Comms and Brand Manager (Maternity Cover)

Job Description

The ideal person for this role will be a proactive and engaging comms professional with at least 5 years of experience in a communications environment. You will thrive in a small team and are comfortable supporting a range of comms requirements within the organisation. My Name’5 Doddie Foundation is proud to have committed over £19.5M to MND research and a further £2M to supporting people living with the disease – all in the space of just 7 years. By leading on our message in all written and visual comms, this role is crucial in helping us continue to deliver Doddie’s legacy. 

Key Responsibilities

1.Brand Guardian

2.Storytelling

3.Marketing Creativity

• Guardianship of the visual brand, in all internal and external activity
• Guardianship of our brand voice to ensure our tone is authoritative and urgent or fun and irreverent asappropriate
• Oversee a clear social media plan and day to day management of social media platforms, supported by digital executive
• Ensure we tell our story by maintaining a group of people who are willing and able to share theirs (fundraisers, family members, scientists and people living with MND)
• Lead on major written publications (e.g. annual report)
• Work creatively with commercial agency to lead from Foundation side on partnerships with licensees on merchandise lines
• Play a key role in identifying and delivering on opportunities with sporting partners
• Manage relationships with supporting agencies (Commercial, PR and design)
• Work with Digital and Campaigns manager to develop and implement comms strategy
• Help us to deliver the Foundation strategy with Love, Fun and Hope!

Strategic Growth and Planning 

• Contribute to strategic planning by providing insight from across the sector
• Gather and use supporter insight to spot opportunities for brand growth.
• Produce regular reports and make recommendations for strategic planning.

Key Relationships 

• Director of Fundraising and Comms; Digital and Campaigns Manager; Senior Community, Eventsand Volunteering Manager; Fundraising team
• Research team
• Key agencies

Closing Date: Friday 30th May

Interview Date: Wednesday 11th June 2025

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