Venture Development Intern, Sweden

Salary Competitive

Messy Weekend is a venture-backed fashion eyewear startup led by McKinsey & BCG alumni and accomplished entrepreneurs. We operate globally via cutting-edge e-commerce. As a Venture Development Intern (VDI), you will help drive our Spring 2018 launch in Sweden. You will work with all aspects of launch strategy incl. marketing and sales strategy, growth hacking, and SoMe campaigns. Like us, you are super talented, highly disciplined, supremely motivated, confident yet humble. And out to have fun!


Own and manage the Messy Weekend brand in Sweden – including business development, contact to bloggers & influencers, PR, product content, social media, and forums.

Identify new and innovative ways to drive traffic to our localized Swedish website, as well as develop and improve traffic from existing channels. The main channels to focus on will be the affiliate channel, the social channel and the referral program. Develop relationships with key websites, prioritizing new customer acquisition at the lowest cost possible.

Work in synergy with the rest of the Messy Weekend team to identify new growth opportunities and ways in which to improve our brand reputation and presence globally.

Deliver best in class customer experience partnering closely with design and editorial teams to brief and build engaging product pages that provide the customer with relevant information, advice, and conversion opportunity.


IN A NUTSHELL: Join our team of top-performing startup-hustlers. Our standards are very high and we all work our butts off! We believe in the power of great people forming even greater teams. We look for people with high qualifications and even higher potential. In turn, we offer a unique opportunity to get your hands dirty with a first-class team where you will develop extensive functional expertise and forge professional connections to last a lifetime. You will learn how to build and scale a new venture from scratch. And you will do so in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, dynamic, and young environment where creativity, innovation, and good ideas are treasured – and implemented!


***The role is offered as a 3-6 month contract starting no later than January 2018, as a full time or part time position in our Copenhagen office***

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free lunch
Free lunch

Enjoy a free catered lunch with your colleagues, every day.

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Free office snacks
Free office snacks

Peckish after lunch? We got your back with soft drinks, treats and fruit.

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Working at
MESSYWEEKEND™

MESSYWEEKEND™ is a venture-backed fashion sunglasses and snow goggle-startup led by accomplished entrepreneurs. We are blending fashion and creativity with a new way of thinking marketing and manufacturing. We are a born global business with three essential promises: 1) excellent design 2) great quality 3) affordable prices. We are hard at work building the business! We're currently focusing our efforts on Denmark, Germany and the UK. You will be joining a co-working team of future management consultants, branding experts, global marketers, growth hackers, rockstar developers, international designers and creative people. All determined to build the next great global sunglasses brand. Join us!

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