Brand Excellence Consultant

We’re looking for a Brand Excellence Consultant to join our Group Brand and Marketing team. If you’re looking for a new challenge with an organisation committed to putting customers first, aiming high and working together, you’ll thrive here.

Job Type: Fixed Term Contract - 23 months

Location: Hybrid role based in Edinburgh

Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Closing Date: 19/10/2026

Salary and benefits: £25,000 plus an indicative bonus range of 8-16% private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we?

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The role

This role will work effectively across Group Brand & Marketing and Corporate Affairs & Brand contributing to an increasingly integrated operating model with shared priorities, connected workflows and clear interfaces. To support the Senior Marketing Planning Lead in delivering an effective and integrated marketing planning function,as well as broader support to the wider Marketing Excellencearea. The role sitsinthe Planning function, which is part ofMarketing Excellence–a team that collaborates widely across the organisationand requiresthe ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues across Group Brand & Marketing (GB&M) and the Channel Marketing teams. Working within a supportive and collaborative team culture, the roleprovidesthe opportunity to develop core marketing skills and gain invaluable experienceacrossa number ofdisciplines,for a future career in marketing, whilst bringing their business / marketing experience to the role to maintain robust operational planning and apply continuous improvement principles to ensure we remain an effective team.

As part of the role, you will follow brand, compliance and quality standards. You will be confident applying brand governance and regulatory requirements to ensure all outputs align with Group standards and support consistent, high quality brand execution.

You will also be supported in obtaining a formal qualification in Marketing.

What are we looking for?

• Basic understanding of marketing and strategic planning principles. Able to demonstrate awareness of how brand, planning, insight, MarTech and marketing activity connect within a wider marketing system.
• Good communication and relationship building skills. Comfortable working with colleagues across Corporate Affairs & Brand, Group Brand & Marketing, Channel Marketing and other teams to contribute effectively to collaborative, cross functional projects.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail. Able to support the upkeep, coordination and governance of the marketing plan, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and contribute to improving operational efficiency.
• Comfortable using or exploring AI-enabled tools and a willingness to learn to enhance content planning, social analytics and productivity, ensuring outputs meet brand, regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Curiosity, initiative and a growth mindset. Shows enthusiasm for developing strategic, operational and professional skills through hands on experience, feedback and rotational opportunities across the marketing function.
• A degree-level qualification (or equivalent) in Brand, Marketing or a related discipline is preferable.
• Some experience of working in a professional or office environment (for example through a placement, internship or part‑time role) would be beneficial
• Some experience of using MS Office applications such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel to create reports and presentations

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.

Find out more about working at Standard Life

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