Social media marketer

Decoding Youth Talent (DYT) Private Limited is a sports technology start-up which aims to enable coaches, clubs and academies to scout, hire and develop youth talent through technology

DYT is incubated and backed by one of the most prestigious MBA institutes in Asia, the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L).

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Product marketer to lead a dynamic team of social media marketers, including social media analysts, content analysts, graphic designers, video editors, and a sales team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for creating, executing, and managing marketing strategies, campaigns, and sales efforts to drive user acquisition, engagement, and retention on our platform.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy Development:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive product marketing strategy to increase platform awareness and user engagement.
• Analyze market trends and competitor activities to inform marketing strategies.

Social Media Management:

• Lead and mentor a team of social media analysts and content creators.
• Manage and grow our presence on social media platforms such as Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
• Plan and schedule social media content, including posts, stories, and engagement tactics.
• Analyze and report on social media performance metrics.

Content Creation:

• Oversee the creation of engaging and visually appealing content, including graphics, videos, and written materials.
• Ensure that content aligns with the brand and resonates with the target audience.
• Develop and maintain an editorial calendar.

User Engagement:

• Develop and execute campaigns and strategies to keep users engaged with the platform.
• Gather user feedback and insights to improve the platform's user experience.
• Implement customer feedback into product improvements.

Data Analysis and SEO:

• Utilize Google Analytics and other analytics tools to monitor website traffic and user behavior.
• Implement SEO best practices to improve the platform's visibility in search engines.

Campaign Management:

• Plan and execute advertising campaigns through platforms like Google AdSense.
• Monitor campaign performance, optimize ad spend, and maximize ROI.

Sales Team Leadership:

• Lead and manage a sales team responsible for selling platform subscriptions and services to football academies and other stakeholders.
• Set sales targets, develop strategies, and monitor sales team performance.
• Collaborate with the sales team to align marketing efforts with revenue goals.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field. Master's degree is a plus.
• Proven experience in product marketing and sales, preferably in the sports or technology industry.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing strategies, social media, content creation, and SEO.
• Proficiency in Google AdSense and Google Analytics.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Creative thinking and ability to generate innovative marketing and sales ideas.
• Ability to analyze data and draw actionable insights.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.

• Conducting keyword research using dedicated software, and generating new keyword ideas.
• Analyzing website and social media pages, then making recommendations for improvement.
• Monitoring website traffic, search results, and developing strategies.
• Generating content ideas and delegating these to the team.
• Overseeing content creation and offering suggestions.
• Updating outdated content.
• Optimizing pages for desktop, tablet, and mobile use.
• Developing link-building strategies.
• Managing paid search campaigns.
• Keeping up to date with new trends and best SEO practices.

• BSc in marketing or similar.
• HTML and JavaScript experience.
• Previous experience in a similar role would be advantageous.
• Excellent written, verbal, and analytical skills.
• Experience with Google Analytics.
• Great customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to follow specifications.
• Ability to work under pressure.

SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER

Tesseract Esports is seeking an analytical, creative and highly motivated senior marketing professional to join our team. As a successful hire for this high impact role, you should be a self-starter with a passion for independent thinking, creative problem solving, have proven data analysis skills, show strong ownership and commitment, have proven leadership experience and bring relevant insights into growth marketing.

As a Senior Marketing Manager, you will lead the development and execution (end to end) of all marketing, social media, PR and brand activities across all owned channels and projects. You will lead a team of marketing professionals and will be responsible for achieving organization marketing objectives and project-wise KPIs. You will drive our marketing campaigns, content production, PR, Branding, events and community building efforts across all our internal and external projects. You accept the unknown and you’re able to come up with ground breaking initiatives that will drive us forward and make us stand out as an industry leader.

About Tesseract Esports

Tesseract Esports was founded in 2015 with an intent to elevate and transform the nascent gaming scene in South and Southeast Asia into a high profile and professional esport. We played a pioneering role by being the first to launch and introduce mobile esports in the region. We were also among the first to produce the biggest and most successful esports events and gaming activations in India at an unprecedented scale, paving the way for the growth of esports in the country.

