Marketing & Partnerships Manager

Role: Marketing & Partnerships Manager Company: Desai Technologies S.a.r.l.

Location:
Luxembourg, Luxembourg Who we are At Desai, we leverage AI to simplify home furnishing. In today’s world of overwhelming choices, our technology combines computer vision and AI to offer personalised interior design tailored to each individual. As a startup, we’re a small, passionate, and driven team with deep experience, having worked together at a leading computer vision unicorn and a global e-commerce player, and successfully pushed the boundaries of what’s possible with AI. Now, we’re setting our sights on making professional-grade interior design scalable and accessible to the everyday consumer as a B2B2C platform, working closely with furniture retailers, brands, design partners and other businesses across the home-furnishing ecosystem. As we build the foundation of our company, we’re searching for a team member who’s as excited as we are to shape the future of furniture e-commerce. If that sounds like you, we’d love to connect What we believe in At Desai, we share a set of core values which we are committed to upholding:
· Always Challenge: We value the courage to speak up and challenge ideas, knowing that constructive dissent leads to better outcomes.
· Work Together: We strongly believe in the power of diverse, cross-functional teams and prioritise helping one another.
· Strive for Excellence: We are committed to doing our best in all that we do, constantly pushing boundaries.
· Collaborate Openly: We embrace openness, both within our team and with industry partners, to drive innovation.
· Stay Ahead: We maintain a healthy paranoia, being prepared for the unexpected and staying agile in a changing environment. What you will do We’re looking for a hands-on Growth Marketing & Partnerships Manager to own Desai’s marketing and partnerships end to end: setting the plan, doing the work and measuring what it delivers. You will be responsible for growing awareness and adoption of Desai with consumers while also building the commercial relationships and partner pipeline that expand our furniture ecosystem. This is a marketing-first role with broad ownership across positioning, campaigns, content, social, organic growth, PR, partnerships and performance. You will work directly with the CEO, product and engineering teams, and external furniture partners. You will be expected to move comfortably between strategy and execution, from defining channel priorities to writing the copy, launching the campaign, speaking with prospective partners and reviewing the results. On a day to day basis you will
• Own the marketing plan, including positioning, priorities, channel mix, quarterly targets and the metrics used to judge success.
• Own social media end to end, from planning through execution, automation, monitoring and iteration.
• Plan and execute B2C growth campaigns that evangelise Desai, explain why the product is useful and convert awareness into qualified traffic, sign-ups and usage.
• Own Desai’s content engine across web, blog and social. Educate yourself continuously on interior design, furniture and home-furnishing trends, then turn that knowledge into useful, credible and search-friendly content.
• Build organic visibility through strong SEO and through content structured to be discoverable and cited by modern search engines and LLM-based discovery tools.
• Define the online magazines, publications, newsletters, creators and specialist channels that matter in our space, build relationships with them and proactively secure relevant mentions, links and coverage for Desai.
• Review launches, pages, product experiences and external communications before they go live so that what we ship aligns with what we market and the customer experience we promise.
• Create and maintain the partner pipeline across furniture retailers, furniture brands, design businesses and other relevant vendors. Prospect, qualify, pitch, follow up and move opportunities through to a signed relationship.
• Sign, onboard and grow furniture and affiliate partners across our websites, including product feeds, links, commercial setup, relationship management and ongoing performance follow-up. You will build on Desai’s existing relationships with furniture partners.
• Develop additional distribution and acquisition partnerships, including real-estate websites, relocation agents and other businesses that reach people when they are moving, renovating or furnishing a home.
• Create marketing and partner assets such as SVGs, campaign visuals, partner materials and landing-page content, using AI-assisted tools where useful.
• Track performance rigorously, identify bottlenecks and run structured experiments to improve reach, traffic, conversion, partner activation and commercial outcomes.
• Use AI and automation proactively to increase marketing output, consistency and speed without sacrificing quality. What you need to be bring
• Proven marketing track record: evidence that you have personally planned and executed marketing that produced measurable results.
• Hands-on ownership: you are comfortable setting direction and then doing the work yourself, whether that means writing copy, launching campaigns, analysing performance or following up with a partner.
• Strong copywriting in French and English: you write clear, original, persuasive copy for social, web, campaigns and partners in both languages, and adapt tone to the channel and audience.
• Growth and analytics fluency: you understand funnels, acquisition, conversion, attribution and core marketing metrics, and use data to decide what to do next.
• SEO, GEO and modern discoverability: practical experience improving organic visibility in search, with an understanding of how content structure, authority and citations increasingly affect visibility in LLM and AI-powered search experiences.
• Excellent organisation and follow-through: able to manage campaigns, content, media outreach and partner opportunities simultaneously without losing momentum.
• Startup mindset: proactive, pragmatic, resourceful and comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy. Please include a portfolio or links to campaigns or marketing assets that you personally designed and developed. We are specifically looking for evidence of your ability to create authentic, original marketing. What will make you stand out
• Experience in furniture, interiors, home, e-commerce, marketplaces or another visually led consumer category.
• Experience building partnerships with retailers, brands, vendors or affiliate partners.
• PR or earned-media experience, including building relationships with journalists, publications, newsletters or creators.
• Experience with AI and automation tools for content, research, workflow or campaign execution.
• German language skills.
• A portfolio or concrete examples of campaigns, content, partnerships or creative work you are proud of. This role is ideal for someone who wants to own marketing and partnerships at an AI startup: setting the direction, doing the hands-on work and seeing the results first-hand. We welcome applications from everyone, whatever their background, age, gender, origin, disability or beliefs. What’s in it for you Compensation and ownership
• Competitive salary compensation
• Equity participation Time off and flexible working
• 26 days paid annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexible hours and hybrid working (depending on location)
• Leave to support you when you need it, including sick pay, compassionate leave, or paid time-off to recharge after an intense work period