German Market Launcher for a Startup (Entry-level)

Hey there!

Were Venuu an international online marketplace helping over 400000 people discover the perfect event venues every month. Born in Finland were now operating in five countries and have just gotten started!

Were in a growth phase looking to expand rapidly across Europe. We started testing the German market in February this year starting from Berlin and Hamburg. The pilot has brought amazing results and were now forming our first Germany team taking ownership over scaling Venuu across major German cities and establishing a strong foothold in the country. The German team will be based in our Barcelona office that hosts our international operations.

To keep the team balanced were hoping to hire employees with different seniority-levels; both high-potential juniors and moree experienced professionals. This specific opening is for an Entry-Level talent ready to kickstart their career.

To guide you forward we have a proven market launch blueprint that has been validated and optimised in other European markets namely Sweden Denmark and Spain. Youll execute this playbook in close collaboration with experienced colleagues and the companys CEO.

For entry-level positions were not looking for any specific background; just energy proactivity and an eagerness to learn. Mindset is more important than a proven track record.

Pssst! Before continuing please note that fluent German is required in this role (for your daily work with partners) along with good English (our internal language for training and meetings).

Sound good Keep reading!

What Youll Be Doing

Because this is an early-stage market launch your role will be highly versatile. The most crucial part of the job however is to bring news venues onboard from all around Germany.

• City-by-City Launching: You will drive our expansion into new regions. Youll do research to map out the best local venues and run outreach campaigns to get the platform off the ground one city at a time.
• Deploying Launch Deals: To kickstart new cities quickly youll invite the very first local partners to join under highly attractive launch conditions. Because these introductory offers carry very low entry friction you can bring partners onboard fast with less heavy contract negotiation.
• Onboarding & Listing Creation: Once a venue says yes youll set up their account build their profile copy and make sure their listing looks great. Once a city has a solid number of active venues your job there is done and you move right along to help launch the next city.
• Web Content & Demand Generation: Create dedicated website content to ensure event organizers across Germany find Venuu online thus directing traffic and bookings to our newly onboarded partners.

Who Were Looking For

• The Doer Mindset: This role is for energetic executioners not theoretical overthinkers. You love moving fast and taking immediate action.
• Fearless Communicator: You have no fear of picking up the phone pitching ideas and navigating objections. Because of this part of the job eperience in any client-facing or customer-centric role (retail hospitality call centers sales) is highly beneficial because youve already beaten the fear of rejection and confrontation.
• Language Skills: Fluent German (written and verbal) to command respect from German business owners and strong English to collaborate effortlessly with your international teammates.
• Highly Organized: You will manage a high-volume pipeline with dozens of simultaneous conversations. Keeping your calendar notes follow-ups and pipeline disciplined is critical.
• Ambitious & Coachable: You love learning ask plenty of questions and actively seek feedback to stretch your comfort zone. You have a healthy level of confidence.
• Team First: You work hard take ownership of your actions and know how to have a laugh while building something big together.

Whats on the Table

• Start Date: Flexibly in August/September after the summer holiday period.
• Contract: Permanent full-time (40h/week) with a 3-month probation period.
• Compensation: For entry-level employees first years salary is gross/year depending on your experience. We notice and reward personal growth so as your skills develop and the value you bring to the company grows your compensation will also grow as a result of your annual reviews. For year two youll already enter our mid-level brackets.
• Location: Our vibrant Barcelona office. We are office-first because we believe face-to-face chemistry is vital when launching something from scratch. Hybrid options are partially available after being fully onboarded.
• Team & Culture: Join an international crew of 30 friendly professionals from the Nordics Spain and Latin America. We keep a great office vibe balanced perfectly between hard work and a relaxed social atmosphere.
• Perks: Regular team-building events casual afterworks a personal learning budget and plenty of snacks and drinks in the fridge.

How to Apply

We are already accepting applications throughout the summer.

To stand out from the crowd make your application personal and tell us exactly why an early-stage startup launch gets you fired up.

Heres what our recruitment process looks like:

1. Apply: Submit your CV and application (in English) through our portal.
2. Screening Call: A quick friendly phone chat with a member of our team.
3. Onsite Interview: A deep-dive interview at our Barcelona office with our CEO Jaakko and Isak (Manager responsible for Scandinavian markets).
4. Final Chat: A casual get-to-know chat over a coffee or a cold beer with Jaakko.

Note: Due to the summer holiday season we will begin moving candidates forward through the pipeline as soon as we return in August with the goal of making our final hiring decisions before the end of the month. The whole recruitment process is carried out in English.