We have since gone to partner with game publishers, developers, brands and media platforms to produce large scale esports events and engagements and become one of the leading esports production houses in the Asia-Pacific. We have worked with Qualcomm, MPL, Tencent Games, Razer, Garena, Acer and several other partners on many successful live and online esports activations. We are a growing team of highly skilled and passionate individuals focused on delivering the best competitive experiences. We are headquartered at our state of the art production studio in Hyderabad, India which also happens to be the largest esports facility in South Asia.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Define, develop and oversee the implementation of marketing strategy and brand strategy across different verticals.
• Lead the management, content creation and growth for all owned social media channels and accounts including those of our co-owned/shared/white-label projects/affiliate platforms and IPs in terms of followers, engagement and reach.
• Manage internal and external marketing budgets. Track, analyze and improve performance of marketing campaigns while being goal oriented (ROI & KPIs).
• Conduct market research and build strategy plans in order to grow all owned/co-owned/shared/white-label projects and channels and to better support management decision making.
• Identify and assess existing trends, opportunities, formats, audiences, storytelling platforms and determine when and how we will use them.
• Build partnerships and syndications with influencers, brands, partners across owned/co-owned/shared/white-label projects/affiliate platforms and IPs.
• Lead, manage and mentor a team of marketing professionals to drive and execute all marketing and related functions.
• Guide and work with internal creative resources and lead timely delivery of all creative requirements for all platforms.
• Develop accurate project priorities, schedules and execution of marketing campaigns for all owned channels and projects.
• Contribute to overall business and marketing strategy in order to help the organization achieve short and long term goals

Qualifications (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications, or related field. MBA / PGDM in marketing or equivalent.
• 6 + years experience in marketing with demonstrated history of running successful marketing campaigns and having a 360 vision of marketing plans.
• Experience in building growth stage marketing strategies with a focus on brand visibility, user engagement and viewership across multiple channels.
• Demonstrable experience in managing SEO/SEM, marketing database, email, social media, and display advertising campaigns.
• Hands on experience with digital marketing – Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Google Ads & AdWords.
• Exceptional storytelling skills with strong aptitude for developing engaging narratives around content and media for different audiences.
• Good knowledge of PR, affiliate marketing, media buying & licensing and experience in content writing and/or management.
• In depth understanding of how to interpret (and improve) advertising metrics (ex. CPM, CPC, CTR, CPV quality score, etc.)
• A strategic thinker with the ability to conceptualize broadly across various solutions, yet enjoys operating at a hands-on level.
• Proven leadership skills with experience in leading and managing a team. Excellent project management skills to ensure effective and transparent collaboration with team members and other departments.
• Strong team player, behaves like an owner and ultimately focused on delivering results with high standards. Set out the overall high performing team culture for the marketing team.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Ability to articulate a vision, strategy or idea clearly with a strong capacity of syntax, learning and sharing with senior leadership.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to communicate effectively with different internal departments, teams and clients.

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Strong passion for gaming and esports.
• Regional experience working across different countries/markets across South Asia, Southeast Asia and The Middle-East. Also preferred is market sensitivity, cultural curiosity and understanding differences in localization etc.
• Experience working in the esports or gaming industry.
• B2B/B2C marketing experience in sports, gaming, esports or information technology/ SaaS space.
• Past experience in scaling a service/product in the e-commerce space.

About:

Pangolin is a brand consultancy and creative agency. We help companies create positive change in the world by raising awareness through branding and inspiring through storytelling. We’re growing our team of creatives and strategists. Join us if you’re craving work that makes a real difference in the world, and a work culture that allows you to have a balanced life. 

Role:

B2B Social Media Expert

Description:

Are you intimately familiar with the LinkedIn algorithm? Do you specialize in growing brand following on Twitter? Are you proficient in defining and executing social media strategies for Quora, Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook?  We’re looking for an expert with a solid understanding of how each social media channel works and how to optimize content so that it is engaging. As the B2B Digital Marketing Specialist, you will also be responsible for organizing and producing content that follows our clients’ brand guidelines.

Competencies:

• Consistent and self-driven to learn about social media platforms and trends. 
• Strong creative storytelling skills with a focus on visual and content aesthetics.

Skills:

• Working knowledge of SMM tools like Hootsuite, Moz, Loomly, etc.
• Working knowledge of design applications like Adobe Suite, Canva, etc., and other video editing tools.
• Adept at digital tools like Facebook Insights, Twitter Analytics, Google Analytics/Google Ad Manager.
• Adept at communicating in a professional, but unique social media “voice” for each client; directly aligned with the clients’ thought leadership and content platform.

Experience:

• Demonstrable B2B social networking experience and social analytics tools.
• Experience in managing multiple digital marketing campaigns with the ability to analyze and make recommendations on performance.
• Strong understanding of social media KPIs, keyword optimization tools, and social media algorithms.

Location and Type: 

Remote, Full-time

Evaluation:

Portfolios will be checked for expertise in the B2B domain. Please share only case studies of growth where the strategy and execution were owned end-to-end by you. Shortlisting will be followed by a video interview.