We know getting experience is hard, and landing a job is harder, so this post is the salve to that problem. Each week we will add opportunities that we come across for you. It is a great idea to scroll back and dive deeper—even if a position is closed it may be a good idea to see if the company has new offerings, add the company to your watch list, or make note of what appealed to you about the opportunity and apply that knowledge in other areas of your search!
Check back each week as we add to the list from what passes our desk and lands in our inbox. If you have an opportunity to submit please email spark@deakin.edu.au.
Here is the (ever-changing) snapshot of opportunities that we want to share with you:
February 2022
Week beginning February 28
⭐ Featured Opportunities –
👩🏿💻Software Engineer @ MOBIT | Full-time | Melbourne, VIC
Want to work for an early-stage startup where the founder is a student at Deakin Uni?
MOBIT is looking for a software engineer to join their startup. They are searching for someone who can design, develop, test and launch an app for IOS and Android with prior experience.
MOBIT, founded by Deakin Uni student, Lachlan Carboon, was the student-stream winner of the 2021 Deakin Startup Competition.
The successful candidate will help them create a prototype app and an MVP, but is also someone who is innovative, motivated, and creative.
If you would like to apply, please email Lachlan at lachlan@mobit.com.au
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🗺️ Account Executive Startup/ SMB, AU NZ @ Stripe | Full-time | Melbourne, Australia
As a Startup / SMB Account Executive at Stripe, you will drive Stripe’s future growth engine by building relationships with prospective clients and turning them into happy Stripe users.
🗺️ Work Place Experience Coordinator @ Mr Yum | Full-time | Melbourne or Sydney or Remote, Australia
Founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2018, Mr Yum is an ordering, payments and growth platform used by leading hospitality and entertainment venues around the globe. They are are looking for a highly organised Workplace Experience Coordinator to work alongside their team, managing general administration, driving special projects and coordinating our growing Melbourne headquarters in Collingwood.
🧗Skalata Ventures | @ Content Marketing Coordinator|Full-time | Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
Skalata is a seed-stage venture capital firm helping startup founders with education, capital and connections needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future.
They’re on the hunt for the new voice of Skalata. A passionate storyteller with a nous for producing outstanding content to guide the next generation of founders.
🛋️Influencer Coordinator @ BROSA| Full-time | Melbourne, Australia
Hello, we’re BROSA. And it’s our mission to make it simple for people to create a home they’ll love.
As an Influencer Coordinator you will get to:
• Manage and develop a roster of influencers in alignment with brand persona
• Keep the wider marketing team up to date with global influencer marketing trends and ideation, to collaborate and strategise campaigns
Week beginning February 21
⭐ Featured Opportunities –
🤗 Community Specialist @ Ovira | Full-time | Sydney, Australia
Ovira are taking the women’s health industry by storm after the success of their first product – the Noha device. It’s a small, wearable machine that instantly relieves period pain.
To support this growth they’re searching for their first Community Specialist to take charge of our community – the heart of Ovira.
So if you’re that friend who is always sending memes, organising brunch and basically holding the group chat together – they’ve been looking for you.
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🗺️ Account Executive @ BindiMaps | Full-time | Melbourne or Sydney or Remote, Australia
BindiMaps are seeking a professional Account Executive to put their products and solutions into the hands of consumers in the Australian Market.
🎸 Customer Support Manager @ Tixel| Full-time | Remote friendly, Australia
Tixel are on a mission to fill every seat with a happy fan. The person who is successful in this role will be relentlessly obsessed with providing the best customer experience no matter how big or small a customer’s issue may be.
👩🏾⚕️👨🏻⚕️👩🏼⚕️Practice Manager @ Midnight Health| Full-time | Remote friendly, Australia
Midnight Health are on a mission is to provide fast, convenient and discreet access to treatments, prescriptions and education through niche digital healthcare brands powered by their Midnight Health platform.
• They are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Practice Manager to join their “digital clinic” and work under their Medical Director.
• You’ll be a forward thinking Practice Manager that is excited about the role that digital technology can play in delivering healthcare at scale, in what is not your traditional medical practice environment.
🛍️ Sales Representative @ Shopify Plus| Full-time | Remote, Australia
Shopify Plus is making commerce better for everyone. They give high growth, high volume merchants the scalability and flexibility they need. They are looking for someone with high energy and strong work ethic, driving team and individual goals.
Week beginning February 14
⭐ Featured Opportunities –
👨🏽🦱👩🏻🦱 O’Week Volunteers Needed: Burwood Campus | 28 February – 1 March 2022, 11:00 AM – 2PM AEDT.
