Company Culture
Who Is Candlefox
The Candlefox Education Marketplace is the largest of its kind in Australia. For more than eight years, we’ve employed clever and innovative education marketing to help education providers increase student enrolments. We enable our education partners to market their individual courses and generate student enquiries for their respective courses.
With a network of different websites, each brand has its own unique value proposition, tailored to assist students compare different courses from short course, vocational and higher education providers.
Our Values
TGIM! (Thank God it’s Monday!)
We’re not just a team, we’re a family. We always look after each other. It’s awesome to be at work – ‘Thank God it’s Monday!’
Hungry Like the Fox
Forever hunting, we’re never ones to stand still. Our thirst for knowledge is never satisfied.
If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing amazingly
We are empowered to crank the dial; we take the lead by grabbing the journey by the horns. Second best is not in our vocabulary.
Get Stuff Done, Have Some Fun
We celebrate all wins and inject fun into everything that we do.
Challenge Conformity, Pursue Discomfort
We have an inspiring team led by a culture of innovation. Not bound by conformity, we encourage each other to find comfort in discomfort.
What We Do
As we continue to grow, we’ve become so much more than a simple lead generation service for education providers. As thought leaders across the education industry, our marketplace is geared towards optimising the end to end student experience – getting students through the door, right through to enrolling them in the right courses and complementing their overall experience.
Everything we do is aimed at maximising quality student enrolments for our clients
Our Brands
A marketplace for all education options from short courses to postgraduate degrees and everything in between.
A vocational focused education marketplace for students to compare courses from TAFEs and private education providers.
Detailed university profiles designed for future students to compare reviews and rankings to assist their decision making.
A huge range of short courses from Australia’s leading online providers, you will be sure to find a course that’s perfect for you.
New Zealand’s dedicated education marketplace for prospective students of all qualification levels right across the country.
Launched in 2018, coursesonline.co.uk is a marketplace covering all levels of education, across the United Kingdom.
Culture
It’s our goal to preserve a workplace environment that is innovative and supportive; a space where everyone can thrive. We value creativity over hierarchy. All ideas are embraced, as the best kinds can come from anywhere.
We’ve crafted a culture of inventors and go-getters. We’re a team that’s not bound by conformity, encouraging each other to find comfort in discomfort, to always try new things and never stray from the unknown.
Pushing the boundaries together, we work really hard and have a good time doing it.
Company Perks
Health And Wellbeing
Healthy Food And Snacks
Industry Leading, Gender Neutral Parental Leave
Team Social Events
Career Progression, Learning And Development
Supportive And Flexible Working Environment
Team
Our mission doesn’t stop at streamlining the student acquisition journey. We believe that an empowered team is the foundation for a successful organisation. We are always inspiring and challenging each other, with a built-in, holistic support system.
We look after each other in every aspect – both professionally and personally. There’s so much more for us to learn and do, and there is no way we could get there without each and every one of us.
Russell Sheil
Commercial Director
Jim Rodd
Head of Partnerships
Rory Lippell
Senior Account Manager
Angus Dunn
Account Manager
Graham Flanagan
Head of Sales New Zealand
Casey Hale
Account Manager
Kelvin Chan
Chief Marketing Officer
Olivia Blazevic
Content Marketing Manager
Alex Galgano
Email Marketing Manager
Hayli Tan
Social Media Specialist
Maddie Male
Digital Video Content Producer
Izabela Grochowska
Content Writer & Digital Marketing Executive
Penny Cannata
Content and Marketing Assistant
Roger Lee
Affiliate Marketing Manager
Ellen Ong
Digital Engagement and Communication Specialist
Katherine Lee
Social Media Assistant
Will Panton
Head of Product
Sarah Ballock
Head of Design
Amber Kirkwood
Digital Product Manager
Claudia Reiners
Head of Product Management
Mila Markovic
Product Manager
Liam Manolis
Product Owner
Trudy Osborn
Head of Delivery
Josh Mamouney
Systems Manager
James Lacey
Data Engineer
Robby
Development Manager
Zig van der Sluys
Chief Executive Officer
Wayne George
Chief Operating Officer
Dave Duncan
Director of Education Delivery
Pita Moimoi
Head of Enrolment Services
Neelam Singh
Compliance & Product Manager
Careers
We’re not just a team – we’re a family
Candlefox is a rapidly growing education and careers company designed to assist people in finding career happiness. We’re a disruptor in the industry, so if you want to be part of something big – apply for one of our open positions below. Our innovative, fun and collaborative culture will ensure you have all the support you need to succeed and grow, both personally and professionally.
Start your Candlefox career today.
