Experiential Marketing Lead (Head of Shopify Spaces, London)

Location: Hybrid, London-based, United Kingdom. Expect to work from the London Space approximately three days a week at full operation, with more on-site time during the first year. Some programming takes place at night or on weekends, and occasional travel may be required.

Company

hirify.global provides commerce technology that helps millions of entrepreneurs start, run, and scale their businesses.

What you will do

• Define the London Spaces programming strategy, roadmap, budget, KPI model, and operating cadence.
• Build a distinctive program of pop-ups, founder salons, product education, retail experiments, workshops, talks, launches, and cultural moments.
• Design the full operating system for sourcing, briefing, approving, producing, marketing, measuring, and stopping opportunities.
• Own end-to-end experiences and make hirify.global’s commerce platform visible through retail experiments, Point of Sale, Shop App moments, inventory, payments, and checkout.
• Hire, manage, and develop the London Spaces team while building relationships with agencies, vendors, freelancers, and local collaborators.
• Run the permanent Space’s practical operations, including budgets, security, storage, AV, maintenance, standards, and performance measurement.

Requirements

• Experience building events, spaces, festivals, pop-ups, communities, or cultural programs where execution quality and detail were critical.
• A demonstrable body of work that can be presented, defended, and critiqued.
• Cultural fluency in London, including knowledge of where entrepreneurs, retailers, creators, and communities gather.
• Production fluency with fabricators, AV teams, caterers, staffing partners, agencies, security, landlords, and other event vendors.
• Systems-thinking ability to connect long-term strategy with detailed operational execution.
• Ability to advise executives and make decisions using clear reasoning.
• Ability to remain calm in complex situations and create order from chaos.
• Curiosity about entrepreneurs, retail, culture, technology, and the pace of change in commerce.
• Applicants whose strongest experience is only executing another person’s established event brief are not a fit; the role requires designing the operating system and creative bar for a new Space.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with a permanent London Space and flexibility around major activations.
• Flexible vacation policy and Destination 90, allowing work from almost anywhere in the world for up to 90 days per year.
• Flexible compensation through cash, restricted share units, and stock options, subject to location, role, and employment type.
• Home-work setup support, health and welfare benefits that vary by country, and mental health support.
• Global fertility benefits and paid parental leave.
• Some evening and weekend programming is part of the role.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV or portfolio link if useful; no cover letter is required.
• Answer two application questions: propose an under-the-radar London partner and explain what to build with them; then map where London entrepreneurs gather and identify the five places to visit first.
• The broader process includes a Life Story, online and craft assessments, and craft interviews.