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Square Off is a cutting-edge robotics company based out of Mumbai and San Francisco. We are passionate about creating innovative products that blend traditional hobbies and activities with modern technology. Our flagship product line features a range of smart chessboards that leverage the latest in artificial intelligence and robotics to provide a seamless and immersive chess experience for users. With Square Off, players can enjoy chess at a whole new level, either by playing against the A.I. or by competing with anyone in the world.
We are proud to have had an outreach, for our unique and innovative products, in 75+ countries around the world.
A Conducive Environment
We prioritize work-life balance and offer flexible work arrangements. Ours is a dynamic and supportive team that values your contributions and is committed to your success.
Shared Success
We believe that our success is a result of the collective efforts of our talented and dedicated team members. We believe in recognizing and rewarding our employees for their hard work and contributions.
International Travel Opportunities
Our employees have the opportunity to work on exciting projects from all over the world. We believe in the power of diversity and different perspectives, so our employees can expand their horizons & develop their skills.
Culture of Learning
We understand that our success as a company is directly linked to the talent and skills of our team members, which is why we invest in their development and provide ongoing opportunities for learning and their advancement.
Our team is growing and we are excited to welcome new talent to Square Off
Head of Online Marketing / Ecommerce Head
- Experience: Minimum 8 years
- Location: Mumbai
Head of Sales / Partnerships
- Experience: Minimum 8 years
- Location: Mumbai
Digital Media & Performance Marketing Manager
- Experience: Minimum 5 years
- Location: Mumbai
Social Media Marketing / Community Management
- Experience: 3-5 years
- Location: Mumbai
Senior Product Manager - App
- Experience: 6+ years
- Location: Mumbai
Analytics & Data
- Experience: 3+ years
- Location: Mumbai
VP Finance / Head of Finance
- Experience: Minimum 8 years
- Location: Mumbai
Creative Strategist
- Experience: Minimum 5 years
- Location: Mumbai
Graphic Designer
- Experience: 3-5 years
- Location: Mumbai
Sr./Jr. Copywriter
- Experience: 2-4 years
- Location: Mumbai
You could apply via email on hiring@squareoffnow.com
Head of Online Marketing / Ecommerce Head
Square Off is looking for a proactive leader having cutting edge knowledge of marketing tools and strategies with hands -on experience to deliver a holistic digital marketing campaign. The focus will be on building a digital presence, identifying latest trends and executing marketing programs.
Responsibilities:
- Leading an online marketing team who will be responsible for developing the overall eCommerce strategies
- Designing and executing product promotions and offers, and performing marketing activities with specific targets to maximize growth
- Understanding latest consumer trends, and campaigns with identifying assortment gaps & selection and planning effective branding strategies
- Working closely for brand visibility, and awareness
- Develop and oversee the execution of all online marketing programs and initiatives to drive sales and profits (SEO, email marketing, affiliate marketing, retargeting and online analytics)
- Own revenue and profitability targets on ecommerce portals, and category share.
- Listing products, maintaining price parity, analyzing customer performance and taking actions towards improvisation.
- Identify and develop new online sales collaborations relevant to the brand architecture. Joint business and demand planning with the platforms at SKU and brand level.
- Preparing various quarterly and annual reports or review presentations on the respective product group’s performance for management review.
- Oversee the entire e-commerce division along with hiring and managing the team.
- Planning in advance the budget set by upper management for their division and develop a financial plan to maximize resources.
Experience: Minimum 8 years of relevant experience
Education: MBA Marketing or equivalent
Skills:
- Drive for sales and commercial experience
- Prior experience of managing eCommerce platforms
- Strong background of digital interface specializing in consumer goods
- Excellent communication, presentation, and strong analytical skills.
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com
Head of Sales / Partnerships
Square Off is looking for a leader to own Square Off distribution and channel sales who can develop long term sales plan and strategy. The duties would include building professional relationships and networks.
Responsibilities:
- Opening and developing multiple sales channels through a viable mix of channel and product strategy.
- Develop effective working relationships through regular meetings. Identifying further business prospects and obtaining new opportunities.
