Sales and Marketing Manager

Organisation Overview

Blue Ventures is an award-winning marine conservation organisation working to rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities. We’re committed to protecting marine biodiversity in ways that benefit coastal people. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and where there is a fundamental unmet need to support human development.

Summary Job Description

We are looking for a Sales and Marketing Manager to drive the continued growth of our expeditions business within our UK team. This is an exciting new position responsible for spearheading the expansion of our core social enterprise in new territories, in line with our 2020 vision. The Sales and Marketing Manager will be responsible for increasing volunteer applications and conversions for our award winning non-profit ecotourism business, while also overseeing the design, development and promotion of new products and services to build upon our existing ecotourism and community-based tourism models.

Reporting to the Head of Digital and working closely with the Expeditions and Volunteer Manager and team, this will be a full-time role based in Blue Ventures’ London headquarters. This role includes some line management responsibility.

The successful candidate will be a motivated, proactive and highly organised individual, with a desire to harness business and marketing expertise to help drive marine conservation and community development. We are seeking someone with a adaptable, entrepreneurial and pragmatic approach, who is willing to explore new approaches to building our business. Our ideal candidate will have a background in a sales focussed environment, with experience of creating and reporting on marketing campaigns to drive new leads. You’ll be extremely digitally aware, a master of SEO, SEM, SERPS, PPC, CPA, CPC and a hundred other acronyms. You’ll be well versed in the language of organic, referral or social traffic, and comfortable in analytics reports and more creative content creation tasks alike. You’ll be confident to take responsibility for business development, and comfortable having a high degree of autonomy to make decisions in a fast paced and supportive environment. The evolving nature of the organisation will give the right candidate exceptional opportunities for innovation and original thinking when approaching tasks.

Blue Ventures is a fast growing and mission-driven social enterprise, offering excellent opportunities for further professional development.

Application process

Applicants should apply using the online form via the Blue Ventures website, by 3rd? ?December? ?2017?.

If you have any questions about the advertised role or would like to discuss your application informally, please contact martin@blueventures.org.

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and first-round interviews may be conducted with short-listed candidates before the application deadline.