Growth Hacker - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Chalhoub Group

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    Description

    INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

    For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

    Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

    Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

    To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

    What you'll be doing

    Chalhoub Group is seeking an energetic and enthusiastic trainee to join our Corporate Innovation team for a 6 months period, focusing on the growth of SOL3MATES and new streetwear brands through direct-to-consumer channels. This role is ideal for those based in the UAE and eager to dive into the world of growth marketing and e-commerce.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Assist in growth marketing initiatives for SOL3MATES and its DTC brands (paid and organic social, email, community building, event organization,...).
    • Support growth marketing efforts for Roblox brands.
    • Contribute to the launch of Corporate Innovation projects.
    • Collaborate in testing and marketing new business models for the Group following lean startup methodologies.

    Your Profile:

    • A budding digital marketer with a keen interest in developing a wide range of skills and a particular focus on organic and paid growth of DTC brands.
    • A proactive learner with an analytical mindset who is excited about executing guerilla marketing campaigns and making data-driven decisions.
    • Ready to be hands-on with campaign execution, learning to manage without the reliance on external agencies.
    • No formal degree required, but a strong interest and some exposure to DTC brand growth strategies are desirable.
    • Ambitious and self-motivated, willing to apply your skills to new and existing brands within the Chalhoub Group.
    • You should be recognized for your strong work ethic and positive attitude by your peers.

    Preferred Skills and Competencies:

    • An understanding of Digital Marketing principles.
    • Basic knowledge of Customer Acquisition techniques.
    • Interest in Retention and Customer Loyalty strategies.
    • A desire to learn Data Analysis and Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO).
    • Previous experience or strong interest in DTC E-commerce.
    • Enthusiasm for Testing and Experimentation in marketing.

    Personality:

    • An affinity for streetwear, emerging platforms like Roblox and web3 is required
    • Previous exposure to no-code/low-code development solutions, marketing automation tools, and data analytics platforms.
    • A willingness to work hard and learn.

    What we can offer you

    With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

    We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

    We Invite All Applicants to Apply

    It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

    We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.