Community Growth & Partnerships Manager - THANGS

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive designer outreach, partnerships, and revenue growth for Thangs by owning outbound prospecting and designer engagement.

  • Identify, nurture, close designer leads through outbound prospecting.
  • Must-have: 5-7 years in marketing, sales, or account management.
  • Standout: Strong network with designers, makers, or creators across US/Europe.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Identify, nurture, close new leads through outbound prospecting, including cold calling, emailing, and social selling.
  • Develop and execute designer outreach and nurture strategy with guidance from the Associate Director of Marketing.
  • Serve as an enablement partner, collaborating with the Marketing and Community team to onboard designers and ensure early success on the Thangs platform
  • Take a leadership role in meeting Thangs' designer outreach and growth goals through onboarding new designers and supporting existing designers' growth
  • Serve as a trusted business partner for designers to support revenue growth, including identifying new opportunities and partnerships, negotiating rates, and ensuring designer retention.
  • Develop creative industry partnerships and new revenue opportunities for Thangs through strategic brand, industry, and retail partnerships in collaboration with the Associate Director of Marketing and Thangs executive team that drive creator and platform success.
  • Negotiate partnership agreements with designers and business partners as needed.

Requirements

  • 5 -7 years of experience in marketing, sales, or account management.
  • Existing relationships with both corporate and independent retailers in the United States or Europe
  • A must : Experience in the 3D printing, design, or creator ecosystem, with familiarity working alongside makers, artists, and digital creators
  • Familiarity with the 3D modeling, CAD, or additive manufacturing ecosystems
  • Proven ability to generate new business opportunities through outbound prospecting
  • Demonstrated understanding of the lead nurture and conversion process.
  • Ability to identify, negotiate, close, and execute strategic business partnerships
  • Experience using a CRM database, Hubspot preferred.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate general messaging into a personalized approach for prospects.
  • Organized, self-starter with strong project management skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity and work independently
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Shapeways

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Shapeways’ digital manufacturing engine offers customers access to high-quality manufacturing from start to finish through automation, innovation, and digitization. The company’s purpose-built software, a wide selection of materials and technologies, and global supply chain lower manufacturing barriers and speed delivery of quality products. Shapeways’ digital manufacturing services have empowered more than one million customers worldwide to produce more than 21 million parts using 11 different technologies and 90 different materials and finishes.We deliver professional production-grade parts based on your specifications and needs. We specialize in small volume production. We fill the gap between mass production and prototyping. Our extensive and adaptable quality control processes and certifications makes the ideal partner to larger manufacturers and assemblers.Headquartered in New York City, Shapeways has ISO 9001-compliant manufacturing facilities in the Netherlands, and a network of verified partners around the globe.

Founded in 2008
New York, New York, USA
94 employees (16 in marketing)
49% recommend to a friend
37% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
152.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.9%
Direct
46.4%
Referral
6.6%
Social
4.9%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~95

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (2% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$182.5M
Last Raise
$75M
Post IPO Equity, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2021
    Post IPO Equity • $75M
  • Apr 2018
    Series E • $30M
  • Jul 2015
    Series D • $30M

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