McDonald's Norway is looking for a Brand Manager (temporary position)

Are you as fond of Big Mac’s as we are? Do you want to work with one of the world’s largest brands? If so, you might be the person we are looking for!

We at Food Folk Norway AS, which manages the McDonald's brand in Norway, are looking for a Brand Manager with a burning commitment to branding and a keen eye for flawless execution to join our marketing department.

The position is temporary from 1. December 2024 to 1. December 2025, however, for the right candidate we can be flexible on the start time.

Main areas of responsibility

Campaign and content lead

• Deployment of marketing campaigns, including local execution of regional campaigns.
• Budget responsibility.
• Briefing and planning of local campaigns from marketing plan.
• Lead creative agency through the production of final asset delivery for media placement.
• Execute regional merchandising framework to local market.

Collaborate with key stakeholders

• Carry out campaigns in collaboration with local Communications & Marketing.
• Work closely with Consumer & Business Insights to follow up, optimisie and evaluate campaigns.
• Function as sparring partner towards regional Brand & Marketing Strategy and Menu & Innovation teams on campaigns.
• Align campaign concepts & messaging across channels.

Why you will love working with us:

• Work in the heart of Oslo with a team of 50+ creative minds who value teamwork and innovation. Collaborating with us should be fun, while at the same time you get to challenge yourself.
• We have clear career opportunities and are just as passionate about self-development as developing the McDonald's brand.
• We are committed to being an attractive and modern workplace, offering flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home. The most important thing is that the job is done, not where it is done. Our office premises are in the middle of Oslo city center with canteen arrangements.
• We work purposefully with competence development and have a good and inclusive working environment. We enjoy each other and have several social activities a year.

What we are looking for:

• Relevant higher education at Bachelor's or Master’s level in marketing and/or economics, with good results.
• At least 3-4 years of relevant work experience, full-time or part-time, preferably from the FMCG market.
• You must be able to run creative processes independently.
• You must be confident in a position that requires stakeholder management, agency relations and budget responsibility.
• Fluent in Norwegian and English, oral and written.

Personal qualities:

• Business oriented: Understand the overall objectives and have a strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Personal traits: we’re looking for a strong relationship builder who can functionas a trusted advisor to the marketing team and our franchisees, with a collaborative mindset to reach the best possible solutions.
• Communication: Show confidence, open and honest communication and adapt communication style to a given audience.
• Drive and capacity: Driven to achieve quality results and takes personal responsibility to achieve stretch results.
• Solid experience with PowerPoint and Excel.

Critical success factors:

• Leverage insights and market perspective to secure customer centric marketing strategies and content.
• Flawless execution of campaigns.
• Analytic and result driven marketeer with proven experience in multi-channel marketing campaigns.

In addition to working closely with McDonald's globally, we have approx. 200 Nordic colleagues in the Food Folk organization. Around half work locally in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, or Finland, while the rest work at a regional level.