Kamikoto: Assistant General Manager

Kamikoto is a knife brand that makes hiqh quality, handcrafted knives from steel sourced from the Ibaraki prefecture of Japan.

Kamikoto has thousands of satisfied customers (4.4/5.0 on Trustpilot https://www.trustpilot.com/review/kamikoto.com) and fans, including professional chefs in some of the most renowned restaurants in the world. (Learn more: https://kamikoto.com/pages/chef)

Each Kamikoto Knife set comes housed in an ash wood box for safekeeping, storage and gifting.

Job description:

You will be in charge of Kamikoto’s business performance.  This includes overseeing all aspects of the brand, marketing performance, paid search, ad creation for FB/IG/Tiktok, influencer management, partnerships, logistics, customer service, product and more.

You will have full P&L ownership of Kamikoto.

You will manage and continue to build a small team of professionals dedicated to serving Customers and doing well while doing good.

Requirements:

You must be a Customer focused fast learner who has a good overall grasp of digital marketing and e-commerce.

You must be excellent with numbers, a good creative problem solver and bring a positive, optimistic, energized self to work.

– Previous experience working with Shopify or other e-commerce tools is a plus.

– Previous experience and understanding of SEO is a plus.

– Previous experience building new ad creatives for FB/IG is a plus.

– Previous experience managing team members is a plus.

– Previous experience working with freelancers and contractors is a plus.

You must speak with at least one Customer every workday on the phone. This is to ensure you get continuous input from Customers as you build this brand.

And most of all, you must connect deeply with the product and Customers of Kamikoto.

Benefits:

You can work remotely in any timezone, as long as you are flexible to occasionally join meetings with team members in other timezones around the world. You get compensated attractively from day one, with a huge amount of growth potential and promotion opportunity ahead.

Kamikoto is owned by Galton Voysey, a leading developer and operator of DTC e-commerce brands. The right candidate will thrive and prove themselves running one brand and then go onto lead multiple projects in the future across the broader portfolio of brands.

You get a flexible budget and creative freedom to pursue your own ideas and vision for the brand.

You get to hire and develop your own dedicated team.