Current Openings
Job Title
About Candlefox
For more than 8 years, Candlefox has been assisting Australia's best education providers to increase student enrolments. As Australia's largest education marketplace, Candlefox is revolutionising the way people take the next step in their career.
About the role
Everything we do is aimed at maximising student enrolments for our clients.
Student Enrolment Advisors are the frontline of helping people make the decision to take the leap into further education. You will make outbound calls to people who have enquired on one of our websites to discover where they are in the decision-making process. You will engage them in meaningful conversations about their motivations and life experience and to make sure that the course is right for them.
Why work for Candlefox?
With Candlefox, you will grow both personally and professionally, and have an opportunity to bring all your skills and experiences to the fore. We pride ourselves on being the best and hiring the best.
Responsibilities
Ensure enquiries are followed up in a timely manner
Manage and nurture pipeline of prospective students
Manage student enrolments
Achieve targets and KPI’s
Ensure compliance measures are met
Maintain CRM with accurate data
Desired Skills and Experience
2-5 years’ experience in outbound sales – B2C or B2B
Experience working towards targets and KPI’s
Experience with consultative and needs-based selling
Self-motivated with a great attitude
Coachable – willingness to learn new skills and continuously refine capabilities
Team player
Hard working
Don’t miss the opportunity to be a part of this amazing team.
To apply, please send through your Resume and Cover Letter to pita@candlefox.com
Apply NowAbout Candlefox
For more than eight years, Candlefox has been assisting education providers to increase student enrolments. Having established an industry-leading marketplace in Australia, Candlefox also expanded into the UK in 2018 as well as New Zealand. We are focused primarily on the adult vocational education and professional development training sector, and generate over 250,000 student leads per annum for our clients.
This is a fantastic opportunity for somebody who wants to join a successful, established but very much growing business, and progress their career. We have the best of both worlds; the excitement of a start-up in the UK and the strength of well-rooted business based out of Australia.
About the role
We are currently seeking an experienced Digital PR & SEO Outreach Manager to join our growing in-house SEO & Digital PR team.
This role will give you the opportunity to work autonomously on developing the digital outreach and digital PR strategy for our UK site; coursesonline.co.uk.
You will play a key role in the delivery of links to ensure digital PR success. You will already have an extensive list of web contacts, journalists, influencers, and bloggers and will be accomplished in nurturing new relationships to grow the relevant network.
You will be successful in creating targeted and strategic outreach campaigns that improve SEO performance and regularly deliver high-quality backlinks.
Outstanding written and spoken communications skills are a must, alongside a creative and integrated approach to campaigns. You will be a strategic thinker, and a capable doer, who looks to continually learn and improve.
Key Responsibilities:
Developing a robust outreach strategy for different types of content
Brainstorming, scoping, and strategic planning of the content/editorial calendar in collaboration with our content executive
Building relationships with web contacts, journalists, influencers, and bloggers - pitching to your network to place articles/guest posts and gaining valuable links
Researching and creating media/outreach lists
Performance reporting
Keeping track of partnerships to evaluate success
Daily monitoring of sector specific news
Backlink analysis and competitor backlink analysis
Skills and Experience:
Bachelor’s in Marketing, Media and or Journalism
3 years’+ experience of Digital PR, SEO Outreach and/or content marketing
Experience working to short deadlines in a fast-paced growth environment
Experience in brainstorming campaigns, and seeing ideation through to execution,regularly delivering high quality links and coverage to improve SEO performance
Understanding of digital marketing, with a specific understanding of modern SEO, link building and digital PR
Copywriting skills and meticulous attention to detail
Experience in social, email and SMS campaign development
But we don't just look for someone based on their skills and expertise. We need someone who is going to fit in with the team and company culture. That means you also need to be:
Digitally savvy and love all things tech
Love to have fun, work hard and celebrate success
Can think outside the box and are comfortable to bring your ideas forward
Benefits and Perks:
Career progression opportunities
Trips to our Melbourne office
A strong focus on health and wellbeing
Investment in professional development
Flexible and supportive working arrangements
Collaborative culture with a sense of belonging
Industry leading, gender neutral parental leave policy
Environmentally conscious
The UK office has recently been renovated to a high spec, it is relaxed, with all desks being sit/stand, we have fun whilst we work hard, music is played in the office, and it’s a great central location near St Paul’s. At present due to current circumstances we are all working from home.
We are a supportive and flexible company with a collaborative culture that strives to support our employees to succeed in their career. Apply now if you’re keen to play a significant role in Candlefox’s next phase of growth.
Don’t miss the opportunity to be a part of this amazing team.
To be considered for this role please attach your CV and a cover letter for the attention of Sarah-Jane McQueen – General Manager. Email sj@candlefox.com
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