Community Marketing Impact Coordinator Switzerland (f/m/d)
Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company founded in 1973. At a time when all life on earth is under threat of extinction, we aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imagination—to influence changes needed to protect our planet. A registered B Corporation and founding member of 1% for the Planet, Patagonia is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism, contributing over $145 million in grants and in-kind donations to thousands of grassroots environmental groups around the world.
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Your role:
We are in business to save our home planet. Your role will contribute to this by assisting with the execution of marketing and environmental activities in the region according to the Patagonia EMEA strategy; in addition, you will take care of the curation of the partnership between Patagonia and Impact Hub Zurich.
Main tasks:
Marketing Enviro:
- Assist the Community Marketing Impact Manager on the execution of local marketing and environmental campaigns
- Trade marketing support: handle requests from key accounts and local dealers for Place Of Purchase (POP), window campaigns, online content and store events and ensure on-time deployment
- Lead the production and execution of local events such as Worn Wear, film screenings, panel discussions and enviro events
- Support the measurement and evaluation of local marketing activities
- Work as needed with regional PR agency and coordinate with Amsterdam PR teams
- Support local partnerships with institutions, ambassadors and NGO network; build a strong community of NGOs and activist
- Be connected into the key environmental issues of the country, and recommend how Patagonia can best engage
- Support deeper engagement of our consumers in environmental issues
- Assist in the 1% for the Planet granting process for local groups
- Support local 1% for the Planet grantees with their Patagonia Action Works (PAW) needs
- Manage marketing orders and invoicing
Curation of Patagonia Impact Hub Zurich:
- Manage stakeholders within the partnership with Impact Hub Zürich: ambassadors Pro community, grantees and NGO’s, entrepreneurs startups, dealers, other institutions (politic, academic)
- Connect Patagonia community members with Impact Hub community members
- Co-develop a new ecosystem, supporting respective programs and campaigns
- Maximize both Patagonia and Impact Hub Zürich communication channels
What we’re looking for:
- A love of the outdoors
- A passion for saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work
- Fluency in German (or Swiss German), French and English
- 1-3 years’ experience in event management or general marketing preferred
- Willingness to work on certain weekends and to travel within Switzerland as needed
- Understanding of Patagonia’s products and market
- Excellent computer knowledge and general skills to learn new systems
- Organized, dynamic and self-motivated
- Able to work independently
It’s a plus if you also have the following:
- Knowledge and involvement in the environmental movement
- Experience in the outdoor sports industry
Other important details:
- This is a full time position, based in Zurich (in Impact Hub Zurich)
- We have a hybrid work model, working from home for maximum 3 days per week. However, for this role more frequent presence in the Impact Hub Zurich may be required
- We strive to make unbiased decisions and to offer a great experience to every person who applies for a role at Patagonia. Our interviews include standardised questions that focus on the aspects that are important for success in the role. For this role there will also be a practical assignment, where you can showcase your skills
Perks:
- Events and workshops with environmentalists, change-makers, educators and sports ambassadors
- Taking part in employee-lead groups such as Sports, Internal Communications, Footprint, Pride, Pata Parents and Events, or create your own!
- Ongoing unique learning and development opportunities such as our own programme Earth University and workshops in anti-racism, core sports, among others
- Possibility to apply for an Environmental Internship (spending time away from your regular job to work for an environmental group, while being paid your regular salary) after one year of employment
- Option to participate in our 1% for the Planet grants council, being trained and empowered to review and make funding decisions on the grant applications from environmental groups
- We have dog-friendly offices where employees can bring their furry friend to work
- We are an activist company and have policies in place to support employees that want to engage in activism
- All employees interns and their families have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, designed to provide third party, confidential support on a wide range of topics relating to emotional, behavioral and social challenges
- All employees and interns have access to Unmind, our workplace mental health platform
- Possibility to schedule your work hours flexibly (compensating missed hours during the week) to do volunteer work, care for loved ones, enjoy the outdoors, or spend more time to pursue your passions
- After 1 month of employment, it’s possible to work remotely from another location in EU/EEA, UK or Switzerland for up to 12 weeks per year (pro-rated for less than 1 year)
- Fully paid maternity leave (duration varies by country). After nine months of employment, we offer 12 weeks of partner leave and 12 weeks of adoptive leave. Pro-rated for part-time employees.
- Access to Patagonia discounts and sample sales, as well as discounts at other outdoor and value-aligned companies
- Plus other benefits specific to each region
Note: the above mentioned is only an indicative list and may change at the time an offer of employment is made.
At Patagonia, we commit to becoming an anti-racist company that leads by example. This means doing the work to be inclusive and equitable, across all aspects of our business.
Every person who applies to join Patagonia receives equal employment opportunities, and we value a welcoming environment where each member of our EMEA team feels included, respected and empowered, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, civil status, national origin, disability or age.
At Patagonia, we strive to have inclusive representation within our organisation and embrace a diverse mix of talent to contribute to our culture. We actively seek applications from Black and People of Colour (BPOC) and other underrepresented groups.
As we are in business to save our home planet, we can only do this together.
Please make sure that your CV and cover letter are in English.
Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:
Thanks for your interest in supporting us for this role, but we don’t accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies
