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About Nbyula

Nbyula, a German technology brand aims to create an open world where opportunities and talent transcend borders and bureaucracies by utilizing advanced technologies such as cloud computing, crowdsourcing, and automation. Their goal is to develop a horizontal marketplace that integrates people, content, products, and services for international work and studies, empowering global "Skillizens without Borders."

Your role

Are you someone who is highly passionate about product growth? If so then you are someone Nbyula is looking for, a passionate and energetic Community Engagement Apprentice who would be responsible for the digital presence of Nbyula and ensuring the smooth functioning of in-app activities to keep users engaged with the platform.

This would be a full-time apprenticeship, you would absorb the functional domain skills, business and market domain knowledge and above all Nbyula’s core organizational values, through an immersive, learn-via-building apprenticeship.

Roles, Responsibilities & Expectations

• In an endeavour to direct the efforts towards new user activation and satisfaction, investigate what is working and what is not that effective
• Conducting market research
• Onboarding supply side users, activating their profiles on the platform, and engaging with them.
• Arranging and hosting Nbyula talks
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (engineering, design, and operations teams) on a regular basis to drive product/process changes and improve business growth
• Deep dive into qualitative and quantitative data to come up with key insights to scale growth initiatives
• Work on activating users who are not engaging with the app and improve the retention rate and transaction rate
• Create and execute an event-driven analytical strategy, build and expand features that help the customers to understand the usage better
• Analyze customer behavior through data from targeted interviews, feedback, and usability tests and help the company to measure and interpret progression towards the purposes set
• Optimize a relevant metric by running experiments to identify best possible solutions and measuring outcomes

Training & development

Nbyula offers an immersive, learn-by-building apprenticeship to help you gain functional skills, knowledge, and core organizational values. You will have access to unlimited learning resources like books, courses, and training events. They encourage autodidactic learning, guiding members while expecting them to independently research and find solutions.

Benefits:

As an apprentice, the benefits you'll experience may include:

• Opportunity to help build one of the most immersive community-driven global technology platforms for international work and studies like it’s never been attempted before. Your work will be on the live wire in front of millions of users
• Gaming chairs to keep you comfortably on a high
• Live music on the floor while you work
• Access to thousands of books
• Snacks on the house. Fill up on your favorite munchies, and select your poison of choice from Sencha Green to double-shot espresso.
• Extensive health coverage for team members
• Long weekend breaks for team members to plan trips or leisure activities
• An annual long break so that you rest and rejuvenate
• Company-aided accommodation for the ones who like to be on a loose
• No bureaucracy, respect for logical and analytical minds with thoughts and ideas

Career progression

Nbyula would be ecstatic to make you a full-time terraformer if you continue levelling up throughout your apprenticeship. They promote progression by encouraging members to pursue self-actualization and achieve their full potential without distractions, working to the best of their abilities while enjoying their work and being guided rather than micromanaged. They are expected to be open to new ideas and take calculated risks, fostering a dynamic and growth-oriented environment.

Work-life balance

They promote work-life balance by offering long weekend breaks when holidays fall on Thursdays and Tuesdays, which are combined with Fridays and Mondays. Team members also receive a fully paid leave on their birthdays to celebrate. Additionally, Nbyula encourages a comfortable work environment by allowing casual dress, including wearing denim to the office.

Company culture

Nbyula prides itself on an open work culture where every team member and their opinions are valued, emphasizing that work quality matters more than attire. They welcome diverse backgrounds and perspectives, encouraging open-mindedness in problem-solving. Team members work together conscientiously towards larger goals without the expectation of working to the point of burnout.

To know more about the Life at Nbyula, watch this video:

About you

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong analytical skills, process orientation and good communication skills
• Knowledge of digital marketing tools (Google, FB, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc)
• Ability to understand different dashboards and build insights (mixpanel, clever tap, firebase, google analytics)
• Strong ownership, drive, and the experience of working independently in unstructured environments
• Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams within tight timelines to execute decisions
• Willingness to experiment and stellar ability to collaborate
• Camera friendly (This is a user-facing role)
• Big brownie points if you have worked as a product growth associate with a start-up

Who is an ideal match for being a terraformer at Nbyula?

All the attributes that they are looking for in an ideal teammate.

• Openness - They welcome people from different backgrounds and schools of thought, Terraformers are open to different perspectives in approaching a solution and do not just limit their thoughts or ideas to only a specific domain
• Conscientiousness - They believe in working together for the larger goal and with complete dedication and not just for personal benefits, however, they do not expect terraformers to work to the point of burnout
• Humility - Being humble, grateful and respectful are the core traits of terraformers, they do not expect people to agree with every view of the management, feel free to have a different perspective but they always expect it to be put forward with respect
• Risk Takers - Terraformers are not afraid of the unknown and are open to new things, not that they encourage extreme risks without weighing the consequences but they are ones who take calculated risks
• Autodidacts - Terraformers teach themselves to learn, they do their own research to get solutions, and they do not expect you to have a blank slate and figure everything out yourself, they are here to guide you but not handhold and micromanage you
• Self-Actualization - Terraformers are on the path of self-actualization, they are not bothered by the noise and distractions around them, and they only work towards achieving their full potential. They do not expect you to over-burden yourself and not have fun but they expect you to work to the best of your capabilities

Source

The following source was used in researching this page:

• nbyula.com/careers
• linkedin.com
• youtube.com