Senior Marketing, Brand and Communications
1 day ago
Manchester
HEAD OF BRAND \n Base: Manchester (4 days HQ / 1 day remote)\n Reports to: Creative Director \n\n If youre the kind of creative strategist who builds worlds, well build the package to match. \n\n We were the brand that flipped off beige fashion, put spikes on platforms, and refused to blend in. We were noise, chaos, and cult energy. \n This role is for a Head of Brand who can help reignite KOIs original spirit, turning sharp ideas into culture, and culture into commercial impact. \n\n As Head of Brand at KOI, youll shape and execute the brands creative vision across every channel, from campaigns and collections to the everyday details that define how KOI feels to the world. You balance instinct with insight, creativity with commercial impact. \n You bring clarity, energy and rebellion to everything you touch, guiding the creative team to deliver work that cuts through noise, connects with our audience, and pushes the KOI identity forward. \n\n Brand Vision & Strategy \n Lead the brand vision define and evolve KOIs positioning, voice, and creative direction, ensuring every drop, campaign, and touchpoint reflects who we are and where were going. \n\n Build and maintain a long-term (12-month+) creative and brand strategy roadmap alongside the Creative Director, keeping KOIs world moving forward with intent and cohesion. \n Measure brand health define and track key metrics such as awareness, sentiment, and engagement, translating insight into creative and strategic action. \n Stay ahead of the curve keep close watch on cultural shifts, community sentiment, and competitor activity to ensure KOI leads, not follows. \n Shape the future drive innovation in marketing, content, and storytelling formats, exploring new creative mediums and collaborations that push KOI into new cultural spaces. \n\nCampaigns & Creative Direction \n Lead the go-to-market strategy for all drops craft the narrative, timing, channel plans, and experiential ideas that cut through culture. \n Oversee the visual and tonal direction for all organic and earned channels, including social, influencer, PR, and events, ensuring each piece of content carries KOIs signature energy. \n Own the brand and marketing calendar align messaging across Organic, Earned, CRM, and Paid so every campaign feels cohesive and deliberate, you set the tone and allow the team to deliver. \n Partner with the Creative Team to develop high-impact visuals, films, graphics, and ideas that drive emotion, spark conversation, and connect with our community. \n Oversee all art direction from campaign shoots to product imagery ensuring every output feels distinctively KOI and on-brand. whether its pixelated PS1 graphics or a SIMS-inspired launch, KOI embraces unconventional creative. \n\nOversee planning, scheduling, and workflow across creative projects to ensure timely delivery, high standards, and consistent creative excellence. \n Manage the brand budget allocate and oversee spend across brand, organic, and campaign activity, balancing experimentation with performance. \n Drive collaboration across Brand, E-com, Marketing, Graphics, and Customer Service to ensure the brand strategy is understood and lived across the business. \n\nLine manage the Junior Brand & Marketing Manager and wider creative team, providing clarity, structure, and room for growth. \n Host regular creative sessions to share ideas, energy, and feedback KOI is an inclusive environment where every voice can help shape drops, messaging, and direction. \n Embed KOIs creative ethos throughout the company, ensuring all teams understand that we are a creative-led brand first. \n\nManage relationships with photographers, videographers, editors, agencies, and freelancers selecting the right collaborators and ensuring output meets KOIs creative standards. \n Translate creative and cultural impact into measurable performance insights, ensuring every external partnership and activation delivers both creative and commercial value. \n\nCultural Innovation \n Keep KOIs creative world evolving test new ideas, experiment across mediums, and build cultural moments that challenge convention. \n Push the boundaries of what a footwear brand can represent, ensuring KOI continues to be seen as a cultural disruptor and creative leader. \n\n\n Experienced in leading cross-channel brand campaigns within a fashion, lifestyle, or youth-culture brand. \n~ Obsessed with creative storytelling, community, and emerging culture. \n~ Strong awareness of the KOI mission, and a love for the brand. \n Fluency across social-first content. \n~ A natural collaborator, balancing creative chaos with commercial clarity. \n~ Ideally you have seen, and are a fan of The Matrix (bonus). \n\n\n Growth in CRM list, social following, comments/engagement. \n Positive movement in brand sentiment and unaided awareness. \n Quality PR hits, and influencer UGC volume. \n Competitive salary. \n~ Generous team discount. \n~ Work From Home Wednesdays. \n~ Bookable WFH Days. \n Free parking on site. \n~ Freedom to experiment, we back ideas and creative risk.