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We are looking for a well-connected, experienced, passionate, and growth-oriented Australia Country Lead to help scale our brand as the leading relationships (romantic, friendship and business) and social networking app in Australia. The ideal individual will lead a robust go-to market strategy and work closely with our global team to bring our brand to life in Australia.
The country lead is responsible for overseeing and developing a robust brand/marketing strategy and vision for Australia, reporting to the VP of Brand Marketing. The country lead will also be responsible for overseeing a small team in-market to ensure successful launch and ongoing in-market presence.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Creating and executing on a 360-degree approach to marketing with Swiprr’s core values of equality, kindness, respect, inclusivity, safety & empowerment at the center
- Define and execute go-to market strategy to expand the Swiprr brand in the region, including content strategy, distribution strategy, and budget allocation & management
- Manage relationships with press for Swiprr
- Plan & execute on events and activations across the region
- Develop strategic content to leverage digital / social media / in-app platforms effectively (organic, paid)
- Maintain strong social media presence on multiple platforms and knowledge of latest social media marketing trends
- Strategize on guerrilla marketing plan
- Identify and execute on brand partnerships to build brand ethos
- National ambassadors / influencer engagement
- Leverage past brand experiences (ideally having launched, localized or revitalized a brand with significant increase in consumer awareness)
- Excellent understanding of our existing and target users; craft and maintain marketing user personas
Setting strategic priorities leveraging data & analytics
- Facilitate community research informing what users love / don’t love
- Monitor key KPIs and work with the Global Marketing team to deliver against goal(s)
- Leverage out-of-market learnings and adapt to market strategy; develop and share in-market learnings based on key successes and failures
- Be analytical & data-driven in all decision making
- Manage in-market budget & forecast growth potential
Effectively managing team on the ground
- Lead, manage, and inspire a small team and create a culture of collaboration & learning
- Set quarterly objectives / goals for local team members and agencies
- Problem solve and strategize with local team members and agencies to deliver against goals/ key KPIs
- Support HQ in determining hiring requirements and roadmap for the region
Represent Swiprr in-market
- Create localized content in line with brand guidelines for social, press, influencer, digital marketing, etc
- Maintain strong brand-related social media presence on multiple platforms (leveraging personal channels where appropriate)
- Leverage existing set of connections in Australia to build strong relationships in market on behalf of Swiprr & build new relationships with key influencers and partners in market(s)
Identify and secure strategic partnerships
- Manage strategy, implementation, and optimization of strategic partnerships
- Proactively identify & recruit on-brand partners
- Evaluate inbound partnership opportunities
- Maintain strong direct relationships with Swiprr’s global key partners (where relevant)
- Work closely with the global partnership teams
- Drafting agreements and liaising with international teams to international teams to define commercial and contractual information for partnerships & events
Embody the Swiprr brand
- Be passionate about the Swiprr brand vision and values
- Be proactive in your approach and take initiative, leveraging and learning from successes and challenges of other emerging Swiprr markets
- Be unafraid to hustle, hustle, hustle
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE / ATTRIBUTES
- 10+ years experience in marketing, public relations / communications, business administration or related fields with deep expertise around the Australia markets
- Media expertise and press contacts – local, regional, national
- Passion for the Swiprr brand vision and values
- Flexibility in adapting to shifting priorities and ability to work with quick deadlines
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with other Swiprr markets
- Creative problem-solving skills and a solutions-focused mindset
- Experience using data and metrics to measure impact and pivot accordingly
- Proactive approach and ability to take initiative, leveraging and learning from successes and challenges of other emerging Swiprr markets
- Strong communicator and relationship builder, with existing deep rolodex of valuable in-market contacts
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills with excellent communication, presentation, management, and interpersonal skills
COVID-19
With over 600 staff in 10+ countries all working remotely during the time of COVID-19, we’ve worked hard to adapt and support our teams during this challenging time, including:
* Flexible working hours* Streaming free, live yoga & meditation sessions each week, as well as a full weekly timetable of free online exercise classes* ‘Random Coffee’ – connecting staff across the globe in pairs once a week to get to know each other over a video chat* ‘First Fridays’ – meal delivery for a remote lunch with your team once a month* Employee Support Fund for those whose households are experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19* Written resources to guide employees through this challenging time* You will also be taken through a fully digital onboarding process!
Applicants are expected to have current work authorization in the country that the role is located.