- Work cross functionally with various teams internally to develop and manage external product and strategic partnerships.
- Evaluate, approach, engage other brands to collaborate with help drive acquisition, engagement and monetization.
- Generate leads and raise awareness through cross selling, barters and zero cost initiatives through online and offline partnerships for the client.
- Meet prospective partners, ideate, create presentations, prepare proposals, generate business leads and meet targets
- Creating awareness of our brand by positioning us as a thought leader through webinars, conferences and events.
- Build out and negotiate commercial propositions for our partners that align with business priorities.
- Interfacing with clients for suggesting the most viable product range and cultivating relations with them for securing repeat business.
- Provide regular feedback to senior management about marketplace and competitor activities.
Experience: Minimum 8 years of relevant experience
Education: MBA-Sales and Marketing or equivalent
Skills:
- Drive for sales and commercial experience
- Prior experience of managing channel sales for a brand.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and strong analytical skills.
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com
VP Finance / Head of Finance
Square Off is looking for a Head of Finance who can supervise all financial tasks of our company and ensure we use our capital and resources beneficially. You will oversee accounting operations, gather, and analyze financial data along with preparing financial reports. An opportunity to work with the CEO directly and ensure we achieve our targets.
Responsibilities:
- Reporting metrics to optimize our growth by understanding where efficiencies exist to maximize scalability throughout the year
- Prepare timely and accurate analyses, summaries and reports of financial data including monthly income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements
- Create a reliable cash flow projection process and reporting structure that includes a minimum cash threshold to meet operational needs
- Routinely review revenue cycle metrics to identify and address issues affecting overall performance proactively
- Manage the company’s compliance with local and federal regulatory matters
- Filing US sales tax, EU VAT and GST in India
- Partner with senior leaders to ensure the company hits revenue targets
- Managing the company's financial risk, including implementing risk management strategies
- Providing financial analysis and guidance to support business decisions, including evaluating potential investments and partnerships
- Leading and managing a team of finance professionals, including setting performance goals and providing ongoing coaching and development
Experience: Minimum 8 years of relevant experience
- Education:
- Bachelor's degree in finance or a related
- Master's degree in business administration (MBA) or professional certification CA (Chartered Accountant) or CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) is preferred.
Skills:
- In depth knowledge of corporate finance and accounting principles, laws and best practices
- Proven experience in field of finance and management
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com
Digital Media & Performance Marketing Manager
Square Off is looking for a highly creative digital marketing manager to lead our team. You will be responsible for supporting and ensuring successful long term strategic development. Your central goal is to grow our brand’s influence.
Responsibilities:
- Planning, managing, analyzing and reporting all growth campaigns
- Responsible for growth targets (traffic, sales, views, sign ups)
- Analytics for channel effectiveness using tools like Appsflyer, Google Analytics, Hubspot, Hootsuite, Clevertap etc
- Managing online brand, video and display campaigns to raise brand awareness. Manage paid advertising campaigns on channels like Google AdWords, Facebook Ads, etc.
- Responsibility for planning and budgetary control of all growth marketing.
- Devise and execute social media marketing strategies targeted at acquiring new and qualified traffic and increase visibility of brand
- Competitor analysis, Industry and Market research to implement the right strategy and practices.
- Initiate SEO, SEM and PPC strategies to execute marketing plans and achieve desired objectives.
- Monitor analytics, create and track KPIs, identify key trends, report on progress and proactively provide solutions for improvement.
- All database marketing initiatives (SMS, E-mail)
- Knowledge of Ad-networks, ad-exchanges, DSPs, re-marketing, retargeting.
- Display in-depth knowledge and understanding of Social Media platforms, their respective participants (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.) and how each platform can be deployed in different scenarios.
- Closely work with Google and Facebook Ads teams.
Experience: Minimum 5 years in digital marketing
Education: MBA Marketing or equivalent
Skills:
- Proven experience in field of digital marketing
- Must be comfortable in dealing with numbers with an analytical blend
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com
Creative Strategist
Square Off is looking for a Creative Strategist to develop media strategies in the marketing and advertising department. You will combine the creative intuition of a marketer with critical thinking of an analyst.
