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Marketing Communication Lead

Mars (External) Open · verified Oct 17, 2026
CHN-Shanghai-Shanghai-Xuhui Full-time Senior Communications

At a glance

Senior Communications role at Mars (External). CHN-Shanghai-Shanghai-Xuhui · full-time.

Pay not stated Communications salary

RoleCommunications
SenioritySenior
LocationCHN-Shanghai-Shanghai-Xuhui
EmploymentFull-time
PostedOct 9, 2026 · 8d ago
Role brief

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What you'll do

  • Set Royal Canin’s communication direction and calendar, then lead brand-wide creative plans across the pet-owner journey
  • Manage communication budgets and improve how resources are coordinated and investment is used
  • Build and govern a digital hub for brand assets, including Weibo, WeChat and other social platforms
  • Shape brand media plans, apply global media principles locally and work to improve media returns
  • Lead social content and account activity, including creator partnerships, user content, platform collaborations and negative-buzz response

What you bring

  • A bachelor’s degree or higher in marketing, business or a related discipline
  • At least twelve years in marketing at a multinational, with brand communication expertise and strong knowledge of new-media opportunities
  • At least five years leading teams, with experience motivating and developing people
  • Strong spoken and written English, plus the ability to influence and align varied stakeholders

Who this fits

This senior role suits an experienced marketing leader who can set direction, guide a team and bring internal groups and external agencies together. You’ll work with global and regional stakeholders and need to navigate change, ambiguity and conflict while aligning sales and marketing around a shared vision.

From the employer

Job Description:

Responsibility:

Brand Communication

  • Own communication strategy and calendar for Royal Canin Brand.

  • Lead creative and execution of brand-level communication plans (umbrella messaging), and brand communication strategy across the Pet Owner Journey.

  • Build strong brand equity and drive brand awareness through brand communication, marketing strategy, and integrated marketing activities.

  • Local point of contact with the global on RC brand communication

  • Manage related budgets, and keep improving investment effectiveness and efficiency through driving one-demand collaboration and resource synergy

Digital Assets Management

  • Build a digital Hub and manage all brand and digital assets, including but not limited to Weibo, WeChat, and other social media platforms.

  • Champion the global Media Key Beliefs and be able to implement them in the local market effectively.

  • Create a cross-functional understanding of media developments, issues, and trends that inform and influence Mars’ perspective

  • Lead development of optimal brand-specific media strategies and plans

  • Drive improvements in ROI on brand media investment

  • Lead the setting up of the digital assets management governance process, such as video.

Social Media Operation

  • Own communication strategy in social media

  • Lead creative and execution of social media operation, including brand account, PGC social recommendation, UGC, negative buzz mitigation, and platform collaborations

  • Innovate ways of working and methodology to win over young pet owners for precise nutrition category building and RC brand health equity accumulation

  • Lead social content strategy development and planning

  • Social influencer management

  • Incubation of associate ambassadors, professional KOLs, and KOS, etc.

  • Brand social profiling creation and amplification

Requirement:

1. Bachelor's degree or above in Marketing, Business, or related field.

2. At least 12 years+ experience in marketing function in MNC, with expertise and skill set in brand communication and leading-edge understanding of new media opportunities.

3. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills; ability to collaborate with different stakeholders, including pillar marketing, global/regional stakeholders, and external agencies.

4. Ability to think strategically and drive sales and marketing alignment to a vision.

5. Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, comfortable with change, and able to navigate through ambiguity and conflicts.

6. At least 5+ years of experience in managing teams; proven ability to engage, motivate, and develop people.

7. Good English communication in both written and spoken.

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