About the Role
<p><strong>About the role</strong></p>
<p>Sporty Group is looking for a Communications & Growth Partnerships Lead to own customer communications and regional marketing partnerships. This role blends channel optimization, localization, and commercial partnerships to drive growth at scale.</p>
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<p><strong>What you'll be doing</strong></p>
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<li>Identify, negotiate, and manage marketing partnerships across Africa & LATAM</li>
<li>Optimize WhatsApp, SMS, and email performance (delivery, open, CTR, cost)</li>
<li>Align communications with marketing, product, and lifecycle campaigns</li>
<li>Work closely with Marketing, Prod and Ops for localization of messaging, creatives, and campaigns per market</li>
<li>Plan and track regional activations and partnerships - including but not limited to strategic billboards, payment partnership campaigns, affiliate marketing etc</li>
<li>Measure ROI and performance across owned and partner channels</li>
<li>Onboard new communication channel partners, and manage existing Bulk SMS, email, and communication partners for cost optimization</li>
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<p><strong>What you'll bring</strong></p>
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<li>6+ years in growth, communications, or partnerships</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with messaging platforms and lifecycle marketing</li>
<li>Strong commercial and negotiation skills</li>
<li>Experience working across multiple regions and cultures</li>
<li>Comfortable to travel for local activations and market studies in existing and emerging markets for sporty</li>
<li>Data-driven and execution-focused</li>
<li>Fluency in both written and spoken English is essential</li>
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<p><strong>What's in it for you</strong></p>
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<li>Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability</li>
<li>A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter</li>
<li>28 days paid annual leave</li>
<li>Referral bonuses & flash bonuses</li>
<li>Top of the line equipment</li>
<li>Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities</li>
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<p class="p-rich_text_section">If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.</p>
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Tech Stack
channel optimizationlifecycle marketingnegotiationmarketing partnershipsSMSemailWhatsApp