Team and Careers
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
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.
Zig van der Sluys
Chief Executive Officer
Wayne George
Chief Operating Officer
Dave Duncan
Director of Education Delivery & Corporate Development
Bec Bottrall
Executive Assistant & OM
Russell Sheil
Commercial Director
Jim Rodd
Head of Partnerships & General Manager, Enrolment Services
Rory Lippell
Senior Account Manager
Angus Dunn
Business Development Manager
Graham Flanagan
Head of Sales New Zealand
Casey Hale
Account Manager
Sam Maitland
Graduate Business Analyst/Content Administrator
Sofia Nilsson Villar
Account Manager
Kelvin Chan
Chief Marketing Officer
Olivia Blazevic
Content Marketing Manager
Hayli Tan
Social Media Manager
Ashleigh Williams
Social Media Specialist
Penny Cannata
Content Specialist
Roger Lee
Head of CRM & Affiliates
Ellen Ong
B2B Marketing Specialist
Katherine Lee
Social Media Coordinator
Sarah Ballock
Head of Design
Amber Kirkwood
Digital Product Manager
Claudia Reiners
Head of Product Management
Helena Peake
UI/UX Designer
Liam Manolis
Product Owner
Trudy Osborn
Head of Delivery
Josh Mamouney
Systems Architect
James Lacey
Data Engineer
Robby
Development Manager
Dery Octora
Software Engineer
James Heazlewood
Senior Full Stack Developer
Reece Dixon
Web Developer
Scott Harrison
Systems Analyst
Jesse Peterson
Data Analyst
Vincent Sutanto
Full Stack Web Developer
Pita Moimoi
Head of Enrolment Services
Neelam Singh
Training & People Manager
Charlen Mathuray
Team Leader
Hiep Trung Vo
Team Leader
Tori Perry
Course Advisor
Areeba Nadeem
Course Advisor
Tyson Sims
Course Advisor
Cedric Legrand
Course Advisor
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 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
Candlefox own and operate a number of market-leading online education marketplaces. We’re a rapidly growing, forward thinking digital marketing company focused on enabling people to find career happiness. Our websites including training.com.au, tafecourses.com.au, shortcourses.com.au, coursesonline.co.uk and training.co.nz.
We’re looking for a Direct Marketing Manager, who can lead our email and SMS delivery to our large database of students. Now is an exciting time for our direct marketing channel as we employ new technology solutions to enable us to provide more personalised communications and look to better integrate our promotional activities with the other marketing channels.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in email marketing, particularly using Salesforce to deliver large campaigns. We want someone that can innovate and provide fresh thinking to support the strategy of the channel along with consistently delivering high quality campaigns.
The role reports into the Head of Affiliate and CRM and is currently supported by an Email Marketing Assistant. We see a strong opportunity to grow this channel and therefore the team to support this role.
Our ideal team member
A graduate student with a bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Communication.
4 yr+ experience with email marketing.
Experience of SMS marketing.
Highly knowledgeable and experienced in segmenting data.
Experience with Salesforce marketing cloud & building user journeys.
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
Excellent organisation skills with an ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
Strong attention to detail.
Basic understanding of HTML (desired, but not essential).
A strategic and innovative thinker that does things with purpose and looks for growth opportunities.
Analytical in nature, with a keen eye for detail.
Key Responsibilities
Ensure the timely delivery of email marketing and SMS campaigns to our databases.
Employ industry best practices in all our communications.
Constantly improve customer engagement with our communications.
Grow our existing databases with new users through promotional activity.
Develop new, and refine existing, communication journeys for our users.
Oversee the implementation of new personalised communications.
Meet channel lead targets.
Monitor and Report on key channel metric, providing insights and recommendations.
Identify and support new revenue opportunities through our communication channels.
Perform regular tests to optimise performance and identify new opportunities for growth.
Work collaboratively with other marketing channels and business functions to help achieve wider business goals.
Manage the Emailing Marketing Assistant and support them to achieve their own KPIs.
Liaise with Candlefox Data team to build better customer understandings and segmentation and create communication recommendations.
The Perks
At Candlefox we have a super friendly team, that loves to have fun in and around our work. Added benefits include:
A strong focus on health and wellbeing
Fresh fruit and daily snacks
Plenty of team social events
Refurbished office
Industry leading, gender neutral parental leave
Birthday celebrations
Supportive and flexible working environment
True career progression
Collaborative culture with a sense of belonging
If you have the experience and the drive to join our business and supercharge our direct marketing we’d love to hear from you.
To apply, please submit your Resume and Cover Letter to roger@candlefox.com
*Please note: You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this position.
Apply NowAbout 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
Are you passionate about the web? Candlefox is a rapidly growing digital marketing company designed to assist people in finding career happiness. We operate a number of websites including training.com.au, tafecourses.com.au and shortcourses.com.au.
We currently have an opening for an Email Marketing Coordinator, who will work closely with our Marketing, Content and Design teams.
As we are a young and growing company, you will be exposed to all aspects of the business. However, your focus will be on Email Marketing.
To be successful in this role, you must enjoy writing, have an analytical mindset, have impeccable attention to detail and be genuinely interested in digital marketing.
A day in the life of
Writing copy for marketing emails
Building emails and editing HTML templates
Basic graphic design
Analysing data and generating reports to assist with strategy development
Assisting with mapping out customer journeys
A/B testing to optimise emails
Building surveys
Responding to online reviews
Liaising with the marketing, content and design teams
General administration tasks
Our ideal team member
A graduate student with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or Communication
1 yr+ experience with email marketing
Experience segmenting data
Experience with Salesforce marketing cloud & building user journeys preferred
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Excellent organisation skills with an ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively
Strong attention to detail
Graphic design skills
Basic understanding of HTML (desired, but not essential)
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
The Perks
At Candlefox we have a super friendly team, that loves to have fun in and around our work. Added benefits include:
A strong focus on health and wellbeing
Fresh fruit and daily snacks
Plenty of team social events
Refurbished office
Industry leading, gender neutral parental leave
Birthday celebrations
Supportive and flexible working environment
True career progression
Collaborative culture with a sense of belonging
If this sounds like you, and you’re keen to play a significant role in Candlefox’s next phase of growth, apply now!
To apply, please submit your Resume and Cover Letter to roger@candlefox.com
*Please note: You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this position.
Apply Now