Looking for a new adventure? You’ve come to the right place.

We're an Amsterdam-based team of 75+ (and counting) with 25+ nationalities amongst us! A varied bunch of Citizens of The World with a wide range of skills and hundreds of thousands of kilometers under our travel belts. And we have something important in common (other than our very well-worn passports): We want to change the way people travel.

And that's exactly what we're doing, with the travel app to plan, track, and relive trips in a smart and beautiful way.

Polarsteps has over 14 million users already, but, for us, this is just the beginning. We have big plans for the future, and so we need even more talented and enthusiastic people to help us on our journey.

Want to know more about us? Here you go.

Your expedition: Growth & Marketing at Polarsteps

Over the past 10 years, Polarsteps has grown massively through word-of-mouth, thanks to our product and tech department building a top-quality user experience for all our travelers world-wide.

The Growth & Marketing department is still a small team, but we’re doing big things. As the Marketing Lead , you'll be at the forefront of accelerating our key markets (FR,DE, US, UK, and others), focusing on non-scalable and scalable marketing tactics that accelerate the organic growth flywheel. You'll be both a strategic thinker and hands-on executor, capable of leading market expansion, while driving marketing experiments that identify new opportunities.

We’re looking for someone seriously talented, highly ambitious and probably pretty unusual. You’ll have an instinct for creative campaigns and marketing ideas that do a lot with a little - this role isn’t about managing ad agencies but using creativity and originality to get Polarsteps out in the world. And it’s a hands-on role; we’re keeping the team at Polarsteps lean and nimble in the longer term, so if leading big teams and managing people is important to you, this isn’t the role for you. It is the role for someone who is determined to make an impact as an individual contributor - and excited to be at the core of getting Polarsteps to 100m users and beyond.

This is for someone who thrives building from the ground up, loves the challenge of early-stage market dynamics, and brings a growth mindset with international focus.

Your itinerary

What your journey at Polarsteps will look like day-to-day.

You will:

• Co-create and execute marketing strategies with our Head of Growth, tailored to key markets, focusing on driving awareness and acceleration of our organic flywheel.

• Be willing to own parts of the acquisition channels yourself: identify and prioritize new opportunities and scale our creative marketing efforts globally.

• Developing and owning the tone of voice and style guides for our international markets, and adapting global campaigns to local nuances, working with our head of localization and editorial teams.

• Lead the creation of marketing materials and content, oversee the planning, scheduling, and execution of marketing projects to ensure timely and successful delivery.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of marketing initiatives with overall business objectives.

The equipment in your backpack

What we’re hoping you’ll bring with you.

• 8+ years of digital marketing experience, with extensive knowledge of the app marketing ecosystem and media landscape.

• Experience launching unique marketing campaigns you worked on yourself (rather than those outsourced to an agency)

• Intuition for visual branding and copywriting

• Experience growing consumer products in international markets, ideally digital

• Creative thinking abilities to develop innovative campaigns and strategies that capture attention and resonate with our travel community.

• Strong analytical skills - needed to make data-driven decisions, measure campaign performance, and acquire insights to optimize marketing strategies.

• Drive, determination and ability to operate at serious speed

• Outstanding people skills and stakeholder management

• Based in Amsterdam or able to relocate immediately to Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Added bonuses (but not required): if you speak other languages, have experience of working abroad, or have worked in a startup or scaleup environment

1st class extras

Some cool things to make the journey extra sweet.

• A yearly free flight or train ride to a random location! Give our Teleporter a spin here.

• A shiny MacBook to work your magic on.

• Hybrid working. Split your time between the office and your home with at least two days a week in our Amsterdam office

• An extensive home office set-up — everything from noise-canceling headphones to a standing desk.

• 30 days of vacation (for adventures or sitting on the couch, it's up to you).

• Two paid Culture Days for days that are important to you but not recognized by the official Dutch calendar.

• The option to switch up your zoom background by working from another country for up to 8 weeks a year.

• A personal development budget for that curious mind of yours!

• A pension plan to help you save for those around-the-world retirement trips.

• Delicious daily team lunches.

• Awesome monthly parties, as well as team trips away.

• A lively office in downtown Amsterdam. And are you living more than 7 km away from the office? Your commute is covered by us!

• Free Polarsteps Travel Books to contain all your far-flung adventures.

At Polarsteps, we believe the best products are built by people as diverse as the travelers using our apps! That's why we specifically encourage people underrepresented in the tech industry to apply for a role with us. Because we believe that diversity — be it age, race, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, or gender identity — makes both the world and the workplace better.

Think this is the path for you? Find out more about how we hire.