We are on the lookout for 5 enthusiastic members of our community to assist SPARK Deakin at our O’ Week stall this T1 2022.
If you are interested in this opportunity to be a representative for a university-backed initiative, please respond to this callout by
Monday 21st February via email with email subject ‘O’week Volunteers Opp’ to spark@deakin.edu.au
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👩💻 Digital Community Assistant @ One Roof | Full-time/ Part-time (Ideally 4 days) | Remote, Australia
One Roof is a digital membership for female leaders and entrepreneurs with 1000 members across Australia and growing daily.
• This is a really exciting opportunity for someone eager to learn, gets excited by digital and driven by the mission to help ambitious women succeed.
• If you’re self-driven, tech-savvy and have some experience with social media, creating content, digital marketing, and hosting events they’d love to hear from you. Deadline for applications is 5pm, Friday 18th Feb.
🌲 Executive Assistant @ Linktree | Full-time| Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
As an Executive Assistant at Linktree, you’ll partner with the Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Director of Platform to help them achieve ambitious goals. You’ll be deep in the detail of their days acting as the gatekeeper to their calendars, organising inboxes, and helping out with a range of admin and project work.
🌱 Growth and Operations Associate @ Carted | Full-time| Sydney
Carted are on a mission to build solutions for the next generation of commerce.
Antler are on the hunt for a Community Manager (aka Founder Whisperer) to support our Founders during the Pre-Launch phase of Antler.
In this role you will:
• Onboard incoming founders to Antler
• Own our Pre-Launch founder community
• Own the founder journey immediately post investment
• Own initiatives that foster a creative, supportive and productive community.
💊 Marketing Coordinator @ Medtech Actuator| Full-time | Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
The MedTech Actuator – a not-for-profit entity – is Australia’s premier medical technology commercialisation initiative: priming, augmenting and developing medical technologies. MedTech Actuator are currently looking for a marketing and communications expert to join their team to develop and drive effective marketing for all aspects of their programs. As a member of a small team, you will be required to work flexibly across the organisation and bring an open and can-do attitude – activities will be both internal and external-facing.
Week beginning February 7
⭐ Featured Opportunities –
👩🏾⚕️👨🏻⚕️👩🏼⚕️Hot Doc | Various Roles | Melbourne, VIC
HotDoc is Australia’s largest patient engagement platform with over 8 million app downloads in Australia.
• They are looking for applicants in various roles, from Junior Data Engineer (Remote), Customer Advocate Full-time) and Customer Learning Specialist (Full-time).
• The past 18 months have seen massive growth for the Hot Doc team and community. HotDoc now works with over 21,000 practices around Australia, including GPs, Allied Health, Dental Practices, Specialists, and Optometrists. They’ve helped patients book over 9 million COVID-19 vaccinations (and counting)!
• “The thing that HotDoc staff all have in common – other than a possibly zany sense of humour – is they are all very values driven people. Not people who will drink the kool aid, but people who genuinely have their own ethical foundations, and are happy to make decisions and voice their concerns even when it might not be the most popular viewpoint” – Ben Hurst, CEO of Hot Doc
• Watch a video about what it is like to work at HotDoc here.
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🌊 Ripple| @Community Growth Officer |Full-time | Remote, Australia
Ripple is a social enterprise startup helping accelerate our next generation into future focussed careers and community leadership.
• They are seeking someone curious about using digital tools to grow a community and while you may not have (yet) done all the things, you’re hungry to reach your potential. You’re not only comfortable talking about ‘test and learn’ you thrive in it.
🛍️ Growth Marketing Manager @ Gimme App | Full-time | Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
Gimme is the new kid on the block in the start-up tech space. Gimme is an on-demand shopping and delivery app, allowing customers to purchase virtually any item from any store and have it delivered within 2 hours.
• They are looking for someone who is hands-on, results driven with experience in growth marketing and digital strategy.
• The ideal candidate will have the ability to empathise with their customers, energised by the challenge of scaling a business and love numbers and telling stories.
🌿 Eucalyptus | 2x Community Manager roles |Full-time | Sydney, NSW
Eucalyptus is a healthcare technology company building digital experiences for patients.
• Eucalyptus have two community manager roles up for grabs, Software Community Manager and Kin Community Manager.
• Their 5 innovative healthcare brands – Pilot, Kin, Software, Normal, Juniper – form the connective tissue between telehealth consults with doctors, pharmacy delivery and ongoing patient care.
