Global Membership Fellow - Barcelona, Spain

Job Description

Join the Media Platform for the Global Development Community

You: an ambitious recent college graduate who wants to develop marketing and business skills while doing good.

Us: a buzzed-about social enterprise committed to changing the world through our audience of one million aid workers and development professionals. If you’re eager to use your marketing, research and customer service skills to make a real difference for people everywhere and to support the global development community, we’d love to meet. You’ll find at Devex an opportunity to carve out your own place in the world, learn from sharp, committed colleagues, and be part of an energizing culture that’s low on bureaucracy and high on impact (and fun).

Devex is the media platform for the global development community. A social enterprise, we connect and inform development, health, humanitarian and sustainability professionals through news, business intelligence and funding & career opportunities so you can do more good for more people.

An international organization founded at the Harvard Kennedy School, Devex is headquartered in Washington, DC, and has offices in Barcelona and Manila, and reporters around the world. Our diverse global team includes 100 web-savvy journalists, analysts, developers, designers, and marketers. Devexers live our mission, and bring their top-notch academic and professional credentials to work every day to change the world. Get to know us better by checking out our tumblr page.

Why this position is great for you:

• We work hand-in-hand with the top foundations, companies NGOs and aid agencies to help bring positive change around the world
• We support over 1,000 international development organizations to track relevant funding opportunities, hire the right technical talent to implement development projects and stay on top of the top trends impacting our industry
• We are continually striving to build new relationships and grow our membership globally
• We’re a young, dynamic company that’s growing fast and that has an open, collaborative culture
• Devex offers creative spaces, snack-filled fridges and all the espresso you can drink
• No bureaucracy here: you’ll get to own your work and will get the support you need
• Want to get ahead? We’re filled with stories of people who joined Devex and moved up, and up, and up. And that’s exactly what we’re looking for from you

What we need from you:

The main responsibilities of the Devex Marketing Fellow are…

• Identify top NGOs, companies and individuals that are missing out on Devex has to offer
• Nurture potential marketing leads by researching new organizations and sending relevant, targeted content to engage new users on Devex
• Help support current members through account management and identifying potential members for upgrade
• Schedule meetings or phone calls for the global membership team with current and prospective members
• Maintain detailed log of interactions with clients through regular use of SalesForce CRM
• Keep updated on current trends and happenings with the international aid community to better understand our clients’ needs

Requirements:

To fit well in this role you must be an energetic, personable and motivated individual with superb written, research and marketing skills. Devex is building a world-class marketing operation within the membership team, and we would like an energetic go-getter to help us to do this from the ground up.

You must also have…

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (marketing, communications, business, international affairs, international development, etc.)
• Superior research and written communication skills
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and time-management focused
• Business-oriented with an entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong networking and client management skills
• Ability to set goals and meet deadlines.
• Must have the ability to work independently, and as part of a global, multi-cultural team.
• Spain work authorization

Preferred Qualifications:

Besides the basic requirements, here’s what we’d love to see…

• Familiarity with international development sector
• Prior marketing, sales or account management experience (working through college counts!)
• Previous experience using SalesForce CRM platform and/or Marketo

Location: This is a full-time six month fellowship position based in our Barcelona, Spain office.

While this is a six-month fellowship, at the end of the fellowship period Devex will evaluate turning this into an ongoing role.

About the Organization

We are Devex, a driving force in global development on a mission to connect people, information and ideas to make a $200-billion industry do more good for more people. Through devex.com, we offer news, business information, and recruiting services to our 500,000-member community including CARE, Microsoft, World Bank UNDP, ADB, and other leading firms, donor agencies, NGOs and development professionals.

Headquartered in Washington DC, and with offices in Barcelona and Manila, our social enterprise consists of 100 accomplished, über-smart, dynamic, exuberant staff who give their all to make sure what we do makes a difference. Devex offers competitive salaries and benefits as well as creative spaces, flexible schedules, snack-filled fridges and all the espresso you can drink. If you see yourself as part of a progressive group of global development game changers, join us!