Assistant Brand Manager

RDX is seeking an Assistant Brand Manager to enhance the presence and impact of our brand across all customer touchpoints, including online platforms, retail environments, partnerships, and gym floors. This role involves translating market and competitor insights into actionable recommendations, improving our website and digital experience, and helping to establish new brand partnerships within the combat sports and fitness sectors. The ideal candidate will be both strategic and hands-on, collaborating closely with the Brand Manager, e-commerce, creative, product, and sales teams to drive brand growth.

Key Responsibilities

- Conduct thorough competitor and market analysis by tracking key players in combat sports, fitness, and sportswear. This includes monitoring products, pricing, positioning, campaigns, social media activity, and website experience.
- Produce regular competitor reports, including monthly snapshots and quarterly deep-dives, with clear, actionable recommendations.
- Monitor category trends, consumer reviews, and sentiment to identify gaps and opportunities for RDX.
- Regularly audit the RDX website(s) to ensure brand consistency, user experience, product storytelling, content quality, and conversion optimization.
- Benchmark the website against competitors and best-in-class brands, developing a prioritized backlog of improvements.
- Collaborate with e-commerce and web teams to brief, test, and track website changes, including A/B testing, landing pages, and product detail page content.
- Identify and research potential brand partners such as athletes, gyms, fight promotions, events, influencers, and co-branding opportunities.
- Initiate outreach efforts, prepare partnership proposals, and support negotiations alongside the Marketing Director.
- Coordinate the activation of signed partnerships and report on outcomes relative to agreed objectives.
- Review all customer touchpoints—including website, social media, email, marketplaces, packaging, retail/POS, events, and customer service—to ensure alignment with brand guidelines.
- Recommend practical improvements to tone, visuals, and customer experience, and assist with their implementation.
- Help maintain and enforce brand guidelines across internal teams and external agencies.
- Support campaign planning, briefing, and launches in collaboration with creative and marketing teams.
- Track brand KPIs and prepare regular performance updates for leadership.
- Manage small budgets and agency/vendor relationships as assigned.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.
- 3 to 6 years of experience in brand management, marketing, social media, or e-commerce, preferably with consumer, sports, or lifestyle brands.
- Prior experience working with a combat sports brand is a significant advantage.
- Proven ability to produce competitor and market analysis that informs strategic decisions.
- Experience pitching or managing partnerships, sponsorships, or collaborations.
- Strong analytical skills, comfortable using Google Analytics, Excel/Sheets, and social listening tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to present ideas clearly to senior stakeholders.
- Highly organized, capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
- Keen attention to brand consistency and detail.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

- Experience with international or direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands across UK, EU, or US markets.
- Basic design literacy using tools such as Figma or Canva to create website or creative mock-ups.
- Experience working with agencies, influencers, or athlete ambassadors.

RDX offers a competitive salary package including sales commissions, fuel allowance, medical insurance, and group life insurance. Additional benefits include free in-house lunch, complimentary gym access through partnered gyms, participatory funds, paid time off, maternity leave, and a supportive, engaging work culture that fosters learning and professional growth.