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Brand Analyst, Seasonal

Ferrara • Full-time • Chicago, Illinois, United States • 3w ago

Position Details

Title: Brand Analyst, Seasonal

Type: Job

Class: Full-time

Date: 7/18/2025

Region: Chicago Illinois

City, State: Chicago, IL

Summary:

The Brand Analyst is responsible for partnering with the Brand Manager in marketing strategy planning, development and implementation, portfolio and P&L management, communications, and commercialization for brands. The role contributes to cross-functional teams working with Sales, Operations, Finance, R&D (InTech) and outside agency partners in order to execute brand initiatives.

Responsibilities:

Marketing Strategy

Assist in development and execution of annual and multi-year brand strategic plans.
Support brand team in management of consumer and customer marketing programs that drive consumer engagement and profitable growth with key retailers.
Partner with Sales Strategy and Category Management teams to ensure Sales efforts are aligned with overall brand strategy, including creation of selling stories and communication / release of sales-related materials to field team.

Portfolio and P&L Management

Contribute to monthly business reporting and analysis by gathering consumption and shipment data and converting into insights and storytelling.
Manage brand budget, own purchase order creation and invoice processing.

Communications

Support brand team in execution of communications plan tactics to deliver on-budget, growth-driving tactics in packaging, promotions, advertising, PR, digital and social engagement.

Commercialization

Execute commercialization projects from ideation to scope development through commercialization, with support from the Brand Manager.
Develop concept artwork for specific skus within the broader portfolio, inclusive of reviews in Dragonfly.

Team Leadership & Development

Support the cross-functional leadership role of Marketing in order to build a high performance cross-functional environment.
Demonstrate solid business acumen in project management, financials, forecasting, building a business case, customer relations and presentation skills.

Requirements:

Skills that will make you successful

Strong project management skills; ability to cover multiple tasks and to leverage peer influence to drive projects to on-time completion
Strong oral/written communication skills
Strong analytical acumen
Strong creative & problem solving ability
Ability to learn quickly, and then act with agility
Comfort working independently & through ambiguity
Desire to operate in fast-paced, hands-on environment
Bias for action & passion for delivering results

Experiences that will support your success

Bachelor's degree
0-2 years of consumer marketing, brand management or product management experience preferred
Proficiency with Microsoft Office
Proficiency with IRI or Nielsen a plus
Proficiency with SAP a plus