About HotCult

HotCult is a culture-led brand solutions agency working across South India's regional markets — Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. We help brands build relevance through culturally rooted strategy, creative, and execution.

Role Overview

The Brand Solutions Lead owns end-to-end delivery for a portfolio of client accounts — balancing client relationship management, cross-functional orchestration, and commercial rigor. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, creative, distribution, and operations, ensuring brand solutions are delivered on time, on brief, and on budget.

Key Responsibilities

Account Management

- Own client relationships end-to-end — from onboarding through project closures, acting as the primary point of contact
- Translate client objectives into actionable briefs and strategic delivery plans.
- Track account health, revenue, and satisfaction; flag risks early

Team Management

- Lead and mentor a team of account executives/coordinators
- Set goals, review performance, and build team capability
- Manage workload distribution across accounts

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Partner with Strategy to align on brand positioning and campaign direction
- Work with Creative to ensure output meets brief, quality, and timeline expectations
- Coordinate with Distribution to plan and execute go-to-market/media rollout
- Act as the connective layer ensuring all functions move in sync toward account goals

Vendor Management & Supply Chain

- Identify, onboard,



and manage vendor relationships (production, distribution, writing etc.)
- Negotiate vendor terms and ensure service quality and cost efficiency
- Drive supply chain improvements — better turnaround times, cost optimization, and reliability

Financial Management

- Own account P&L; — budgeting, forecasting, and margin tracking
- Manage invoicing cycles and ensure timely client billing
- Handle Purchase Order (PO) creation, tracking, and reconciliation
- Ensure financial documentation is accurate and audit-ready

Requirements

- 7–8 years of experience in account management or client servicing, ideally in an agency, brand solutions, or marketing services environment
- Proven experience managing and developing a team
- Robust cross-functional coordination skills across strategy, creative, and distribution/media functions
- Hands-on experience with vendor management and supply chain processes
- Working knowledge of financial processes — budgeting, invoicing, PO management
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Comfort operating in fast-paced, culture-driven brand environments

What Success Looks Like

- Accounts run with predictable delivery, healthy margins, and strong client retention
- Cross-functional teams execute smoothly with minimal friction
- Vendor relationships deliver reliably at optimized cost
- Financial hygiene (invoicing, POs, reconciliation) is consistently clean and on time

📌 Brand Solutions Lead (Mumbai)
🏢 PAD Integrated Marketing and Communications
📍 Mumbai