Brand Marketing Director, UK & Ireland

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Slough, Berkshire, England, GBR
In-Office
Senior level
Kids + Family • Retail • Robotics
The Role
Lead the UK & Ireland brand marketing function: build and coach a high-performing team, define go-to-market strategy, deliver integrated campaigns across channels, manage budgets and retailer partnerships, drive commercial growth and measurement, and influence senior stakeholders.
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Job Description

Location: Slough, UK (Hybrid: 3 days office / 2 days home)

***Please apply with your CV in English***

Shape the Future of an Iconic Global Brand

Are you an experienced marketing leader with a passion for building brands, developing high-performing teams, and delivering commercial growth?

We're looking for a Brand Marketing Director with extensive experience in the UK & Ireland market to lead the strategic direction and execution of our marketing agenda across one of our most important markets. This is a unique opportunity to influence brand growth, drive business performance through strong strategy and execution, and inspire teams while working for one of the world's most recognised and loved consumer brands.

The Opportunity

As Brand Marketing Director, you will lead a talented marketing team and play a key role within the senior leadership community. You'll be responsible for developing and executing best-in-class marketing strategies, creating impactful consumer experiences, and ensuring strong commercial outcomes across brands, audiences, and key trading periods.

Working closely with local and global stakeholders, you will combine creativity, data, and commercial acumen to deliver sustainable growth and market-leading campaigns.

What You'll Be Doing

Leadership

  • Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Brand Marketing team.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, learning, and innovation.
  • Contribute as a key member of the Marketing and wider business leadership teams.
  • Drive organisational change and inspire excellence across the function.

Brand & Marketing Strategy

  • Define and lead the UK & Ireland go-to-market brand strategy.
  • Deliver integrated marketing plans across media, social, PR, experiential, influencer, and performance marketing channels.
  • Champion innovation and a test-and-learn mindset to maximise marketing effectiveness.
  • Develop strong partnerships with global teams, agencies, retailers, and strategic partners.
  • Drive an owned, earned, shared, and paid marketing approach to achieve business objectives.

Commercial Leadership

  • Own marketing performance and commercial delivery across audiences, brands, and launches.
  • Manage and optimise significant marketing investments and budgets.
  • Monitor performance metrics and provide strategic recommendations to drive growth.
  • Partner closely with Sales and Operations teams to identify opportunities and address challenges.
  • Bring a strong customer and audience perspective to business decision-making.

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience

  • A deep and current understanding of the UK & Ireland retail environment and experience partnering with major retailers in-country is essential.
  • Significant senior-level brand marketing experience within a leading consumer goods organisation (FMCG, gaming or tech company exposure is preferred).
  • Proven success leading teams and developing high-performing talent.
  • Strong track record of delivering brand growth, improved brand health, and commercial results.
  • Expertise across the full marketing mix, including media, social, PR, events, influencer marketing, and measurement.
  • Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships across local and global organisations.
  • Demonstrated ability to contribute effectively at senior leadership level.
  • Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and influencing skills.
  • A demonstratable exposure to experience of change management and the resilience required to accept, drive and implement.

Desirable Experience

  • Experience working within highly matrixed, cross-functional organisations.
  • Knowledge of marketing mix modelling and advanced effectiveness measurement.
  • Experience marketing to family, parent, or children's audiences.
  • Understanding of omnichannel retail and eCommerce environments.

What Success Looks Like

You will:

  • Build and lead an exceptional marketing team.
  • Deliver breakthrough campaigns that strengthen brand equity.
  • Drive measurable commercial growth.
  • Influence strategic business decisions through customer and market insights.
  • Create lasting impact across the UK & Ireland business.

Apply Today

If you're a commercially minded marketing leader with a passion for people development, brand building, and delivering results, we'd love to hear from you.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.

Skills Required

  • Deep and current understanding of the UK & Ireland retail environment and experience partnering with major retailers
  • Significant senior-level brand marketing experience within a leading consumer goods organisation (FMCG, gaming or tech exposure preferred)
  • Proven success leading teams and developing high-performing talent
  • Track record of delivering brand growth, improved brand health, and commercial results
  • Expertise across the full marketing mix including media, social, PR, events, influencer marketing, and measurement
  • Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships across local and global organisations
  • Ability to contribute effectively at senior leadership level with strong strategic thinking, communication, and influencing skills
  • Demonstrable experience of change management and resilience to drive and implement change
  • Experience working within highly matrixed, cross-functional organisations
  • Knowledge of marketing mix modelling and advanced effectiveness measurement
  • Experience marketing to family, parent, or children's audiences
  • Understanding of omnichannel retail and eCommerce environments
  • Pass Child Safeguarding Background Screening if role involves high engagement with children

The LEGO Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The LEGO Group and has not been reviewed or approved by The LEGO Group.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is generally positioned as competitive across many roles and markets, with benchmarking against local markets and an expressed commitment to equal pay. Total compensation is often framed as stronger when considering the full package rather than base salary alone.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave is described as notably expansive, with substantial fully paid time for primary and secondary caregivers and additional paid caregiver leave. Leave is also described as continuing to accrue other rewards such as vacation and bonus eligibility during the leave period.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Benefits are described as extending beyond core insurance into mental health and wellbeing support, including assistance programs, mindfulness resources, ergonomic setups, and fitness-related offerings. Brand-specific lifestyle perks such as sizable product discounts are highlighted as a meaningful part of the overall rewards experience.

The LEGO Group Insights

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The Company
HQ: Billund
19,827 Employees
Year Founded: 1932

What We Do

We are the LEGO Group, the company behind the world’s most loved LEGO® bricks. Our brand name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean “Play Well”. We’ve been sparking imaginations and inspiring the builders of tomorrow since 1932. This is our mission and what motivates our colleagues around the world every day. Today, we remain proudly family-owned with headquarters in Billund, Denmark. We have regional hubs in Boston, USA; London, UK; Shanghai, China; and Singapore, as well as 7 manufacturing facilities around the world. These places are home to 28,000+ colleagues in everything from design and engineering to digital technology and marketing. Together we learn, imagine and build – creating play experiences that are sold in over 130 countries worldwide. A purposeful and responsible global brand where creativity helps to inspire builders all around the world. Just imagine being part of that!

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