Travel Intrapreneur - Start your Own Travel Brand (Bike Tours)
Are you ready to take the next step in your career and start a company within a company? We are looking for passionate people who want to show the world what they are capable of. If you have a passion for biking and bike adventures, a deep knowledge of the tourism industry, and an extended network, it is your time to show your full potential. With your new brand, you will have a big impact; we believe by focusing on just one niche, you can provide superior trips to our travelers. We are looking for experienced professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit who have their heart in the right place. We only consider applications that have a CV and Cover Letter in English.
On daily basis, you will
- Support the growth and development of your new travel brand to make it a success.
- Build up new relationships with local partners in the area you chose to create unique travel experiences.
- Design amazing bike trips that will delight your customers.
- Ensure that the website with the content you provide will show your trips in an inspiring way.
- Work hand in hand with the Ventura Marketing team on a strategic level to ensure we address the right customers.
- Put the traveler into focus and delight them with world-class customer service that actually addresses customer needs.
- Hire and lead a team that will help you achieve all the above and ensure sustainable growth.
The basics that you bring along
- Great passion for the destination (and its people, nature, traditions, and diversity) or for the type of travel you propose.
- It's fun to be around you and your future colleagues will enjoy working with you.
- You are ambitious and keen for challenges.
- Professional experience needed to succeed with your new brand.
- Proven record of finishing projects successfully.
- Ability to focus on few priorities and to say "no" to things.
- Great communication and self-organization skills.
- Good English skills, as it's our company language.
- Fast learner.
You can impress us even more with
- Several years of experience in travel/tour operations.
- Good knowledge in Google Analytics and Data Studio.
- Experience in leading a team.
- You are skilled in one or more of the languages of the destination and/or the ones of the source market you want to sell to (e.g., German, French, etc.).
- Work experience with CRM systems like HubSpot.
- Some knowledge that can help not just your brand but us Ventura TRAVEL as a whole.
What awaits you in your new job
- Thanks to your brand creation, people with the same passion as you can have the great vacations they deserve.
- Develop & grow the new niche travel brand with the support of Ventura Travel to make it a success.
- Building up strong, sustainable relationships with local partners to create unique travel experiences.
- Design amazing trips that will delight your customers.
- Ensure that the website with the content you provide will show your trips in an inspiring way.
- Put the traveler into focus and delight them with world-class customer service that actually addresses customer needs.
- Assemble and lead a team that will help you achieve all of the above and ensure sustainable growth.
What we promise you
- Getting all needed financial investments to create the new brand.
- Participation in the overall profit of all of our brands, such as all of our employees.
- Development of your ideas with lots of freedom while giving you the support you deserve; you deserve trust and not bureaucracy.
- Possibility to learn & grow with us - we believe in constant development.
- No boredom: exciting challenges, each day will be a different one.
- Open & transparent company culture with weekly talks with the CEO and access to all the data you need.
- Option to work from our fun, central office in hip Berlin Kreuzkölln or a different location (if it makes more sense for your travel niche).
- Benefit from countless activities in our office like weekly lunches, fitness program, meditation, massage. And of course, we have a Kicker table.
- Yearly 2-week offsite, if we achieve our goals (so far we went to South Africa, Morocco, Mexico, Brazil & Costa Rica).
- Motivated and professional co-workers from all around the world, who want to grow just like you.
- Possibility to benefit from great travel trade discounts, e.g., from airline partners or Deutsche Bahn.
- Just like you, we believe in the good of tourism, if done right.
What we offer to ensure the success of the new brand
Right from the start, you will have support from our IT experts, access to our back-end software, a new shiny, responsive, well-designed website adapted to your needs, and support from the world's best (and most fun) finance team. You will work hand in hand with Andre, the CEO of Ventura, who will ensure you get all the resources and support you need to succeed.
To sum up what we can offer:
- Access to a pool of 10,000's of travelers from the French-speaking/DACH market who have traveled with us before and are keen to have a similar experience in destination or lifestyle-based trips, the next Ventura brand.
- The world's best software for trip management and sales, at least according to us :)
- A creative Marketing team who ensures you receive traffic to your website from day one.
- A well-organized IT team that will create an amazingly looking website for you within a few weeks.
- A fantastic Finance Team that will support you in funding the company and will take the burden of financial matters such as ensuring payment of all providers, etc.
About Us
At Ventura TRAVEL, we are a Travel Service Developer. We are a global network of tourism experts who create, launch, and support highly specialized, individually branded travel services. All our services are led by passionate intrapreneurs with extraordinary travel expertise. By providing financial support, IT, marketing, and other services, Ventura Travel allows its brands to focus on their individual core competence while having a highly competitive infrastructure. Our goal: our travel hub replaces ordinary touristic products with authentic travel experiences created by passionate specialists.
Curious?
You are looking for a job you love and at the same time you meet our requirements, are enthusiastic about the responsibilities for this position, and on top of that share our values? Then we are looking forward to receiving your application in English.
Confidentiality & Diversity
Applications to Ventura TRAVEL are treated with strict confidentiality. We use professional HR software which only grants access to your applications to HR, the recruiting manager, and the interviewers.
It is our commitment that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion.