BlaBlaCar: a disruptive, high-growth, fun and serious company

A successful and innovative global start-up, backed by world-class venture capital firms, Accel Partners and Index Ventures, our HQ are based in Paris and we have international teams in Madrid, Milan, Warsaw, Hamburg, Moscow, Budapest, London, Istanbul, Mexico and New Delhi. 

We are creating an entirely new, people powered, transport network. With dedicated customer service, state of the art web and mobile platforms, and a highly engaged community of users, BlaBlaCar is making road travel fun, money-saving and more efficient. 

Read more about us here: http://www.blablacar.com/blog/blablacar-press

Check out WIREDs feature article "BLABLACAR HAS TURNED RIDE-SHARING INTO A MULTI-MILLION-EURO BUSINESS" here: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/05/features/blablacar

Being part of the awesome BlaBlaCar team means:

• you will have a positive social impact on the world, as we continue to make road travel smarter and more sustainable,
• you will work in a fast-paced environment with a highly agile team of dynamic, hyper-motivated and talented individuals,
• you will join a global company, with a real international culture and vision; multi-lingual and highly mobile :)
• you will be part of a supportive team that shares knowledge and empowers every single member to reach their full potential, and continue learning,
• you will enter a high-growth structure which means that you will be constantly challenged and that your responsibilities will grow fast and change regularly.

This is a unique opportunity to join a very skilled and motivated team of brand and creative catalysts in our London-based Global Marketing and Design Team. You will help shape and deliver our brand & marketing content, and make a meaningful contribution to our global success.

This new role reports to the Global Head of Marketing & Design, who reports directly to company founders. The goal of the Global Marketing & Design team is to lead and execute our global brand & marketing content. We provide countries with marketing assets for all media and we support their growth by leading all creative marketing projects, above the line and below the line. As such, the role requires a sensitive, multicultural, creative approach and a structured mind, able to manage complexity efficiently.

The BlaBlaCar marketing team is one of the best in Europe (we are major accounts at Google and Facebook for example), and a smart, agile, in-house content design process is a major contributing factor to that success. We use no advertising agencies - almost all content is created in-house! We are looking for superstar project owners to continue to grow and shape this successful strategy.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Defining and leading brand and marketing projects alongside local market teams
• Schedule ownership, quality and deadline management
• Management of content adaptation and localisation process for a global organisation
  
• Leading key brand projects (country launch messaging, content strategy...)
• Sharing best practices with other teams in our marketing operations
• Conducting market research and benchmarking

Successful candidates will be skilled, agile project managers, with exceptional people & communication skills, capable of leadership and diplomacy. This role is ideal for you if you are structured and process-driven, while having a creative fibre, and if you wish to develop real expertise in marketing for business growth, and to carry meaningful responsibility. 

There will be opportunities to travel to local offices to build team relationships with local colleagues and understand local market challenges.

• Degree from a top school 
• Proven project management experience (minimum 3 years)
• Experience in marketing or startups (minimum 3 years)
• Strong problem solving skills
• Rigorous and organised
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to excellence and passion in all your undertakings
• Must understand our business model and value proposition, for both drivers and passengers
• Comfortable to work in a start up culture with a high growth/agile environment
• Ability to work autonomously with tight deadlines
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and with remote offices, appreciation of mar-comms localisation challenges 
• Fluent in English, additional languages are a strong plus
• Work experience abroad (minimum 1 year)
• Office software required

In addition to working with fun, passionate, dynamic and smart team, BlaBlaCar team members get a ton of perks:

• Global mobility: we are building a global company, and there are numerous opportunities to travel 
• Great office: We have our own dedicated area in the central and beautiful WeWork building of Moorgate. There are a ton of shared spaces, community animations for the tech and creative industries, and free beer on tap if you can believe it
• Off-site adventures: in addition to regular events during the year, we all go once a year spend 3 days in the alps together at a ski resort!