🌲 Airtree | @Investment Associate |Full-time | Sydney, NSW
Airtree are hiring an Investment Associate! They are looking for someone with a true passion for startups, technology and shaping the future.
• You will become an integral part of their investment team and be involved in the entire process from sourcing, to investment, to working with their companies and helping them to succeed. You will be based in Sydney but will travel within Australia and beyond, as well as attend events and more.
🧗Skalata Ventures | @Community & Events Coordinator|Full-time | Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
Skalata is a seed-stage venture capital firm helping startup founders with education, capital and connections needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future.
• They’re currently experiencing a growth spurt after securing the backing of some of Australia’s most successful entrepreneurs, so it’s a great time to join.
• We’re looking for the beating heart of our community. A hands-on and self-driven communicator with a strength for remembering names, important details, and joining the dots to form new connections.
January 2022
Week beginning January 31
Growth Marketing Manager @ HEX | Full-time | Remote, Australia
HEX is a global EdTech company based in Australia. They are looking for a Growth Marketing Manager who is up for a challenge. This role will suit someone who loves being hands on with campaign execution, but also ready to be stretched into more strategic responsibilities. They are looking for someone who is a strong communicator, embodies the gutsy HEX brand and has an instinct for connecting with Gen Z. Working closely with the CEO and Chief Growth Officer, you will blend data driven marketing with creative flair, always with ROI and revenue generation front of mind.
Marketing Coordinator @ Medtech Actuator| Full-time | Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
The MedTech Actuator – a not-for-profit entity – is Australia’s premier medical technology commercialisation initiative: priming, augmenting and developing medical technologies. MedTech Actuator are currently looking for a marketing and communications expert to join their team to develop and drive effective marketing for all aspects of their programs. As a member of a small team, you will be required to work flexibly across the organisation and bring an open and can-do attitude – activities will be both internal and external-facing.
Program Coordinator @ Startup Shakeup | Contract | Remote, Australia
Startup Shakeup is looking for an enthusiastic self-starter who brings strong programming and project skills to work with the Startup Shakeup team in this exciting and critical role. You will be working across core programs offered by Startup Shakeup to the regional community and will support the CEO in identifying and building out new programs and ideas. This role will also create newsletters and work closely with the Marketing and Comms Facilitator and the other program leads in the Startup Shakeup team.
Social Media/Marketing Intern @ Quitch | Part-time | Remote/ Melbourne, VIC
Quitch is a mobile learning platform designed to improve retention and boost performance through game-based techniques. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of the digital media landscape, including various social media sites, WordPress and MailChimp. You will be responsible for reviewing our forward-facing communication channels, optimising our website and providing data analysis through Google Analytics. If you would like to apply, please email Sandra at sandracampos@quitch.com
Week beginning January 24
Events and Community Assistant @ Startup Victoria | Contract | Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
Startup Victoria is Australia’s largest network for founders, with over 60,000 people in the community. Startup Victoria is on the hunt for an Events and Community Assistant to help deliver programs, events, education, and support to founders. The successful candidate will be responsible for event planning, delivery and management, venue liaison and booking, logistics, community liaison, and more.
Data Engineer @ Energy Synapse | Full-time | Sydney, NSW (Hybrid)
Energy Synapse is an Australian startup on a mission to empower greater investment in clean energy. The Data Engineer will primarily work on the Energy Synapse Platform, but will also contribute to the modeling and analysis work. The successful candidate should be motivated and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a genuine passion for the transition to clean energy.
Media Fellowship Program Leader @ Startmate | Full-time | Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
This is a program for existing content creators, industry operators and founders looking enrich their content creation capacity, boost their profile, grow their audience and learn form leading mentors, all alongside a cohort of peers. In this role, you’ll be the face of your program, with deep empathy for and understanding of your customer group and the ability to one day represent them at an industry level. Each day you’ll work with a number of stakeholders – from coaches to participants to industry leaders – to create a world-class experience for the media fellows and ultimately strive to both increase the representation and deepen the quality of content creators in tech in ANZ.
Week beginning January 17
Future Founders Venture Scholarships @ StartSpaceHQ | Sponsorship | Melbourne, VIC
If you’re an ambitious international student founder of a new or early stage venture apply now for the Future Founders Venture Scholarships. 8 six-week scholarships including mentoring, coaching, StartSpace Loft membership & $10k seedfunding.
