Envato Is Hiring!Content Growth Specialist

At Envato, our mission is to help people to earn and to learn, online. We’re an established global online company with a network of marketplaces and educational sites where millions of people buy and sell digital content every year as well as learn new creative skills and technologies. As a one-stop shop for just about anything you’d ever need to create a professional digital project, the Envato Marketplaces are growing at an incredible rate!

To stay ahead of our phenomenal growth, we are seeking an ambitious, bright, knowledgeable, and innovative Content Growth Specialist who has the ability to discover new technologies, products and content opportunities, take ownership of new growth initiatives from seed all the way to market, and ensure the long term success of our exceptional community of digital producers. This person is someone with a true passion for all things digital, ideally with practical experience in one or more major areas of design, digital production, and development (being a Marketplace community member is a huge plus too!). This is a fast paced and exciting opportunity, and is certainly no ordinary job.

Responsibilities

Under the leadership of the Content Growth Team Manager, your key responsibilities will be to:

• Research and evaluate new content growth and acquisition opportunities within existing and future markets.


• Synthesize market research, industry trends, competitive analysis, and internal statistics into well organized and compelling strategies for content growth.


• Conceptualize, plan, and execute exciting new launches and opportunities to engage our creative community and expand and enhance our library of high quality digital items.


• Work with our Quality Team to develop and maintain content submission requirements that ensure both high technical and commercial standards.


• Coordinate with Development, Legal, Marketing, Product, and other Marketplace stakeholders to ensure that all details and dependencies are addressed prior to launch.


• Seek out and work directly with authors to facilitate the creation of cutting edge, quality content.


• Track and analyze content performance to better understand and direct our ongoing growth strategy and initiatives.


• Engage in business development discussions and facilitate partnerships with with producers, companies, and technology developers to maximize the impact and success of our growth initiatives.


• Stay on top of community activity and opinion relating to content issues, and assist with content-related support tickets as needed.

Essential Qualifications

We’re looking for a whole lot more than just the ability to accomplish the above tasks. The ideal candidate will have:

• Passion for the Envato community, buyers, authors, and staff alike. At least two years experience as an Envato Marketplaces community member is preferred, but not required.


• A strong understanding and appreciation of open source, royalty free, and online creative communities.


• Passionate about finding upcoming trends and new technologies, especially in the digital content space.


• At least 2 years experience with one or both of:
  
  1. One or more major audio, design, and/or video creation tools
  
  2. Programming languages: Python, Ruby, PHP, Objective-C, Javascript.


• Though you don’t need to be a designer or developer, you must be intimately familiar with the industry.


• Solid commercial instincts with the ability to make informed, accurate decisions.


• Experience consulting and communicating with diverse teams of people across a company.


• Ability to collect, organize, and communicate information and ideas clearly.


• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills. Experience with technical writing and/or business reporting is a plus.

I’m Interested! What Now?

If you are excited at the prospect of joining our team and having a positive impact on our Marketplace community, we’d love to hear from you! Please send along:

• A cover letter that talks about why you would be a good fit for this role, and gives us a sense of what you’re passionate about and what drives you.


• A resume that shows us your strengths, rather than just listing everything you’ve ever worked on.

You can submit your cover letter and resume here.

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