OLX is a global leader in facilitating trade. It builds leading marketplace ecosystems enabled by tech, powered by trust, and loved by customers.
Serving tens of millions of people every month around the world, OLX helps people buy and sell cars, find housing, get jobs, buy and sell household goods, and much more. Its well-loved consumer brands (including OLX, Otomoto, Property24, and more) offer safe, smart, and convenient online trading platforms and services for its customers.
OLX is powered by global teams, united in a common purpose to build a more sustainable world through trade. For more information, visit www.olxgroup.com.
OLX is backed by Prosus, a global consumer internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world. Prosus has a primary listing on Euronext Amsterdam (AEX:PRX) and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited (XJSE:PRX), and is majority-owned by Naspers. For more information on Prosus and its companies and investments, please visit www.prosus.com.
The role
Brand strategy and architecture for the full portfolio — what each brand is for, who it's for, and how they relate to each other
The codes, tone of voice, approval process and measurement standard every brand is held to
Direct management of our core consumer brand across three markets
The launch and rollout of a new corporate brand
Social and community, for our core brand and for the categories without a brand of their own
Media strategy, planning and investment across the group, including channel strategy, investment governance and contract negotiation
The central media buying desk
An in-house creative studio — creative, content, design and production, with local-language capability
The agency roster and the in-housing programme that consolidates it
We're building a central home for brand, media and creative production across our portfolio — 11 brands, 7 countries, tens of millions of listings a day. This is a new role: you'll set the strategy for every brand in the group, run our core brand end-to-end, lead the launch of a new corporate brand, own media planning and investment, and build an in-house studio.
What you'll own
What we're looking for
Senior brand leadership in a multi-brand or portfolio business, owning strategy rather than executing someone else's
Experience building or overhauling a brand architecture across multiple brands
Experience launching a corporate or holding brand, or a comparable large-scale brand programme
Strong command of brand governance (codes, verbal identity, approvals)
Strong command of brand measurement (equity tracking, share of voice), able to commission and challenge a tracking partner rather than just receive their output
Media strategy, planning and investment experience at scale, including negotiating major contracts
Experience building or running an in-house creative studio, or leading a significant agency in-housing programme
PR experience in a business with real public exposure
A track record of building capability that didn't exist before, not just improving what did
Fluent in English.
Skills Required
- Senior brand leadership experience in a multi-brand or portfolio business, owning strategy.
- Experience building or overhauling brand architecture across multiple brands.
- Experience launching a corporate or holding brand, or a comparable large-scale brand program.
- Strong command of brand governance, including brand codes, verbal identity, and approvals.
- Strong command of brand measurement, including equity tracking and share of voice.
- Media strategy, planning, and investment experience at scale, including major contract negotiation.
- Experience building or running an in-house creative studio, or leading a significant agency in-housing program.
- Public relations experience in a business with significant public exposure.
- Track record of building previously nonexistent capabilities.
- Fluency in English.
What We Do
At OLX, we build leading marketplace ecosystems enabled by tech, powered by trust, and loved by our customers. Together we're building a more sustainable world through trade. Serving tens of millions of people every month, we help people buy and sell cars, find housing, get jobs, buy and sell household goods, and much more. Our well-loved consumer brands (including OLX, Otomoto, Otodom, Property24, and more) offer safe, smart, and convenient trading platforms and services for our customers. OLX is powered by teams around the world, who are unified in their ambition to help people get more from the world’s limited resources. We are OLX.