Lead Developer/CTO @ Thrive | Contract | Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
Thrive is a VIC based startup in pre-revenue mode on the lookout for a passionate and outcome-driven Lead Developer/CTO. They are two founders who are passionate about helping SME businesses hire more effectively and efficiently and have a breadth of experience speaking with these types of customers and understanding their pain points and problems to solve. They are looking for a Full Stack Developer who can come on board and work with Thrive with the view to becoming an equity partner. For all inquiries please contact Rob 0416 358 568.
LUNA | Various roles | Melbourne, VIC, Sydney, NSW, Byron Bay
LUNA partners with founders and investors in the startup space to see good ideas grow into great businesses. They are looking for applicants in various roles, from Tax Accountant to Commercial Lawyer. Keep an eye on their careers page as new roles will be posted in the near future.
Product Manager @ ROLLER | Full-time | Remote
ROLLER is a global software-as-a-service company, designed to help businesses in the leisure and attractions industry operate more efficiently, more effectively, and deliver great guest experiences. They are seeking an experienced Product Manager to join their high performing team to lead and evolve guest experiences. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, you’ll be working to drive the product vision through continuous improvement of existing products and development of new solutions which meet the defined business objectives while driving and building relationships. Successful applicants should be able to demonstrate the ability to deliver on the high level product roadmap and collaborate with design and development to ensure that the team is aligned and motivated to deliver the product vision.
Copywriter – Marketing Creative @ Canva | Full-time | Sydney, NSW
As a Copywriter at Canva you will have the opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest-growing platforms in the world. Since launch in April 2013 we have grown exponentially, amassing over 20 million users in over 100 languages. In this role you will partner with an Art Director to concept campaign platforms, and multi-channel executions; produce flawless copy at pace and more.
Week beginning January 10
Wellbeing Ambassador Program @ Deakin Life | Casual employment | Melbourne, VIC
Wellbeing Ambassadors are motivated and passionate Deakin students who help to promote the importance of health and wellbeing to the University community. Wellbeing Ambassadors are current Deakin students who have completed a minimum of eight units of study and have at least two trimesters still to complete. You’ll be in the role for a minimum of 12 months.
Creative Strategist @ TikTok | Full-time | Sydney, NSW (Hybrid)
TikTok is searching for a visual storyteller and visionary thinkers to be their Creative Strategist. Responsibilities include but not limited to driving innovation and leading creative strategy with key clients, helping clients understand TikTok and create the next big thing on TikTok.
Customer Advocate @ GoodHuman | Full-time | Melbourne, VIC (Hybrid)
GoodHuman is a fast-growing Melbourne-based startup on a mission to make universal support a cornerstone of the human experience. This role requires you to ensure customer requests and inquiries are attended to, and identify trends in customer interactions and experience.
December 2021
Week beginning December 13
Social Enterprise Grants @ City of Melbourne | Grant | Melbourne City
Up to $10,000 grant funding per enterprise is up for grabs and additional support will be available, including access to temporary space for pop-ups, plus mentoring and capability building opportunities. A specific program stream will support social enterprises which demonstrate positive circular economy outcomes in the community.
Events and Community Assistant @ Startup Victoria | Casual contract | Melbourne, VIC
Startup Victoria is Australia’s largest network for founders, with over 60,000 people in the community. Startup Victoria is on the hunt for an Events and Community Assistant to help deliver programs, events, education, and support to founders. The successful candidate will be responsible for event planning, delivery and management, venue liaison and booking, logistics, community liaison, and more.
Software Engineer @ Paytron | Full-time | Australia
Paytron is a cloud platform to send & receive payments, automate back office & operate multi-currency business accounts. They are looking for people that want to make a difference by shipping reliable code, fast. You’ll be working directly with the founding team to build new features and improve existing ones. You’ll be required to drive rapid iteration on the product and supporting systems. Previous experience in fintech will be highly regarded.
Digital Marketing Specialist @ Ally Assist | Full-time | Remote/Melbourne, VIC
Ally Assist’s end users are mainly children living with disability, and their work is to connect them with proper health services before the age of 5 as early as possible. By combining technology and providing the right healthcare workers Ally Assist is able to help children get the support they need faster. The ideal candidate will be responsible for growing revenue through digital media through designing and executing marketing campaigns. After campaigns have been launched, you will extract and analyse data across multiple channels. Ally Assist is looking for reliable, self-aware people who are keen to collaborate and grow.