Responsibilities:
- Leading the content, communications and brand initiatives at Square Off
- Serving day-to-day point of contact and content expert for the Square Off team, integrated agency teams, and partners to execute multiple programs across a calendar year, from strategy to ideation to creative development to execution
- Develop sound content recommendations with insights, big ideas, cultural proof points and compelling tactics.
- Support and contribute to the overall vision and management of branded content & entertainment initiatives on behalf of our clients
- Actively build out content opportunities that deliver on marketing and media objectives with media networks, digital publishers, and more.
- Assist in the development and lead the activation of multi-platform distribution plans for programs across digital, linear, and social media
- Develop and execute timelines, manage production schedules, adhere to deadlines, set up/organize internal/client meetings, and enforce ongoing team communication throughout program
- Ensure pre, during, and post program measurement and optimization plans align to KPI’s and are in place for each program
- Manage internal and external work streams and production process for assigned projects during the creative development phase; development phase will require help with producing written and visual materials such as brand briefs to share with partners, client recommendations, program overviews, and more
- Stay atop of current content, storytelling, and technology trends and how those may impact the client business
- Work on a variety of projects ranging from content campaigns to digital first social/brand campaigns across different categories in driving tangible results for the organization.
- Shaping brand standards and creating procedures to ensure alignment in internal and external brand communication.
- Working with the product and performance team to produce and promote new ideas for advertising, promotional campaigns, and marketing communications.
Experience: Minimum 5 years (Client side)
Education: Bachelor’s in branding/communication or equivalent
Skills:
- Excellent command over written & spoken english
- Creative thinking, empathy and execution
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com
Social Media Marketing / Community Management
Square Off is looking for a Social Media Marketer. You will be responsible for developing plans and strategies for our social media platforms. If you think you can handle social media presence, then we look forward to working with you!
Responsibilities:
- Must have in-depth knowledge and understanding of Social Media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.) and how each platform can be deployed in different scenarios
- Identify and create a community of influencers including bloggers and make them the brand opinion leaders
- Manage social media analytic tools
- Ownership of all the owned Social media properties from creation to strategy and distribution. Strategize and execute paid social campaigns for the brand
- Responsibility for planning and budgetary control of all digital marketing.
- Distribute and manage all published content (images, video and written), promotions and social ad campaigns.
- Devise and execute social media marketing strategies targeted at acquiring new and qualified traffic and increase visibility of brand and ORM.
- Monitor trends in social Media tools, applications, channels, design and strategy.
- Analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximize results.
- Develop and implement marketing plans and projects for new and existing projects.
Experience: 3-5 years of experience is social media marketing
Education: Bachelors/MBA degree in Branding/Marketing or equivalent
Skills:
- Having worked on big budget campaigns
- Creative and a team player
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship development skills
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com
Graphic Designer
Square Off is looking for experienced Graphic Designers to create a visual experience. Develop compelling and unique design content within the brand guidelines for stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Work on static banners, layouts, creating flash and GIF based creatives
- Ability to think and create original artwork for short and long term projects for all marketing related work
- Get opportunities to design advertisements for all online digital assets and experience in mobile app and web design.
- Develop and execute a wide variety of design work, marketing campaigns, digital ads, offline print, mobile, web, social and email designs
- Execute multiple adapts for a master campaign.
- Good understanding of UI for web and mobile App/product design for the position.
- Understanding of video making. 2d animation for small product feature videos.
- Proficiency with Mac OS: Adobe Creative Suite (After effects, premiere pro, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash)
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to keep abreast of design trends
- HTML and CSS knowledge would be a plus point
Experience: 3-5 years of relevant experience in graphic/interactive design
Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in graphic design or motion graphic design
Skills:
- Able to work independently with minimal instruction
- Creative and a team player
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Work Portfolio
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com
Sr./Jr. Copywriter
Square Off is looking for a Copywriter who can write, review, edit and update content for the company. We seek someone to manage words on our website, social media posters, video scripts, and more.
Responsibilities:
- Understanding different language styles that appeal to various target markets.
- Developing and maintaining a clear and consistent brand voice.
