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Join the Vanilla Team

Vanilla Forums is growing its team.

Vanilla Forums was first released in 2005, and has been used to power discussions on over 300,000 sites across the web. Vanilla brings a fresh and innovative perspective to the crowded discussion forum market by offering true customization and seamless integration with existing solutions. We are still very much a start-up company, and we bend and pivot very quickly. We are fiercely dedicated to providing innovative service offers.

Position: Marketing Manager

The Marketing Manager will lead the online marketing activities for Vanilla Forums: user acquisition, conversion, and retention. The successful candidate will drive/create the PR & community programs, SEO, e-mail marketing, web traffic analysis, corporate content creation, partner programs as well as any other marketing/communication related activities. Analyze web traffic patterns and make recommendations to improve conversion rates of web traffic. Help us find the best sources of new users. Must possess a very active and creative mind, be a fanatic of results, and not be easily distracted by non core activities.

  • Experience
    • 3-8 years experience in consumer marketing activities, focused on consumer services. Preference to experience in web services. Strong preference to marketing experience within a start up organization.
    • Ability to develop creative marketing plans, and execute them.
    • Preferably experienced in managing PR and marketing agencies.
    • Proven experience defining and managing online marketing campaigns, consumer research, social networking outreach, product value propositions and product messaging.
    • Familiarity with historical online communications platforms, and leading web social networking sites is a benefit.
    • Strong analytical skills
  • Personal Attributes
    • Highly consumer focused. Capable of understanding and articulating customer needs.
    • Proven leadership skills as well as ability to execute in unstructured environments. Self starter.
    • Ability to express complex thoughts clearly, both in writing and verbally.
    • Creative and original problem solver.
    • Highly motivated. Outstanding achievements and track record.
    • Team player.

Contact us today!

All positions are based in our Montreal, Quebec offices.

If you're excited about working in a fast-paced environment with fun, enthusiastic and passionate team of professionals dedicated to delivering the highest level of personalized customer service, contact us today!

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