Graphic Designer

Roles and Responsibilities:

• AWS Cloud Management: Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure. Optimize and maintain cloud resources for performance and cost efficiency. Monitor and ensure the security of cloud-based systems.
• Automated Provisioning: Develop and implement automated provisioning processes for infrastructure deployment. Utilize tools like Terraform and Packer to automate and streamline the provisioning of resources.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Champion the use of Infrastructure as Code principles. Collaborate with development and operations teams to define and maintain IaC scripts for infrastructure deployment and configuration.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and provide DevOps expertise. Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders regarding infrastructure changes, updates, and improvements.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery processes. Ensure reliable and efficient deployment of applications through the development lifecycle.
• Performance Monitoring and Optimization: Implement monitoring solutions to track system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize resource utilization. Proactively identify opportunities for system and process improvements. 

Mandatory Skills:

• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on AWS.
• Strong proficiency in automated provisioning and cloud management.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, particularly Terraform and Packer.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and version control systems.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation tasks.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills for effective collaboration.

Secondary Skills:

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and serverless computing.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK stack).

HR Manager - Renowned NGO (Pune)

- We are looking for a well-rounded HR Manager to lead the HR partnership across the 20+ project units.

- You will drive the initiatives/interventions towards culture building, talent management and learning and development for 200+ employees.

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Recruitment ; Manage the recruitment, selection process, succession planning, budgeting, employer branding etc. as per the national expansion requirements.

- Employee lifecycle management ; Manage cyclical HR programs (onboarding to exit) around goal setting, performance management, compensation planning, employment engagement surveys, payroll, employee relations etc.

- HR Systems and Processes ; Develop and monitor overall HR strategies, systems, tactics and procedures as per the growing organisational needs.

- Learning and Development ; Identify the training gaps between the current and future requirements of the organisational roles and fill them. Accordingly, plan role wise training and group training.

- HRIS ; Maintain HR related dashboards and provide insights towards organizational efficiencies. Report to management and provide decision support through HR metrics.

- Compliances ; Maintaining all legal compliances under labour laws of Prevention of Sexual Harassment, Provident Fund, PT and ESIC.

- Organisational expansion ; Setting up of standard HR practices, building and replicating the culture, change management, OD interventions etc across all centres.

Who are we looking for :

- MBA/Masters in Human resource preferred 6 to 8 years of experience in HR, people programs, staffing, or other people management roles in a fast-paced growing organization

- You are a self-starter; you are comfortable working in ambiguity; and you can also work independently with little to minimal supervision

- You are comfortable working with large sets of data and can formulate them clearly into a report or a presentation.

- You have outstanding interpersonal and influencing skills with demonstrated ability to develop relationships and influence at multiple levels within the organization

- 3+ years of Business Analyst experience preferably in Saas, customer experience or customer service domain.

- High attention to details and have proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously

- Experience with hands-on day-to-day problem solving, implementing quick and effective action plans to meet short term priorities.

- Manage a cross-functional process to translate the desired customer experience into a logically sequenced and optimized product roadmap and major product releases. Create buy-in for the product roadmap with internal and external stakeholders. 

- Open to discuss the requirement with the client over a call/ in person meeting.

- Develop high quality BRD's and effectively prioritize and manage the scope of each product launch to deliver key capabilities on time and on budget.

- Coordinate with multiple stakeholders , including customer service teams, UX designers, and engineers, to share timelines and deliver the client requirement/ product features within the shared timelines.

- Daily standup with various teams to track the progress.

- To oversee the development and improvement of customer service products or platforms within an organization

- Execute on the existing roadmap and contribute towards shaping the long-term strategy for CS self-service products.

- Creating and maintaining a product roadmap that outlines the vision, goals, and timeline for the development and enhancement of customer service products.

- Effectively communicating product updates, progress, and milestones to internal stakeholders, executives, and customers, ensuring transparency and alignment throughout the organization.

Corporate sales manager Bangalore location

Receiving, handling and converting Meetings, Events and Group enquiries.

Planning events in conjunction with the client.

