AVPVP, Brand and Marketing (Creative)

Location:Singapore

Job Function:Corporate Affairs & Communications

Job Type:Permanent

Req ID:17282

GIC is one of the worlds largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2000 employees across 11 locations around the world we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the worlds industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapores financial future and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Corporate Affairs and Communications

The Corporate Affairs & Communications team is responsible for managing corporate affairs branding and reputation and all internal and external communications. It is GICs interface with key stakeholders including the general public media and employees.

Brand and Marketing

We develop narratives that underpin the GIC brand and protect GICs reputation and share these narratives with a range of audiences our client partners the public media and our employees through both internal and external communications. Our team includes Brand and Marketing Corporate Communications Employee Engagement and Impact and Partnerships.

What impact can you make in this role

We are looking for a suitable candidate to join our team as AVP/VP Brand and Marketing reporting to the Head of Brand and Marketing. This is a pivotal hire the creative conscience of our team setting the standard for how GIC looks feels and communicates across every this hands-on strategic role the successful candidate will work alongside the team to shape and deliver creative output across the platforms.

What will you do as a AVP/VP in Brand and Marketing

Brand Ownership

• Brand Custodian - Own and evolve GICs visual identity brand guidelines and creative standards across all touchpoints globally
• Ensure brand consistency across platforms and materials

Agency Partnership & Creative Direction

• Serve as GICs primary creative authority with external agencies setting briefs reviewing output and holding work to an institutional standard.
• Build a clear briefing framework and a deep understanding of what right looks like for GIC elevating first-draft quality and reducing iterations.
• Manage agency relationships actively Defined deliverables honest feedback and know when to commission push back or deliver in-house.

Design & Creative Execution

• Produce key assets directly where needed.
• Apply user-centric design principles to digital platforms contributing to UI/UX projects.
• Comfortable working in Adobe Creative Suite; not only direct and able to prototype and deliver finished assets.

Team & Strategic Contribution

• Build and maintain the brand toolkit so the team can produce on-brand work independently
• Be the creative partner to teams across the department raising the design quality of the content produced
• Contribute to the department strategy a creative lens bringing an external perspective on how peer institutions are evolving their brand presence.
• Collaborate with team members and cross-functional departments to align creative direction with strategic goals

What makes you a successful candidate
Experience

• 810 years in brand creative or design roles in-house or senior agency side
• Background in financial services professional services or institutional organisations strongly preferred you understand how to brief and direct work that feels right in a regulated high-trust environment
• Proven track record as a sophisticated creative client experience managing multiple relationships and projects effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience operating as a trusted creative advisor to senior stakeholders diagnosing needs shaping direction and bringing an outside-in view of how leading institutions are evolving their brand.
• Hands-on experience producing a range of collateral and creative outputs brand identity events creative publication video/ motion content and multi-formal institutional design
• History of raising agency output quality through better briefing sharper creative standards and informed constructive feedback

Skills & Attributes

• Strong design software skills fluent in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign Photoshop Illustrator Premiere Pro After Effects Familiarity with Figma or Sketch and basic HTML/CSS knowledge Understanding of UX/UI design and accessibility best practices and comfortable as both strategist and maker: you can write the brief and produce the asset.
• Strategic consultative mindset sets the creative standard exercises independent judgment on what right looks like for GIC and influences rather than simply executes.
• Strong stakeholder and project management skills able to run multiple workstreams concurrently manage agency and internal timelines across time zones and land creative ideas in a conservative institutional context without diluting them.
• A genuine team player generous with time and knowledge supportive of colleagues and invested in the teams collective success not just individual output.
• Builds strong relationships across a wide range of stakeholders raising the quality and confidence of everyone they work with.
• Strong problem-solver anticipates initiates and resolves issues and able to pivot in an ambiguous fast-moving environment.
• Highly organised delivers to a high standard under competing deadlines with a positive continuous-learning attitude.

Work at the Point of Impact

We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious agile and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas share your views and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence Respect Integrity Merit and Excellence which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

Flexibility at GIC

At GIC our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation professional growth and interpersonal connection. At the same time we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

We are an equal opportunity employer

GIC is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin sex gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please email at any point of the application or interview process if adjustments need to be made due to a disability.

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