including visual identity, templates and guidance, supporting consistent, high-quality application across channels and formats.
  • Manage and optimize brand tools and platforms (including the DAM and workflow tools), supporting adoption and correct use through guidance and enablement.
  • Support regional activation while promoting strong central–regional alignment.
  • Provide advice and guidance on design quality, visual hierarchy and appropriate brand application across outputs.
  • Support effective application of brand across digital channels, including consideration of SEO, GEO, content structure and performance.
  • Lead the design and delivery of centrally‑produced global communications ensuring high design quality and strong brand alignment across global outputs.
  • Act as a central point of support for brand‑related queries and edge cases, helping to identify issues early and support appropriate resolution with relevant stakeholders.
  • Maintain and evolve the firm’s brand guidance, tools and assets in partnership with regional teams and relevant stakeholders as required, ensuring they remain current and easy to apply.
  • Lead the design, development and rollout of templates across key platforms (including Microsoft Office), supporting consistent application of the firm’s brand.
  • Oversee delivery of GSC marketing services in Manila, ensuring clear briefs and priorities, adherence to agreed requirements, SLAs and quality expectations, and maintaining reporting, training and continuous service improvement.

Requirements

  • Significant experience in brand management and design leadership (10 years +) within a complex, global organisation (law firm or professional services environment preferred).
  • Proven experience working within brand governance models at scale, balancing global consistency with regional flexibility.
  • Strong understanding of brand systems, visual identity and communications design, with a good eye for layout, hierarchy and clarity.
  • Experience managing brand tools and platforms (including DAMs), ensuring effective adoption and use across teams.
  • Advanced proficiency across the full Adobe Creative Suite, with strong command of content production, digital experience and workflow platforms (including Riverside FM, Mediasterling, Ceros and Adobe Workfront).
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, with experience leading the design and rollout of templates to support consistent outputs across the firm, and confident working across broader technology stacks, with the ability to quickly adopt and apply new tools.
  • Working knowledge of HTML, SEO and GEO.
  • Collaborative, enabling style with a strong client service focus and ability to build effective stakeholder relationships.
  • Delivers high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities with sound judgement.
  • Experience managing and developing creative professionals.

Preferred

  • Demonstrates an AI-aware mindset, identifying opportunities to leverage emerging tools and technologies to improve efficiency, scale content production and enhance ways of working.
  • High degree of intellectual curiosity and a mindset of continuous learning.

Benefits

  • We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing.
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Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. Our global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across more than 50 locations worldwide, including Houston, New York, London, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg, covering the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. We are recognized for our client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets. Our sector focus extends across our locations and gives us the ability to transcend traditional law firm boundaries, allowing our lawyers to interconnect and share knowledge across jurisdictions, practice groups and regulatory fronts to provide an integrated and streamlined service globally. Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.

Founded in 2011
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9K employees