Sales and Marketing Manager, ANZ

Role Summary
We are seeking a proactive, highly engaged Sales and Marketing Manager to support our presence across Australia. In this role, you will be responsible for aligning with our global team while building brand awareness through PR, community activations, ambassador relationships, and offline events. You will also support our distribution and retail partners from establishing new relationships to supporting execution and sell-out. We are a nimble team with global reach and this role provides ample opportunity for experimentation and learning.
About you
You are a hands-on doer looking to work with a growing brand. You're excited by challenges and comfortable working with ambuity. You are a team player and can navigate cross-team relationships. You love interacting with partners and users.
Key Responsibilities
1) Marketing, Community & Brand Building
PR & Local Media: Serve as the local point of contact for Australian media, press releases, and product loaners to secure strong regional PR coverage.
Ambassador & Influencer Management: Identify, onboard, and manage relationships with local watersports athletes, creators, and brand ambassadors; coordinate product seeding and content deliverables.
Offline Events & Activations: Plan, execute, and attend regional events, trade shows, and brand pop-ups to build hands-on consumer awareness.
Grassroots Community Building: Connect directly with local watersports clubs, schools, and community groups to cultivate an active, loyal user base.
2) Retail Sales Support & Channel Marketing
Relationship Development: Build and maintain strong ongoing relationships with key specialty watersports retailers and major Consumer Electronics (CE) retail partners across Australia.
Support retail execution: Work internally and externally to ensure high-impact retail presence, including Point-of-Purchase displays, staff training, and marketing support.
Key Qualifications
Experience: 3–5+ years in marketing and/or retail sales within action sports, watersports, outdoor, or consumer hardware sectors in Australia.
Watersports & Action Sports Connection: Strong personal connection to or understanding of the local Australian watersports community (surf, foil, wind, kite, marine).
Goal driven, focused on execution: Comfortable working independently and asking for help when needed across a remote team.
Hands-on Relationship Builder: Able to build partnerships across grassroots clubs and large corporate partners alike; comfortable being hands-on and representing the brand
Travel Flexibility: Willingness to travel regionally across Australia for retail visits, club events, trade shows, and store activations.

Work arrangement
Yes