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Brand Manager

Job Description:

About The Team:

The Global Brand Management team champions the Sage brand with a mission to elevate how Sage shows up in the world by developing our brand identity and architecture, managing brand resources, maintaining the brand asset library, leading brand training and reviews, and shaping brand creative for major initiatives.

Job Purpose:

Our Brand Managers champion the Sage brand globally by supporting the development of our brand identity and architecture, providing tools and guidance to the entire organization, and governing how the brand is applied across all touchpoints globally. If you’re experienced in managing the technical and creative aspects of a global brand and collaborating with teams across global regions, we’d love to hear from you!

In this individual contributor role, you'll focus on the development and production of brand assets. Working closely with your Brand Management colleagues and external design agencies, you'll produce visual brand content—such as graphics, illustrations, photography, and iconography—for broad use across Sage. You’ll manage the asset production pipeline, assess business needs, and prioritize projects based on budget and impact.

The role also includes providing hands-on design support - creating visual assets and mockups for initiatives like Sage’s Brand Guidelines - and contributing to brand governance and creative consultation across communications and campaigns. Partnering with internal teams and agencies, you’ll help refine and manage brand frameworks, processes, and ways of working to ensure consistency and high-quality creative execution across all channels.

Requirements: What you'll bring

• 5 years of experience in brand design, creative agencies, or in-house brand teams; experience with major brands preferred.

• Background in brand design or brand management, ideally within B2B or SaaS technology environments.

• Proficiency in visual design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma.

• Experience collaborating with creative agencies to produce brand-aligned visual assets.

• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple design projects, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines within budget.

• Deep understanding of brand systems and visual identity frameworks, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.

• Familiarity with asset management systems for hosting and distributing visual content.

• Cross-functional collaboration skills, working effectively with marketing, communications, and product teams.

• Ability to create visual mockups and prototypes for brand guidelines, campaigns, and internal presentations.

• High attention to detail in layout, typography, formatting, and overall visual execution.

• Adaptability in ambiguous environments, with a flexible and iterative approach to creative problem-solving.

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present design rationale and train stakeholders.

• Passion for branding, with a strong appreciation for the details that drive brand consistency.

Why Sage?

Sage helps small-to-medium-sized businesses to succeed with AI-powered Accounting & Financial Management software. Knowing that over millions of our global customers depend on our solutions, motivates us to keep innovating so they keep growing. Sage Copilot is a prime examplehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vRW5YfAeec

• Test your skills and continue to grow your career at a stable, global SaaS company, with products voted #1 in customer satisfaction for 10 consecutive years.

• Collaborate with a globally diverse, customer-focused teams that embrace innovation, bold thinking, and impactful work.

• Our culture is built on doing the right thing—guided by our values: Human, Trust, Bold, and Simplify. We support flexible working (2 days per week from home) and encourage giving back through our Sage Foundation, offering every employee 40 paid volunteer hours per year to make a difference in your local communities.

Key Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the creation and production of visual brand assets, including graphics, illustrations, photography, iconography, and other design elements for organization-wide use.

• Manage external brand design or creative agencies, ensuring alignment with brand standards and timely delivery of assets.

• Maintain and optimize the brand asset production pipeline, balancing priorities, timelines, and budget constraints.

• Manage brand content in the organization’s brand asset library, including uploading, organizing, and maintaining content.

• Monitor asset usage and performance, identifying opportunities to improve or expand visual content libraries.

• Support design needs for the Brand Guidelines, creating visual examples and templates that reinforce brand consistency.

• Collaborate with Brand Management colleagues to align on project needs, brand strategy, and visual identity requirements.

• Ensure all visual content produced meets brand standards, accessibility guidelines, and quality benchmarks.

• Provide hands-on design support, producing mockups, layouts, and visual assets for internal and external brand initiatives.

• Contribute to brand governance processes, helping define and implement ways of working across global marketing and business functions.

• Support regional brand consistency, ensuring marketing communications across North America, UKI, Europe, Africa/Middle East, and APAC are on-brand.

• Consult on complex brand-related issues, offering guidance across the organization.

• Manage stakeholder expectations, communicating priorities and facilitating alignment across internal and external teams.

• Advocate for the brand, promoting brand principles and consistency within scoped functional areas.

• Stay current with design trends and technologies, bringing innovation and fresh thinking to brand asset development.

Benefits? We have plenty.

• Competitive annual bonuses

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

• 401(k) retirement match (100% matching up to 4%)

• 32 days paid time off (22 personal days & 10 national holidays)

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave (offered 1 year after the start date)

• Work Away Program: Opportunity to work & play for 10 weeks from another country (Sage-approved list)

• Sage Foundation: 5 days paid yearly to volunteer

• $5,250 tuition reimbursement per calendar year starting 6 months after the hire date

• Sage Wellness Rewards Program ($600 wellness credit and $360 fitness reimbursement annually)

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Function:

Brand

Country:

United States

Office Location:

Atlanta

Work Place type:

Hybrid

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Our colleagues are the best of the best. Because to achieve extraordinary outcomes, we need extraordinary teams. This means infusing Sage with people who knock down barriers, continuously innovate, and want to experience their potential.

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We celebrate individuality and welcome you to join us if you embrace all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and ways of working. If you need support applying, reach out [email protected].

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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Sage is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Sage will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Sage does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.