UK Brand Homes Manager (London)

Manchester, UK (On-site)

£68K/yr – £78K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own the end‑to‑end UK Brand Homes experience, shaping strategy, guest journeys, operations, and growth across two flagship destinations while partnering with global teams to elevate brand equity.

  • Lead strategy and guest experience across UK Brand Homes.
  • Drive operational excellence, data‑driven improvements, and budgeting.
  • Develop and empower local leadership across both locations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end‑to‑end experience strategy across both sites, ensuring every touchpoint reflects the brand’s heritage, values, and global standards.
  • Champion the development of premium guest experiences, acting as a senior brand ambassador for key stakeholders, partners, and high‑profile visitors.
  • Shape and continually refine the UK Brand Home blueprint — from storytelling and tasting formats to premium experiences and VIP hosting.
  • Drive long‑term strategic planning, growth and innovation for both Brand Homes, influencing short-term and future growth, experience evolution, and site development.
  • Establish operational standards, compliance frameworks, and best‑in‑class processes.
  • Oversee the creation of a new bar proposition in the Northern Brand Home, ensuring it enhances the visitor journey and commercial performance.
  • Play an active role leading and running of the Northern Brand Home, particularly during launch and early growth phases, ensuring operational excellence is modelled, embedded, and consistently upheld.
  • Take a hands‑on role in the day‑to‑day operational duties of the London Home.
  • Lead the evolution of systems, processes, and operational efficiencies as the business scales, ensuring both sites remain best in class.
  • Analyse performance data and KPIs to identify opportunities and deliver measurable improvements.

Requirements

  • Polished, commercially astute, strategically minded leader with a proven track record in premium hospitality, experiential environments, or luxury brand spaces.
  • Based in London with regular travel to Manchester.
  • Senior Multi‑Site Leadership experience.

Benefits

  • A senior, strategically significant role with influence and autonomy.
  • The opportunity to shape two flagship brand homes and contribute to a global brand experience strategy.
  • A culture that values excellence, collaboration, development and fun.
  • A competitive package.
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Hot Pickle

A proudly independent brand experience agency, we are driven by a belief that physical experiences have the power to change how consumers will think, feel and act. Creating ideas that will get into hearts, minds and the headlines. We specialise in:•Brand Homes & Flagships – from strategy to design to operations, we conceive world class concepts and make them a reality•Integrated Experience Campaigns – we work with global teams to build multi-channel experience platforms to make brands visible in people’s lives and in culture•Experience Design & Innovation – we deliver boundary-pushing B2B events and imagine, produce, and test new products and services.A multi-talented team of thinkers, creators and makers, our individual skills may mark us out, but our values and passion for experience unites us. In our 15-year history, we ‘ve delivered projects in every content bar Antarctica and are privileged to be working with some of the world’s most-loved brands.

Founded in 2009
London, England, GBR
28 employees (9 in marketing)

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Current headcount: ~28

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