Work at Houdini

Our product team is looking for fitting models!

Do you have a few hours a week to spare, do you enjoy sports and movement and would you like to help us make the best outdoor wear in the world? Get in touch! 

These are the measurements we’re looking for. Please note: Make sure to align the measurement tape horizontally!

Men

Chest: ≈ 104 cm
Waist: ≈ 92 cm (measure right under the belly button)
Hips: ≈ 107 cm (measure the widest part)
Height: ≈ 186 cm

Women

Chest  ≈ 92 cm
Waist: ≈ 74 cm (right under the belly button)
Hip: ≈ 100 cm (measure the widest part)
Height: ≈ 172 cm 

Sessions are about 3-4 hours and will take place during office hours, usually on Monday or Tuesday, every week or every second week. Please send your application to patricia.odhult@houdinisportswear.com.

We look forward to hearing from you! 

Looking for a job with a mission? Outdoor apparel brand Houdini Sportswear is looking for you!

Do you get excited about meeting new people and connecting them for a collective purpose? Are you always up for a challenge and goal-oriented? Do you love the outdoors, feel the urge to protect it, and want to join a company doing exactly that? Then this might be the perfect role for you.

The role:  Sales and Community Manager DACH

We’re looking for a curious and outgoing individual to join our team as a Sales and Community Manager DACH. The person in this role is responsible for implementing and managing the company sales, marketing, and distribution objectives for Europe, mainly DACH.  Focusing on sales and dealer service, the primary objective is to use the variety of Houdini resources to meet the individual needs of the wholesale dealers’ businesses to increase sales and nurture relationships between the brand and its sales partners. Develop our community through activities and events both online and physical.

What you’ll be doing:

Sales and community

• Present the product line to all dealers in the territory, through national/regional trade shows or a comprehensive mailing.
• Collect and prepare preseason orders and facilitate timely order entry.
• Meet preseason deadlines and sales goals for the territory.
• Engage in ASAP sales pushes as required.
• Develop and maintain a prospective dealer list and open new accounts as approved by the Regional Manager to meet territory distribution needs and company marketing objectives.
• In coordination with the Regional Manager, develop and maintain a clinic plan for the territory. Clinic key accounts on an annual basis to train employees in technical aspects of Houdini products and brand and establish rapport with buyers/owners/managers.

• Responsible for developing a travel budget for events and selling/clinic trips.
• Participate in consumer events and key shows in the territory that benefits the account and Houdini.
• Connect and partner with ambassadors and influencers within the territory.
• With the Regional Manager, schedule the use of other Houdini employees to support dealer events and/or clinics.
• Coordinate efforts with the Regional Manager to work on in store merchandising.
• Work on promoting environmental programs and promotions with dealers.

Organization and Planning

• Calendar planning on an annual basis that accommodates the company and dealer needs taking into consideration dealer and consumer events, trade shows, and all deadlines.
• Arrange and manage the time necessary to complete the tasks for the company and dealers during the preseason-selling period.
• Plan the time needed with all territory accounts to cover business issues, account goals, support programs, ASAP sales and promotional product sales. This would involve travel to the key accounts to facilitate the process.
• Schedule and follow up with all the support mutually agreed to with each account.
• Coordinate with the Regional Manager to use all the resources available to wholesale to support the dealer.

Communication

• Write monthly reports to communicate dealer issues, sales, competitive information, and product information to the company.
• Communicate regularly by phone and e-mail with Regional Manager to provide information on specific issues, sales, product information, and general economic and business issues.
• Return dealer and company personnel phone calls within 24 hours and dealer inquiries within 48 hours.
• Remain proficient with use of company’s database to analyze account business and territory sales.

Travel

• Please note that this role requires extensive traveling, both within the territory of responsibility but also to our headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.

You’re likely to:

• Have previous experience in outdoor and fashion sales and communication or a related field (preferred but not required).
• Be able to create content and be  social media savvy.
• Possess strong communication- and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and engage effectively with existing and potential new customers.
• Be result-oriented and have a proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets.
• Have the ability to work independently and manage your time efficiently in an outdoor sales environment.
• Recognize yourself as a highly organized, self-motivated, and energetic individual.
• Have good knowledge of Microsoft Office and possess good IT skills.
• Have a passion for nature and/or the outdoors and have a will to protect it.
• Be excited about being part of a team that works every day to do good, rather than just less harm.

What we can offer you: 

• A fulltime role at a company where we work every day to protect what we love: The world we live in. We take our passions seriously: When there’s surf, we go surfing, when there’s snow, we go skiing and when the sun shines bright in summer, we go for a lunch-time swim to cool off.
• 2 ‘Do Good’ days a year, free for you to use whenever you like for voluntary work and supporting your local and/or global community. 
• 2 paid days off per year when travelling for personal reasons, in order to support you being able to make use of more sustainable transport options which might take longer time. 
   

Employee Conduct: At Houdini, we see it as the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors. Our brand is our team, our community and our partners and our actions speak louder than words. If you think this sounds like the workplace for you, we’d love to hear from you!