- Familiarity with commonly used style guides.
- Producing original, clear and credible ideas/messages/scripts, and presenting these to clients and colleagues
- Simultaneously manage multiple projects with short deadlines
- Updating and amending campaigns according to the client's feedback
- Propose copy concepts and present underlying strategic thinking to business leaders
Experience: 2-4 years experience working for a brand / agency / freelance
Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in arts / mass media
Skills:
- Able to work independently with minimal instruction
- Creative and a team player
- Strong communication and presentation skills
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com
Senior Product Manager - App
Square Off is looking for a senior product manager to head the Mobile App domain. This is a foundational role leading the establishment and evolution of the product management function. You will define the strategy and roadmap of the Square Off and other allied apps, implement engaging design, build a top-notch user experience while growing the app and building a strong revenue stream in an 18 month window.
Responsibilities:
- Create buy-in for the product vision, both internally and with key external partners.
- Concept, develop and own the product roadmap for features and improvements to user feedback, downstream business requirements, data analysis and industry knowledge.
- Contribute to the overall product roadmap, and manage prioritization and trade offs against developer experience, customer experience, and time to market.
- Become a close partner, advocate, and a go-to authority for internal and external stakeholders on features, user pain points, the product roadmap, and feature releases
- Clearly and concisely present strategic recommendations to grow the Product App KPIs
- Work cross-functionally in a collaborative environment with teams such as engineering, design (UI/UX), product, data science, survey, sales, content and customer support.
- Evaluate key product metrics, usage, and develop features that help retain, engage and monetize users.
- Keep in tune with customers, competitors, and the market to continually assess and guide where the product should (and shouldn’t) be going
- Oversee and contribute to product-centric sales collateral, outbound marketing, product support, and product support escalations, including QA and release management
- Project the voice of the user and customer, ensuring that every business decision or technical consideration maps back to solving a business goal
- Maintain a deep understanding of competitive offerings and how they impact consumer choices and preferences, and how they should influence product opportunities/features
- Develop and lead the Product Marketing Team and strategy
- Lead go-to-market planning and launches that drive measurable results
- Develop and lead a full-funnel lifecycle marketing perspective from ToF awareness through ongoing engagement and retention
- Advocate for our customers through research and discovery work; translate their needs to inform and influence our product roadmaps
- Effectively partner with product, design, customer support, engineering, and other company functions
- Oversee and lead the team's development of annual and quarterly plans to drive growth across the customer lifecycle to generate high impact and meaningful learnings.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions.
- Experience to develop product roadmap strategy, define business and technical product requirements, and manage an end-to-end product.
Experience: 6+ years experience in product management
Education: MBA preferred
Skills:
- Specific experience in B2C tech and/or consumer app
- Leading a team of developers.
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com
Analytics & Data
Square Off is looking for a Data Analyst to join the team. You will take responsibility for managing our master data set, developing reports, and troubleshooting data issues. To do well in this role you need a very fine eye for detail, experience as a data analyst, and a deep understanding of the popular data analysis tools and databases.
Responsibilities:
- Comprehensive marketing reporting in conjunction with all internal and external parties.
- ROI based metrics: Actuals vs Targets, Projections, Predictions
- Product optimization reports: Retention, Engagement, ARPU, Transaction and user quality summary and establish findings.
- Target optimization reports: Location, Demographics, Language etc
- Social media analytics: Budgets, engagement, optimization and client SoW tracker.
- Video, Blog and website analytics: Search, Hits, Bounce rate, conversions
- Analytics on ORM, Seeding and listening.
- Evaluation, negotiation, integration and resolution with all analytic tools internal and external – Sensor Tower, Clevertap, Appsflyer, Hootsuite, GA
- Ad hoc dipsticks and analysis.
Experience: 3+ years of experience
Education: Bachelors/MBA
Skills:
- Extremely sound in reasoning, logic and numbers
- Digital analytics experience
- Strong communication and presentation skills
Job type: Full time
Date of joining: Immediate
Work Location: Mumbai
Compensation: As per currently drawn and industry standards
Email us at hiring@squareoffnow.com