Assistant Manager, Creative (F&B)

We are looking for an Assistant Manager to join our Brand Development Department. The successful candidate will manage daily workflow, traffic, and creative solutions for our Operations and Tenant-Partners. The ideal candidate will have strong design skills, excellent organisational abilities, and the capacity to manage multiple tasks while maintaining high creative standards. This role will lead a unit of marketing and creative staff, with responsibilities spanning Brand, Marketing, and Creative solutions from new stall set-ups, promotional materials, price changes to stall/outlet maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Creative Director with the daily allocation of tasks within the team, ensuring a balanced workload and adherence to timelines.

• Monitor job progress, providing updates and ensuring deadlines are met.

• Work closely with the Brand & Marketing team to conceptualise and execute the visual direction for outlet/store launches, with full accountability from initial concept to final execution.

• Propose creative solutions to marketing and design briefs in accordance with Food Republic, Food Junction, and our Tenant-Partners’ brand guidelines.

• Present design proposals to Brand Leads and other stakeholders, providing clear rationale and justification behind design decisions that meet marketing objectives and messaging.

• Work with the Visual Merchandising team to ensure productions and artwork for VM displays are operationally viable in stores.

• Maintain quality control on brand guidelines to ensure brand consistency and compliance across all touchpoints.

• Good to have: ability to work across a range of media, including digital, and basic video editing and animation work.

Requirements

• Proven experience in brand, marketing and or creative role of min. 4 years, with a strong portfolio showcasing your work.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.

• Strong understanding of brand guidelines and ability to maintain consistency across all creative outputs.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with strong team management ability and the capacity to collaborate effectively with other departments.

• Highly objective-oriented and proactive.

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and other design tools.