Position is located in Munich, Germany
Send your application to work@houdinisportswear.com
Last date to apply is 30th of September.

Are you ready to lead and shape the future of marketing on a global arena for a premium consumer brand, all while driving strategic growth and achieving key performance indicators? We are on the hunt for a dynamic Head of Global Marketing, with exceptional commercial acumen to take our brand and business to new heights of success.

As the Manager of the global marketing team, you’ll lead a dynamic group, driving success through innovative strategies. From overseeing the Creative studio to collaborating on strategy, your role is central to our growth. Join us to expand reach, enhance brand awareness, and drive sales, all while fostering team excellence and aligning with our vision. Together, we’ll stay ahead in our evolving industry an ever-evolving world.

Your mission:

• Manager of the global marketing team, including the best-in-class in-house Creative studio and a growing Social & Community team 
• Work in tandem with Brand Creative Lead, Visual Creative Lead and Social & Community Lead in the development of strategy, operational plans and tactics
• Develop, implement and manage marketing analytics, performance and growth marketing as an emerging and essential part of marketing operations, in close collaboration with D2C
• Manage internal cross-department coordination, to incorporate and capitalize on the company’s goldmine of assets and provide relevant marketing support to expand reach, strengthen brand awareness, cultivate community and grow sales
• Manage the global marketing strategy, goals and KPIs in line with brand values, purpose and vision 
• Develop and manage operational plans and tactics to orchestrate marketing strategy
• Set and manage the marketing budget
• Set and manage key supplier agreements 
• Manage the overarching go-to-market and publication schedule across channels and geographies, in close collaboration with D2C, which is rapidly growing in importance and market share
• Ensure adequate workflows, processes, frameworks and digital systems support are in place and invested in for the growth journey ahead
• Team leader creating an environment where individuals and teams excel, thrive and grow.

The role reports directly to COO and is part of the management team. The office is located in Finnboda hamn, Nacka/Stockholm.

Your background:

• Extensive experience from leading global expansion and commercial success for a global premium consumer brand 
• Wizardry when it comes to growth and performance marketing tactics for omni-channel synergies
• Deep understanding of the market landscape today, as well as capacity to forecast future trajectories
• A strong sense for brand, sales, product and community marketing, how to orchestrate them to create synergies and set metrics in order to evaluate them  
• Experience and a strong sense for PR and stakeholder relations
• Entrepreneurial in spirit
• Native-speaking alternatively flawless English language skills
• Passionate about creating ripples for a purpose-driven brand setting the standard for a regenerative future
• A team player who makes life at work and life at home into an extraordinary ride for everyone involved.

What we offer:

A key player with significant impact on our journey to achieve our quest to transform the outdoor industry. Houdini is a group of friends on a mission, always guided by our core values: Do good, play hard, push boundaries, have fun! At Houdini, every day is a chance to flip the script – to be part of the solution rather than the problem, to take your passions seriously, to challenge the norm of the industry, to create the best imaginable products and to enjoy testing it in the great outdoors.

Apply here!

As our Social & Community Lead, we want you to shape and execute the brand’s multi-channel social and community strategy to cultivate our community, create engagement, strengthen brand awareness and broaden our reach!
You will develop and orchestrate the editorial calendar, including planning, production and distribution of content for Houdini’s digital channels. In addition to that, you will plan for and coordinate cross-pollination between online and off-line, including PR and Houdini showrooms, hangouts and events. Develop creative briefs, performance metrics and goals to provide clarity and focus for the team and partners are tasks you will handle daily.
To interact with our community on a continuous basis, encouraging conversations, initiating dialogue and moderating across platforms and channels comes natural to you.

Your background

• Extensive experience from leading social media, community and preferably PR for a global premium brand 
• Knowledge of online marketing and a good understanding of using social media for commercial purposes.
• Wizardry when it comes to orchestrating and executing on an editorial calendar, tying its diverse ingredients together 
• A natural communicator, equally comfortable shooting a video for TikTok as you are responding to comments on LinkedIn.
• Knowledge of content editing programs like Canva, InDesign, Photoshop and AfterEffects. 
• Native-speaking alternatively flawless English language skills
• An entrepreneurial spirit passionate about creating ripples for a purpose-driven brand setting the standard for a regenerative future
• A team player who makes life at work and life at home into an extraordinary ride for everyone involved

Your responsibilities  

• Be the first point of contact for all things social, content and PR in-house and externally, collaborating with colleagues from all teams to lift meaningful stories for increased brand awareness
• Craft storytelling that transform complex matters into easily digestible content to inspire, educate and empower
• Follow market trends of the (social) media landscape, to continuously identify relevant opportunities 
• Moderate all user-generated content, sharing posts from our community where relevant.
• Shape the PR & media calendar, connecting PR opportunities to the editorial calendar and campaigns for maximum impact
• Nurture existing relationships with press and adding new contacts to the database over time
• Collaborate with colleagues across teams to lift meaningful stories for increased brand awareness. 
• Support your marketing colleagues in ideating and organising community events and hangouts, online and offline. You will report to the Global Marketing Manager.

Apply here!