Brand-Protection Analyst (Mid-Senior)

Overview

• Location: Dubai

• Level: Middle/ Senior

• Reporting line: Head of IP
• Headcount: Solo position (you are the brand-protection function)

Purpose

Core responsibilities

• End-to-end monitoring
• + Set up and fine-tune keyword, image, and similarity searches across all relevant channels.
• + Review alerts daily; filter out noise and surface genuine threats within eight hours.
• Risk assessment
• + Score each finding on legal, financial, and reputational impact.
• + Escalate high-severity items to the Head of IP within 24 hours; maintain a queue for lower-risk cases.
• Evidence preparation
• + Capture screenshots, WHOIS and DNS data, transaction flows, and metadata with chain of custody.
• + Package evidence so it can drop straight into opposition filings, UDRP/URS
• complaints, or court exhibits.
• Dashboard & reporting
• + Own a live violation dashboard showing case status, response times, and
• repeat-offender patterns.
• + Send a concise weekly digest to the Head of IP and a monthly trend report to Legal, Security, and Marketing.
• Tool & vendor optimisation
• + Tune rules and filters in Corsearch, MarkMonitor, Netcraft, Cloudflare Brand Protection, or similar.
• + Track SLA performance; recommend tech or vendor changes when detection
• speed or accuracy lags.
• Cross-team coordination
• + Provide Anti-Fraud, Compliance, and Marketing with fresh intelligence (e.g., phishing URLs, impersonation ads).
• + Support enforcement actions by drafting takedown requests and
• cease-and-desist letters when needed.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Law, Cyber-security, Business, or related field).
• 3 + years in brand-protection, IP monitoring, fraud analytics, or OSINT research, with proven success against phishing or trademark abuse.
• Hands-on skill with trademark databases, WHOIS/DNS lookups, and basic HTML/HTTP concepts.
• Proficiency in Excel/Sheets plus one or more monitoring platforms (Corsearch, MarkMonitor, Red Points, etc.).
• Strong English writing skills; able to deliver clear, actionable risk briefings for executives.
• Key attributes
• Self-starter who thrives as a team of one; comfortable making triage decisions without hand-holding.
• Detail-obsessed yet able to step back and spot macro trends.
• Clear communicator who translates technical data into plain-language risk statements.
• High integrity and strict respect for confidentiality.
• Success metrics (first 12 months)
• ≥ 95 % of high-severity findings triaged within eight hours.
• Average detection-to-takedown cycle time reduced by 20 % versus baseline.
• Evidence packs accepted by outside counsel with \< 5 % rework.
• At least one new automation or rule set that cuts false positives by 15 % or more.