Presenting and Selling available and suitable banquet / event options to the highest possible standard.

Contact Meeting Planner by mail, telephone, customer outings and site inspections.

Ensure the complete administration and execution of all planned events.

Negotiate space, dates and rates to obtain booking goal while focusing on shoulder and off season business.

Identify need periods and undertake comprehensive program of sales activity to secure new and adhoc business minimizing the impact of low activity periods.

Assist in development and solicitation of Banquet and event package plans and aimed at conference business and encourage repeat business.

Attend trade and travel shows of various market area for promoting hotels event business.

Actively manage business bookings, record denials, make network referrals.

Make commercial decisions to maximize MICE income on a daily basis.

Continue professional development through educational offering made via industry trade groups and educational institutions.

Encouraging repeat business through excellent customer service and inquiry handling.

Build strong relationships with customers to fully understand their needs.

Ensure online meeting partner websites are regularly updated and managed including photos, descriptions, and promotions.

Each month review the next 6 months availability to highlight high or low demand dates and take steps to minimize the risk of any shortfall or overbooking.

Ensuring all inquiries are recorded accurately in the Event Enquiry application (Opera S&M, Delphi, Protel Banquet, MICE software etc.).

Bring in direct guests though online marketing and advertising.

Helping the hotel to identify new avenues of business and bring in more banquet events to the hotel.

Assist in the preparation and monitoring of sales, department and budgetary reports as and when required.

Other duties and tasks assigned by the management within the job scope.

• Executing digital marketing strategies across channels including email, social media and display advertising campaigns
• Driving achievement of growth objectives like app installs, display, search, affiliates among others
• Improving the design, UX, traffic and content of the website
• Designing, building and maintaining organization’s social media presence
• Measuring and reporting performance of all digital marketing campaigns and assessing against goals (ROI and KPIs)
• Creating paid campaigns on social media platforms
• Identifying trends and insights, optimizing spend and performance of campaigns based on the insight
• Growing the lead volume at a sustainable cost
• Collaborating with internal teams to create landing pages and optimizing user experience
• Utilizing strong analytical ability to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points
• Managing agencies and affiliates
• Driving maximum ROI from campaigns

What you need to have:

• MBA/ PGDM from Tier-1/2 B-School and/ or B. Tech. from a Tier I college
• Analytical skills: Keen interest in evaluating product/market situations, analyzing raw data, and transforming it into actionable marketing strategies
• Demonstrate a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and get things done
• Strong business acumen and detail orientation
• Outstanding presentation skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Knowledge in OKR, Agile
• Knowledge in Jira, CRM, Power BI
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• 2-4 years of experience in Digital Marketing
• Prior experience in handling campaigns development in terms of digital along with ATL/ BTL channels
• Experience in handling Campaign Management on Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc.
• Experience in performance marketing and affiliate marketing
• Understanding of digital marketing platforms and passion for technology
• Ability to optimize CPC and CPL in an effective manner
• Ability to manage multiple projects with varying priority at one time to deliver results on time and under budget
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results orientation
• Thorough knowledge of web analytics (e.g. Google Analytics, Web Trends etc.) and Google AdWords    

We are looking to hire a Performance Marketing Manager to lead the planning, implementation, optimization, and reporting of performance marketing initiatives to help drive traffic to Freecultr's e-commerce website and maximize ROI across Social channels (Organic and Paid).
Prior experience working with an e-commerce platform, or a D2C Brand would be preferred

The ideal candidate will serve as the digital thought leader, helping to identify trends, evolving best practices, and new technologies/tools for all digital efforts that drive engagement and ROI.

Responsibilities:

- Responsible for the 360-degree digital aspect of digital business

- Demonstrate superior technical expertise and organizational capabilities in project and campaign management.

- Keep a track of the performances in all the marketing areas and thus discover any hindrances to strategies.

- Closely work with the strategy and product teams to be at a similar pace to improve marketing and campaign performance.

- Drive campaigns from planning to execution and beyond to meet key performance metrics.
- To get new customers and ensure customer retention for continuous growth

- Constantly optimize marketing activities to improve return on investment.

