Entrepreneur in Residence / COO (f/m)

WE ARE BUILDING EUROPE’S MOST INNOVATIVE INTERIOR DESIGN NETWORK. DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF IT?

Are you looking for the next step in your career and do you like to become part of the movement? Then join our team of talented entrepreneurs right in the most trendy hotspots of Europe.

The Upscale Vision
Upscale was founded on a simple idea: To make professional interior design a service for everyone, no longer a luxury available only to a few.

The Opportunity
Would you like to kick-start your career and become part of an ambitious startup that’s on a mission to disrupt the interior design industry as you know it?

What You Will Do
● You will drive the success of our platform - engaging more interior designers and projects and taking care of proper processes to secure this growth
● For enabling this growth you will support business development, online marketing, product, sales, operations and human resources;
● You will improve market and user behavior analysis;
● You will create strategies for business growth (offline and online) with clear targets and timelines to completion;
● You will assist in business development efforts in the property developer and B-to-B- market.

Who We Are Looking For
● You have a background in studying business, architecture, marketing or related fields;
● You appreciate good design, processes and attention to detail;
● You a self-starting doer, with sharp judgement and a flexible attitude who is keen to get there hands dirty in a fast changing business;
● You have a solid understanding of platforms, online and mobile business models, consider yourself a “digital native” and “early adopter” with a basic understanding of web technologies;
● You are able to manage competing priorities amongst clients, vendors, colleagues;
● You have some practical work and tools experience (like with Excel, Word, Powerpoint, potentially as well with Pipedrive, Shopify, Performance Marketing Tools like Google Tag Manager, SEO and SEM, Hotjar), Content Creation and distribution with Hootsuite and Mailchimp, Startup and sales experience is a plus;
● You finished your Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree as one of the top-10% - ideally in some creative or financial business
● You have excellent communication skills in English and German, both verbal and written;

More Reasons To Work At Upscale
● Dynamic startup environment with no hierarchies, short decision time-frames and steep learning curve through exciting projects;
● Stable financial renumeration, but also stock-option plan set up for alignment of interest and highest motivation possible
● Unique chance to experience growth and implement your own ideas in a new venture;
● Well-equipped and stylish office in the heart of Zurich with a good work-life balance;
● Complimentary Upscale package for all employees and interns, Friends & Family Discounts;
● Team gatherings and participations in off-sites, travel to different European hubs;

We enjoy working in the centre of cosmopolitan Zurich, a vibrant and flourishing city, but are also setting up hubs in creative Berlin and Warsaw. We are looking forward to meeting talented candidates who want to rethink and reshape the way we furnish our interior world.

Please send your CV, blog, webpage or Linkedin profile and any other relevant information - applications are considered at all times. Do also outline 5 business development or strategic initiatives that you believe will help grow our business and how we should build our platform. English and German applications pls send to [email protected].