Brand and Marketing careers
Our Brand and Marketing team drives distinctive client and partner connections that build mutual value and growth. We do this in partnership with the client segment teams and other corporate functions. We are excited about our journey towards a platform business that is active in different ecosystems.
Brand and marketing plays a vital role in shaping the Group’s internal and external reputation and image, communicating who we are and what we do. We ensure that our clients, partners, and our people build and grow their relationships with Standard Bank. The brand is is mostly seen as the responsibility of marketing but, all Standard Bankers contribute to the brand image and the reputation of the organisation.
Marketing and communications
Join one of the leading, financial services, marketing fraternities on the African continent, recognised for delivering pioneering strategies that deliver meaningful value to the business, our customers and the communities we serve.
We're focused on building an engaged community of practice to elevate our marketing excellence - creating remarkable marketing initiatives that firmly establish the Standard Bank Group as the financial services brand best placed to partner customers on their journeys of holistic and sustainable growth.
Business unit brand and marketing
Each of our four business units has an embedded and dedicated marketing function to deeply align and deliver to that business' objectives and priorities. With a customer-first orientation these teams collaborate and integrate with their business stakeholders to develop and present powerful solutions that profoundly deliver to their target audience's needs.
The business unit marketing teams provide a combination of integrated B2C and B2B marketing and communication expertise and specialist marketing disciplines.
Group marketing
Our Group Marketing team consists of three centralised discipline areas, each partnering with the business unit Brand and Marketing teams to deliver centre of excellence insights and inspiration, integration perspectives and impact via greater efficiency.
The group marketing team comprises:
Brand and marketing
The Brand and Marketing team is responsible for defining, building and measuring our iconic brand; and guiding how it shows up across all touchpoints and regions. This team also enable greater efficiency and effectiveness across our marketing eco-system by leading the deployment and utilisation of a world-class marketing technology stack and centralised marketing operations function.
- Research and insights
- Digital enablement and platforms
- Design services
- Marketing operations
- Africa regions marketing
- Brand management and marketing for group functions
- Integrated brand and marketing for people and culture
Communication and reputation management
Managing and elevating our corporate reputation is critical to the success of the group. We seek to tell the most powerful story for the organisation through our employee engagement, thought-leadership, media relations, public relations and by shaping a positive corporate narrative:
- External communications
- Internal communications
- Reporting suite
Brand Experience
We conceptualise and execute on experiences that drive brand love and engagement with our clients, our people and our broader stakeholder community. This includes the management of our group sponsorship platforms, visual arts portfolio extensive corporate art and African art collection:
- Sponsorships
- Events
- Gallery curatorship
- Merchandising and promotions
- Brand activation
Personal employee benefits designed with you in mind
When you join us, you’ll enjoy benefits designed to help you achieve your ambitions inside work and out, both now and in the future. The exact benefits you receive will depend on the country you join us in, but can include the following:
Taking care of yourself
We don’t always know where life will take us, so we’ve put together a range of benefits tailored specifically to help you take care of yourself and those you love.
- Wellness programmes
- Counselling and advisory services
- Life, personal accident, incapacity and funeral cover
- Permanent health insurance (PHI) cover
- Discounted rates for voluntary benefits such as spouse life cover, dread disease cover, funeral cover for parents and/or parents-in-law and medical aid gap cover
Managing your finances
We all have dreams and goals in life – so we have several ways to help make them more accessible to you, with significant savings.
- Retirement funding
- Discounted banking products
- Transactional and investment banking products
- Home loans and vehicle finance at preferential rates
- Access to credit
- Assistance with insurance and wills
- Online share trading
- Rewards
Rewards and recognition
We believe in recognising the hard work and positive approach of our people – so we have three formal recognition programmes.
- Beyond Excellence
- Mark of Excellence
- Long service awards
A healthy balance
Your life outside work is important, so we have a leave structure which gives you plenty of time to relax, thrive and be the best you. The exact leave benefits you receive will depend on the country you join us in, but can include the following:
- Vacation leave
- Additional vacation leave
- Study leave
- Parental leave
- Compassionate/family responsibility leave
- Special discretionary leave
- Sabbatical leave
- Sick leave
- Short-term incapacity leave
- Recognition leave
- Optional unpaid leave
Please note: We don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to benefits. Instead, we believe in taking a more personal approach to giving our people what they need. That’s why our benefits package can look a little different, depending on where you’re based.
Talent acquisition journey
We believe in making dreams possible and connecting the brightest talent to the meaningful opportunities they need to build their skills, ignite their ambitions, and get closer to their purpose.
Apply online
You’ll discover amazing career opportunities on our website. So, start exploring. You can create a profile or log in with your existing details if you’ve already got one. There, you can complete the online application form and submit it, with the supporting documents we’ve requested.
Selection process
- Shortlist: Our Talent Acquisition Specialist and relevant Hiring Manager review all applications and make a shortlist of the most suitable candidates.
- Competency- based interview: If you’re shortlisted, we’ll invite you to take part in a competency-based interview.
- Assessments: If you’re successful in with the interview, you’ll move on to the assessments. Depending on the role you’re applying for, you might be asked to undertake a case-study exercise, technical test, and psychometric assessment, as well as any other role-specific assessment.
- Panel- interview: Then you’ll proceed to final interview stage, where you’ll meet an interview panel and get to ask further questions.
Pre-employment screening
If you have been successful in the selection process, our Talent Acquisition team will get in touch to get your consent for our pre-employment screening which includes the following:
- Identity and educational qualification verification
- Credit record and criminal record
- Outside Business Interest Declaration and Personnel Account Trading Declaration
- Sanctions screening and confirmation of current employment.
Offer
Candidates with satisfactory pre-employment screening will be presented to the Hiring Manager by the Talent Acquisition team for final review. The most suitable candidate will be extended an employment contract and offer letter, detailing everything you’ll need to know about your new role. The recruitment process is competitive, therefore candidates that make it to the pre-employment screening stage are not guaranteed an offer.
Onboarding
Even before you join the Standard Bank family, we want you to think of us as your home. So, before you join, we'll get you off to a flying start with our onboarding experience.