- Allocate budgets and analyze and recommend modifications to ad spends
- Manage, optimize, and improve the performance of Paid Search, Paid Social, Display, Retargeting, SEO, and Affiliate activity for company-owned D2C platforms/assets.

The ideal Fit:

- Strong attention to detail, problem-solver, and independent performer.
- Skills in search platforms including In all paid channels - FB/Insta/YT marketing, Google AdWords, etc.
- Should know how to scale a brand and should have managed large budgets previously indirect capacity.
- A dynamic, results-oriented problem solver
- Experience in transforming a strategy and vision into an actionable plan

What's on Offer

• Lead the performance marketing for a D2C brand
• To be a front runner to make the brand a success

This is NOT a creative writing position

Your Responsibilities:

• Create Brand Identity for Testing Ground
• Produce Testing Ground’s marketing material
• Produce other content-based collateral based on our clients’ project brief
• Research competitors /industry clients and extract exact pointers for us and our clients.
• Work according to briefs for the branding needs and guidelines
• Write clear, persuasive, original copy designed to get customers to BUY from us

Skills Required:

• Strong copy editing and proofing skills.
• Experience in creating publicity/marketing collaterals
• Attention to small details 
• Strong communication skills and team spirit.
• ·Strong organizational skills and the ability to meet strict deadlines, often while working independently.
• Perfect in English.
• Independent learner, can conceptualize available information into good quality content 

This is a full-time role (9am-6pm, Mondays to Fridays), with a monthly salary of 363 USD.

The Company:

Testing Ground is disrupting the way new business ventures develop and grow in the different industries. We help founders and innovation leads in companies figure out where their new business vertical, test demand for it from customers across Asia and help them scale it up. We hand the new to the world and new to market products and solutions which will change the way the industry operates. We also work towards creating a workforce who is able to help other companies test and grow their business model.  

Testing Ground is a Singapore based startup with early satellite bases in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, China and Vietnam. Joining us means that you will get the opportunity to learn from the founding members. Our founder has deep experience building and mentoring start-ups across Southeast Asia. His previous startup counts Eduardo Saverin, Co-founder of Facebook, as one of their investors. Our co-founders are experts in community and partnership development in China and Singapore as well as skilled in future oriented capabilities such as digital marketing, viral growth, content marketing and latest innovation strategies.

At Testing Ground, we want our team to be made up of people who have the ability to become the best. We practice Lean Startup and Agile. We do stand-ups and run experiments often. We have an open work culture but yet we are very focused and very energetic.

If you would like to learn and get your hands dirty in doing the work related to the latest innovation and methodology to creating a sustainable business model, this is the place for you. 

As a startup, everyone in the team are do-ers and want to make a name for themselves. We are driven and open to new ideas. Join us and have a chance to craft out your own growth as well as the company’s growth. 

The Opportunity:

As a copywriter at Testing Ground, you will have the opportunity to architect the copy of our collaterals, as well as play a part in envisioning the direction for our company and our clients. We are looking for someone who is always hungry to learn new tools and skills to develop great content that communicate key messages in a clean, simple way. Apply now if you thrive on watching your content come to life while bringing out the spirit of our brand. 

This Role is evaluated on:

• Aptitude in contributing to our projects and proactively honing your English Language skills

• Ability to contribute effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven and collaborative environment

• Ability to take ownership of projects through all phases, from start to end

• Ability to problem solve, keeping in mind the end goal
  
  

Why You Will Love Working with Testing Ground:

• If you have been thinking of starting your own business, this position will give you an in-depth insight to what works and doesn’t in the different industries and countries across Asia.   
• The firm believes that it is critical to encourage personal development to have a successful team. As such, we have a variety of online learning courses which you can use to pick up different skills and capabilities. 
• You will be exposed to different platforms and tools to help you become more efficient in doing your job.

Requirements:

At least Diploma in English-related/Communications-related backgrounds

What we’re looking for in you:

• Desire to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Able to work independently and proactively in a team
• Strong communication skills to liaise with marketing team and external vendors
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects deadlines
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Keen eye for detail