Brand Manager; Pizza Hut

Welcome to Pizza Hut

At Pizza Hut, we don’t just make pizza – we create moments that bring people together. We’re looking for a Manager Manager (on a 6 month FTC) who blends strong creative instincts with exceptional project management and commercial discipline. Someone who thrives on turning big ideas into flawlessly executed campaigns and loves seeing strategy come to life in our huts, digitally, and in culture & comfortable with agile campaign planning, managing multiple work streams, and ensuring everything lands brilliantly in-market.

You’ll be within the integrated marketing team, who lead all campaigns. Pizza Hut UK operates in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment, giving you exposure across senior leadership, franchise partners, and global brand teams. While Pizza Hut is an iconic global brand, the UK team operates with an entrepreneurial mindset – moving fast, testing and learning, and constantly raising the bar.

This is a role for someone who can think strategically & creatively, plan meticulously, and execute relentlessly.

• Be the day-to-day business owner of the Pizza Hut brand calendar, shaping and delivering a clear marketing and campaign roadmap aligned to commercial and brand objectives.
• Translate brand strategy into robust annual and quarterly plans, ensuring priorities are clear, deliverable and sequenced effectively.
• Plan and execute brand activations and in-market events that resonate with target audiences.
• Manage timelines, budgets, and cross-functional coordination to ensure seamless delivery.
• Ensure brand guidelines and tone of voice are consistently upheld across activations.
• Work closely with creative and digital teams to align messaging across all channels.

• Lead national campaigns from briefing and planning through to execution, launch and post-campaign evaluation.
• Lead creative briefing , ideating & creative development in collaboration with the agencies & key stakeholders in the team
• Manage the full marketing mix across above-the-line, below-the-line and in-restaurant channels – from TV and digital to POS, CRM and local activation.
• Ensure campaigns are delivered on time, on budget and to brand standards, with clear milestones and accountability.

• Act as the central orchestrator across creative, media, digital, operations, food innovation, finance and franchise teams.
• Build and manage detailed project plans, timelines and critical paths to deliver multiple campaigns and initiatives in parallel.
• Proactively identify risks and dependencies, solving problems before they impact delivery.

• Own relationships with creative agencies and key partners, from briefing through production and delivery.
• Oversee creative development across social, digital and in-store, offline ensuring consistency and excellence at every touchpoint.
• Own the monthly communication to franchisees (FZ), ensuring they are well-informed on brand performance, upcoming campaigns, and key initiatives.
• Develop engaging, informative content tailored to franchisee needs, providing toolkits and support materials where necessary.
• Support the partnerships by maintaining relationships with existing brand partners and helping identify and activate new opportunities.
• Assist with integration of partner launches & content into brand communications and campaign activities.

• Track performance, extract insights and apply learnings to continually improve future campaigns.
• Leverage global best practice and local insights to evolve and scale what works.

• Professional marketing experience in D2C brand management, marketing, or a similar role (non-internship),
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Proven experience leading complex, multi-channel campaigns end-to-end, with strong ownership of timelines, budgets and delivery.
• Highly organised with outstanding project management skills, able to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong strategic thinker who can turn brand ambition into clear, executable plans.
• Experienc…