Senior Developer @ Impact Sustainability | Full-time | Melbourne, VIC
Impact Sustainability is looking for a Senior Developer who can combine strong technology development and stakeholder management skills to drive improvements and deliver high-quality performing software. Key responsibilities are as follows—but not limited to designing and developing web applications using .Net technologies, application support, and maintenance, creating and testing software prototypes.
Week beginning December 6
Co-founder @ MOBIT | Melbourne, VIC
MOBIT is an app that advances the way students learn. This app will allow students to still use their mobile devices at school while eliminating distractions. MOBIT, the student-stream winner of the 2021 Deakin Startup Competition is looking for a Co-founder to make this software a reality. You will be supporting the current founder Lachlan Carboon. If you would like to know more, please email Lachlan at lachlan@mobit.com.au
Startup Inside Sales Rep @ Amazon Web Services | Melbourne, VIC
This role will be responsible for driving revenue and user adoption, migrations, and ensuring sustained growth through adoption of additional AWS services. You will align closely with counterparts in business development, marketing, solution architecture and partner teams to lead execution of coordinated go-to-market strategies and sales plays. This role will give you incredible exposure at the heart of latest trends like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), serverless and IoT.
Regulatory StartUp Manager @ Novotech | Melbourne, VIC
The Regulatory Start-Up Manager (RSM) is primarily responsible to to plan, drive and coordinate operational aspects of regulatory and start-up across a region, by partnering with the Project Manager to ensure project deliverables are met within agreed project timelines and in accordance with client’s expectations. Responsibilities include but not limited to overseeing the execution of regulatory start-up for assigned projects in accordance with agreed RSU strategy and more.
Community Lead @ the Hive | Melbourne, VIC
The Hive is looking for people who want to make a meaningful impact on people’s workplace experience and someone who thrives in a collaborative setting. They are looking for an ambitious, outgoing Community Lead with a larger-than-life personality to work alongside a small team at either of our properties in Melbourne.
Week beginning November 29
Software Engineer @ MOBIT | Melbourne, VIC
MOBIT is an app that advances the way students learn. This app will allow students to still use their mobile devices at school while eliminating distractions. MOBIT, the student-stream winner of the 2021 Deakin Startup Competition is looking for a software engineer to bring their brilliant idea into reality. You will be supporting the founder in designing, developing, testing, and launching an app for IOS and Android. They are looking for someone who is innovative, motivated, and creative. If you would like to apply, please email Lachlan at lachlan@mobit.com.au
Digital Marketer @ Big Little Brush | Melbourne, VIC
Big Little Brush have prevented over 15,000 plastic toothbrushes from entering landfill and oceans, supported multiple health & hygiene programs in remote parts of Australia, and just recently started working with a second impact partner Children’s Ground. They are looking for a passionate, purpose-led, enthusiastic marketing legend, that hates plastic and is keen to be a part of something special. Contact joel.hanna@biglittlebrush.org for more info.
Business Development Associate @ Board Outlook | Full-time | Melbourne, VIC (possibility of Remote)
BoardOutlook is hiring a business development associate to lead to help us drive the adoption of our board software platform. Working closely with the founders/head of sales, this role will leverage existing success and adoption to build awareness and adoption within the Australian market. Board Outlook expects a minimum of 2 years working in a B2B focused sales support or marketing role. You will have excellent communication skills (both written and on the phone), and will be comfortable talking with senior leaders.
Digital Marketing Manager @ ZAKKI | Volunteer | Remote, AU
ZAKKI’s Minimum Viable Product (MVP) can be found on https://www.zakki.org. ZAKKI is a non-profit foundation, and all ZAKKI teams and volunteers do not receive a salary. In return, the volunteer can enlist their contribution as part of ZAKKI as their portfolio during executing the project and upon the project completion. Furthermore, English proficiency will be required as the central communication, both in the documentation and verbal communication. The ideal candidate will expand the company’s brand presence by finding the target audience to distribute marketing content to. You will create and implement the marketing strategy using both offline and online methods to gain new customers. The ideal candidate is both a self-motivated individual and a positive team player.
Account Executive @ Totally Awesome | Full-time | Melbourne, VIC
Totally Awesome is an advanced forum for brands engaging kids, teens, and families, to safely interact across thousands of apps, games, and websites. They are searching the digital media and advertising landscape for a talented and motivated Digital Account Executive to manage campaigns across ANZ while working with the powerhouse sales team in Australia. You will collaborate with the regional Sales and Account Management teams to achieve client service excellence, hit targets, and maximize results. You will help us manage the client portfolio which includes digital advertising, media, content and social media campaigns and more.
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