Shapeways
3D printing
CommunityGrowth&PartnershipsManager
“Community Growth & Partnerships Manager at Shapeways. Skills: Community growth, Partnerships, Designer outreach, Business development. Identify, nurture, close new leads through outbound prospecting, including cold calling, emailing, and social selling. Develop and execute designer outreach and nurture strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive their business success; Direct their growth and enable them to explore options for expanding their business; Expand our reach in order to offer our designers new opportunities and grow our community footprint; Facilitate designer success in terms of onboarding, product and business education; Meet Thangs’ designer outreach and growth goals; Support revenue growth; Drive creator and platform success
Industry & Context.
Open to applicants from all over the world
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5 -7 years of experience in marketing, sales, or account management, Experience in the 3D printing, design, or creator ecosystem, with familiarity working alongside makers, artists, and digital creators, Familiarity with the 3D modeling, CAD, or additive manufacturing ecosystems, Proven ability to generate new business opportunities through outbound prospecting, Demonstrated understanding of the lead nurture and conversion process, Ability to identify, negotiate, close, and execute strategic business partnerships, Experience using a CRM database, Hubspot preferred, Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate general messaging into a personalized approach for prospects, Organized, self-starter with project management skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity and work independently, Demonstrated empathy and awareness of the unique needs of creative professionals, Familiarly with the 3D modeling, CAD, or additive manufacturing ecosystems, Fluent in English
Nice to Have
Existing relationships with both corporate and independent retailers in the United States or Europe, Multi-lingual capabilities
What You'll Do.
close new leads through outbound prospecting
including cold calling
Develop and execute designer outreach and nurture strategy
Serve as an enablement partner
collaborating with the Marketing and Community team to onboard designers and ensure early success on the Thangs platform
Take a leadership role in meeting Thangs’ designer outreach and growth goals through onboarding new designers and supporting existing designers’ growth
Serve as a trusted business partner for designers to support revenue growth
including identifying new opportunities and partnerships
and ensuring designer retention
Develop creative industry partnerships and new revenue opportunities for Thangs through strategic brand
and retail partnerships
Negotiate partnership agreements with designers and business partners as needed
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work in collaboration with members of the marketing and community team; Collaborating with the Marketing and Community team; In collaboration with the Associate Director of Marketing and Thangs executive team
Communication Scope
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Ability to translate general messaging into a personalized approach for prospects
Process & Methodology
Project management skills
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