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Office Careers with the World Expeditions Travel Group

Join one of the world’s leading adventure travel companies with more than 46 years in the travel business and with offices around the globe.

With a team of dedicated and passionate travellers, this is a perfect opportunity to mix business with pleasure.

When you join the World Expeditions Travel Group family, you’ll automatically feel the energy of a group of individuals with a collective and powerful interest and knowledge of the adventure travel industry.

We’re proud of our staff retention rate which is a true measure of how the staff at World Expeditions are valued and feel appreciated. Read more about our work culture and view a list of current job opportunities below.

Why join our team?

Flexible working arrangements with the ability to work remotely and from the head office

Educational travel incentives with the opportunity to travel to our top destinations

Grow and build your skills with a team that supports and encourages you to excel

Inspire and excite people to actively travel the world in a more thoughtful and sustainable way

Opportunity to learn all aspects of the travel industry

Be a part of a global team based in locations around the world

We are currently not recruiting for any positions.

Digital Marketing Coordinator | World Expeditions

Hybrid, Full time position, Marketing Team

$68,000 - $70,000 + super, (plus other benefits)

Location: Sydney CBD (Ability to work remotely)

Are you an enthusiastic wordsmith and social media guru with a passion for adventure? Then we want you on our inspirational team of of globetrotters and adventure enthusiasts to promote the many benefits of our style of travel.

World Expeditions, Australia’s original adventure travel company, are pioneers in the travel industry’s most exciting niche sector of activity and nature tourism.

Promote a product you love, and be a part of a company with a mission to connect people who are passionate about active outdoor pursuits, while inspiring awareness of the fragility and importance of the world’s natural environments and remote cultures with our ‘BIG adventures, Small Footprint’ travel philosophy.

This exciting position will require you to be comfortable in a fast-paced environment, tech savvy, have talented writing skills, and willing to go the extra mile to ensure our expedition meets our objectives.

To be considered, you must have at least 3 years of social media and content creation experience to effectively communicate our USP’s through a variety of online and traditional channels.

We want someone who isn’t afraid to experiment, can pitch new ideas and can proactively improve the messaging of products and engage with our audiences.

Reporting to and working closely with the Marketing Director, you’ll be part of an experienced team of marketing and PR professionals with direct responsibility for:

Content creation for website landing pages, blogs and social media
Growing followers and increasing engagement on our social media channels
Writing and preparing EDMs
Rolling out email automations
Assisting in marketing campaigns
Implementing content and social media strategies
Handling special projects with strategic partners
Optimising website pages to improve SEO and UX
Digging into data insights to report and analyse campaigns and traffic
Coordinating special events, information sessions and trade show booths
Maintaining a consistent tone of voice as set out in the brand guidelines
Overseeing video or content production projects

We want you to:

Make customers love us and to engage and grow our online community
Make complex and dense information clear and easy to understand
Look to test and find solutions
Own things and get it done

To be successful in this position:

You are a concise communicator, both written and verbal
You understand how one great idea can be repurposed into multiple assets and are happy playing with new tools to showcase your work.
You develop killer concepts with the ability to make stuff happen.
You are both a creative and strategic thinker
You are comfortable with website backend management (CMS experience desirable), using email marketing systems and Google Analytics
You are a social whiz with a knowledge of social media tools and techniques (Facebook Suite and Ads Manager experience highly desirable)
Your time management and organisational skills are second nature
You can work autonomously and collaboratively
You can juggle multiple tasks and prioritise competing deadlines
You have a positive attitude, sense of humour and are a team player
You have the ability to spot trending opportunities
You create great working relationships with all levels within the company and across multiple disciplines

This is a great opportunity to join Australia's Adventure Travel Wholesaler of the Year (2019) and communicate our aspirations about leaving the world a better place when our travellers undertake our program of remote adventures.

While experience in the travel industry is desirable, preferably the adventure travel industry, a passion for our style of active travel is a must (make sure you include where you have travelled to in your resume).

THE PACKAGE:

On top of your salary you will receive superannuation, an extra 5 days educational leave per year and travel benefits after you have reached a set period of time with the company.

WANT TO JOIN OUR EXPEDITION?

If you think you have what it takes to join our team, send your CV along with a cover letter and details of your relevant travel experiences to Brad Atwal – [email protected].

Product Coordinator | World Expeditions

Full time position, Operations Team

$65,000 plus super subject to experience, (plus other travel benefits)

Adventure Product Coordinator – World Expeditions

Working closely with the Operations Manager, we are seeking the expertise of an experienced industry professional to manage a suite of trips which will vary depending on experience, alongside a team of passionate destination managers. We're seeking full-time staff, based in our Sydney offices in a hybrid role which will include the ability to work remotely at times.

You’ll be responsible for (but not limited to):

Managing a suite of trips, from inception to execution
Supporting sales staff with group and FIT arrangements in your region
Liaising with ground operators in various areas on itineraries, costs, quality controls, private groups, and positive impact projects
Writing trip copy for inclusion in brochures/website
Writing trip notes and pre-departure information for each trip
Assessing feedback from client questionnaires and responding to same
Troubleshooting
Product comparisons
Ensuring trips in the field operate to the highest environmental and safety standards
Creating groundbreaking itineraries which satisfy our travellers' thirst for adventure

To be considered for this position you will need to demonstrate the following competencies:

Minimum of 3 years of travel industry experience, preferably in a similar role
Comprehensive firsthand travel experience, including multi-day treks to many World Expeditions destinations, such as Nepal, India, South America, Africa, and Asia
Excellent attention to detail
Ability to use initiative and think laterally
Great written and verbal communication, organisational, and negotiation skills
Proficiency in Office 365 suite (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and some CMS experience desirable, along with self-sufficiency and capacity to learn systems quickly
A drive to contribute positively to the team, capacity to build a strong rapport with stakeholders, and to participate in conferences, info nights, and events
A genuine passion for adventure travel and the capacity to translate this into creating innovative itineraries which stretch the edges of adventure
A passion for our style of active travel is a must (make sure you include where you have travelled to in your resume).

How to Apply

If you think you have what it takes to join our team, send your CV to [email protected] along with a cover letter which outlines details of your relevant travel experiences.

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