The Community & Partnerships Lead is responsible for building brand presence, community engagement, and commercial growth through on-ground activations, events, and strategic partnerships.
This role focuses on creating demand in the market by engaging directly with gyms, communities, and brand users, while supporting interactions with partners as part of broader brand activity.This is a full-time salaried role with a versatile structure.
Your hours shift to follow the highest-impact opportunities, which includes weekends when events are on and travel for major events.
Day to day, you'll work remotely across the Gold Coast in a Switch work van, with a minimum two days a month at our Sunshine Coast office.Key responsibilitiesPlan and execute weekly gym activations and community sessionsCoordinate brand presence at sporting clubs, HYROX, run clubs, functional fitness events and similar environmentsRepresent the brand in-market and engage directly with customersBuild and maintain relationships with gym operators, retail partners,



and community stakeholdersSupport retail and gym partners through activations that increase brand visibility and engagementDrive awareness that leads to in-store and online demandEnsure strong product exposure and a consistent brand experience across all activationsIdentify recent partnership opportunities in key marketsCapture leads through events, activations and samplingMaintain records of leads, partners and contacts in Monday.com CRMAbout youYou're probably the person who seems to know everyone at your gym, run club or local fitness events.
You're outgoing, love meeting new people and get energy from being in a room full of them.You'll bringProven sales experience, ideally in business development, account management or field salesA confident, outgoing personality and the ability to start conversations with anyoneStrong relationship-building skills with gym operators, retailers and community leadersExperience managing a CRM and keeping leads, contacts and pipelines up to date (we use Monday.com)Self-motivation, with the drive to set your own schedule and hit targets without close supervisionStrong organisation and adaptability, able to juggle multiple events and partnersWillingness to work weekends and travel for major eventsA passion for fitness and performance environmentsAn existing connection to the Gold Coast fitness community, and an understanding of gyms, running and HYROX, will be highly regarded.
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📌 Community & Partnerships Manager (Gold Coast)
🏢 Switch Nutrition
📍 Gold Coast