Marketing working student (German-speaking) About 8returns At 8returns, we’re building the infrastructure for intelligent returns: turning a cost center into a profit and retention channel. Our B2B SaaS platform helps modern e-commerce brands make returns smarter, more sustainable, and more customer-friendly. We’re based in Berlin, growing fast, and backed by experienced industry investors. Now, we’re building our marketing engine from the ground up - and we’re looking for a bold, creative working student to help us make it happen. The role This isn’t a role where you watch from the sidelines. As our Marketing Working Student, you’ll work directly with our Marketing Lead, the first marketing hire at 8returns, and get hands-on experience across the entire go-to-market (GTM) journey. You’ll learn by doing, own real projects, and help us shape our brand from day one. What you'll be working on Content & Communication • Write and publish sharp, engaging content in German and English across all our marketing channels • Translate and adapt customer stories and case studies • Collaborate with freelance designers to generate evergreen and seasonal marketing assets • Assist in drafting messaging for campaigns, sales decks, event promos, and internal comms • Help keep our content calendar up-to-date and spot new opportunities based on trends • Conduct light research to support content planning: from competitor analysis to topic ideation Digital Execution • CRO: Optimize web pages for conversion, build workflows, and implement technical SEO fixes with support from our team • Create and test email automations for marketing and sales: from research, writing copy, personalization to setting up flows and reporting • Assist in managing and updating website content (e.g., blog uploads, image swaps, copy tweaks) • Monitor basic website and campaign performance in tools like HubSpot and Google Analytics • Help troubleshoot small bugs, broken links, or formatting issues that impact the digital experience • Support the setup of dark landing pages for paid and emails to improve engagement and conversion Operational Enablement • Finalize swag, manage vendor communication, logistics & activations for our biggest events • Pull data from our CRM and help us make sense of it for use in budgeting, forecasting, customer and sales enablement • Spot issues, solve problems, and suggest improvements to our marketing and sales ops setup - we love proactive thinkers • Support internal reporting by helping track GTM KPIs, building slides for team meetings, or updating dashboards • Help onboard freelancers by coordinating access, templates, and documentation What We’re Looking For We care more about attitude and ambition than a stacked resume. You’ll thrive here if you: • Are a native German speaker and fluent in English • Are currently enrolled in a university in Germany and available at least ~20h/week • Love to learn, experiment, and figure things out • Have a knack for trying out and making a modern tech stack work • Have strong attention to detail, a feel for design and an understanding of numbers • Are happy to come to our Berlin office 1–2 days/week when needed Bonus points if you’ve played with content, web tools, email platforms, or design - even just for fun. What You'll Get • Real responsibility and ownership • Close mentorship from an experienced marketing leader • Exposure to content, brand, ops, and growth - the full GTM toolbox • A front-row seat in a fast-growing SaaS startup • Flexibility, autonomy, and a culture that rewards bold ideas • Truly bring your real self to work We’re not looking for someone who’s done it all - we’re looking for someone who wants to learn it all. If that’s you, hit apply and let’s build something amazing together.