Business Development & Growth Manager - Korea

Our Values:

Dream big

—Be visionary, strategic, and open to innovation

Build great things

—Work in service of our users, always improving and pushing higher

Take ownership

—Take responsibility with bold decision-making and bias for action

Win like a sports team

—Be trusting and collaborative while empowering others

Learn and grow fast

—Never stop learning and iterate fast

Share our passion

—Share ideas and practice enthusiasm and joy

About the team:

Our talented in-house marketing team connects our award-winning app with the world! Our team produces creative marketing campaigns across paid and organic channels to expand our reach and drive downloads and revenue for the business. You’ll be joining a creative and fun team of marketers & designers who have a passion for sharing our love for Goodnotes!

About the role:

We are looking for a Business Development & Growth Manager who will focus on 1) Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key partners in Korean not limited to local publishers and platform partners, and 2) Ideate, create, and launch marketing campaigns relevant to the local market to drive downloads and sales. Our ideal candidate for this role is self-driven, goal-oriented, and data-driven person who works well on a team as well as independently.

This is the role for you, if you’re excited to work on the things listed below:

Business Development

• Demonstrated skillsets in identifying and cultivating partnership opportunities in the local market across local publishers or platform partners in South Korea.
• Maintain strong partner relationships with strong negotiation and deal-close skills.
• Drive revenue generation from partnerships by planning excellent GTM strategies with a solid understanding of sales and marketing processes.
• Lead partnership initiatives to report leadership succinctly and collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to execute plans.

Growth Marketing

Increase our revenue in Korea in 12 months by

• Owning the entire go-to-market process, including maintaining the trends, impact, imperatives, and use cases of our products and offerings
• Building and implementing a full funnel, multi-channel marketing strategy to reach and engage a Korean student audience both online and offline
• Building compelling local marketing tactics to engage and delight Korea’s student community using local market knowledge
• Localizing global campaigns to build and launch locally relevant marketing campaigns
• Collaborating closely with external partners to represent and/or organize offline events and roadshows

The skills you will need to be successful in the above:

• 8+ years experience in a growth manager and business development role in a B2C product company with specific focus on the Korea market
• Demonstrated experience of cultivating and maintaining strategic partnerships and find joint opportunities to drive revenue and achieve business objectives
• Experience planning and launching local multi-channel marketing campaigns including but not limited to Offline Marketing, Social Media, Community Engagement, Partnerships, etc.
• Experience collaborating effectively with global marketing team & cross functionally with product, engineering, customer service teams for all growth activities planned in Korea
• Strong communication skills, with a fluency in English & Korean

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria listed above, we would still love to hear from you! GoodNotes places a lot of value on learning and development and will support your growth if needed.

The interview process:

• An introductory call with someone from our talent acquisition team. They want to hear more about your background, what you are looking for, and why you’d like to join Goodnotes
• A role-specific call to discuss your background and skillset for this role more in detail
• A call with your hiring manager. This is the person who will be managing you day to day, working on your growth and development with you as well as support you throughout your career at Goodnotes
• A meet the team interview

What’s in it for you:

• Meaningful equity in a profitable tech-startup
• Budget for things like noise-cancelling headphones, setting up your home office, personal development, professional training, and health & wellness
• Sponsored visits to our Hong Kong or London office every 2 years
• Company-wide annual offsite
• Flexible working hours and location
• Medical insurance for you and your dependents