Brand Manager, Global Brand Comms & Content, Chivas

Pernod Ricard is a leading company in the global wines and spirits industry. We hold one of the most prestigious brand portfolios in the drinks sector, including 19 brands among the worldwide top 100. Our key brands in the UK include ABSOLUT vodka, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Beefeater and Plymouth Gins, The Glenlivet Scotch whisky, Havana Club rum, Malibu rum, Chivas Regal Scotch whisky, Perrier-Jouët champagne.

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is comprised of 3 affiliates: Pernod Ricard UK which sells and distributes our products in the UK market; Chivas Brothers brand company, our global Scotch whisky business which is responsible for the production, innovation and global brands of our whisky portfolio; and Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global HQ of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business. Our UK headquarters is in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, ‘conviviality’ and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside. We are an organisation of around 2,000 employees in the UK, 600 of which are based in London.

Chivas Regal is one of the world’s leading luxury spirit brands and a highly strategic priority within the Pernod Ricard group. The brand has recently undergone a fundamental evolution of its positioning and switched to a new cultural platform in elite sports. This has led us to redefine our approach to communicating with our consumer.

We’re looking for a Brand Manager to lead compelling communications plans that ensure that Chivas is at the heart of cultural conversations. This role will be responsible for embedding the new cultural platform and sports partnerships across our global markets through powerful activation strategies, and lead on developing new communications campaigns that help drive these forward.

Contract type: FTC - 12 MONTHS

Location: Chiswick - London

Key Responsibilities

• Communications
  • Support all aspects of global advertising, from ideation to launch in market, to create seamless 360 campaigns that drive brand relevance and bring the cultural platform to life.
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure creative excellence – from creative development through to amplification and campaign effectiveness.
  • Support team with all key drive market communications initiatives to ensure consistency with global brand direction and strategy.
  • Work closely with insights teams to ensure all campaigns go through appropriate testing for creative effectiveness.
  • Lead transcreation and adaptation process for all campaign content, ensuring the brand shows up consistently across global markets.
  • Support budget management across all communication campaigns and ensure A&P is effectively allocated to support the communication agenda in priority markets.
• Partnerships
  • Support Senior Brand Manager with the partnership with Charles Leclerc, managing the contract and day to day relationship with partner, ensuring a professional and excellent level of service.
  • Support the content and activation strategy across the partnership, ensuring efficient use of all the contract deliverables to drive the most value for the brand.
• Planning
  • Support SBM on managing regular global market communications to deliver communication and activation strategies throughout the financial year.
  • Support markets on building clear and consistent consumer activation maps and plans that drive brand objectives.
  • Work closely with internal social and PR teams to ensure global campaign amplification is truly integrated and delivers on propelling the brand forwards in culture.
• Leadership
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on a daily basis to ensure we deliver and execute compelling campaigns and activations in local markets.

Applicant Profile

If you recognize yourself in the description below, don't wait and apply!

• Are a positive, highly driven and organized person with relationship skills and attention to detail.
• Are extremely consumer-centric, understanding how modern luxury & youth culture works, turning strong understanding of consumer insights into actionable strategy, comms & activations.
• Have strong entrepreneurship skills, being able to proactively assess brand needs, understand consumer insight and transform them into actionable strategy.
• Are creative – thinks laterally, thinks inventively.
• Thrive in a team environment but is also self-motivated – demonstrates tenacity, resilience, strives to deliver results.
• Demonstrate good commercial understanding.
• Are adept at planning and organization – structured planning, organized time effectively, good project management skills, meets deadlines.
• Have strong presentation skills – confidence to present formally to internal and external audiences with ability to bring audience with you.
• Inclusive decision maker – manages upwards, shares information, works collaboratively.
• Are a strong collaborator, a true team player with a high level of proactivity and creativity.
• Possess the right soft-skills which allow you to navigate and find direction when faced with challenges.

Benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance. Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more! You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers. We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard. We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring. We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world through our strong focus on Sustainability and Responsibility (S&R).

Diversity and Inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as Créateurs de Convivialité. We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves. We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish. Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible Drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing. In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol. In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking.

Job Posting Dates

Job Posting End Date: 2026-05-21
Target Hire Date: 2026-06-01
Target End Date: 2027-06-01