Patagonia - Community Marketing & Impact Coordinator – Impact Hub Zurich (f/m/d) - Zürich

Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company founded in 1973. At a time when all life on earth is under threat of extinction, we aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imagination—to influence changes needed to protect our planet. A registered B Corporation and founding member of 1% for the Planet, Patagonia is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism, contributing over $145 million in grants and in-kind donations to thousands of grassroots environmental groups around the world.

Your role:

We’re in business to save our home planet. The Community Marketing & Impact Coordinator – Impact Hub is responsible for executing locally relevant marketing and environmental initiatives, with a strong focus on trade marketing and community engagement. The role manages Patagonia’s presence within the Impact Hub ecosystem while delivering dealer-facing activations and impact-driven campaigns. Reporting into the local Community Marketing & Impact Manager, it works closely with local sales team, and EHQ stakeholders to ensure alignment with Patagonia EMEA’s business and impact strategy.

Main tasks:

• Impact Hub Engagement: Manage Patagonia’s presence and relationships within the Impact Hub ecosystem. Facilitate connections between Patagonia’s community and external partners, including NGOs, entrepreneurs, institutions, and activists. Co-develop shared campaigns and programs that reflect Patagonia’s values and strategic priorities.

• Seasonal Campaign Execution: Deliver seasonal brand and product campaigns across wholesale partners, ensuring timely and consistent rollout of assets and messaging. Collaborate with EHQ, sales, and design teams to align storytelling with Patagonia’s brand standards and product priorities.

• Dealer and SIS Activations: Manage requests from key accounts and dealers for POP materials, window campaigns, online content, and store events. Coordinate with Shop-in-Shop (SIS) partners to implement seasonal storytelling and ensure visual consistency across retail environments.

• Impact-Driven Wholesale Activations: Identify opportunities to integrate environmental messaging into wholesale activations and connect partners to relevant NGO networks. Contribute to local environmental campaigns and ensure alignment with Patagonia’s 1% for the Planet and impact strategy.

• Marketing Operations: Coordinate operational needs such as translations, in-store and online materials, and event assets to maintain brand consistency. Ensure all materials meet Patagonia’s tone and quality standards and are delivered on time.

• Budget Coordination: Monitor and track expenses for local activations and Impact Hub initiatives. Ensure accurate invoicing and reporting, while escalating budget decisions to the Community Marketing & Impact Manager.

What we’re looking for:

• An inclusive mindset

• 2-3 years’ experience in community marketing, trade marketing or related areas

• Fluent in English and Swiss German or German

• Good understanding of marketing and impact planning to execute locally relevant initiatives that reflect Patagonia’s values and align with EMEA priorities.

• Good understanding of campaign and trade marketing to deliver seasonal rollouts, dealer activations, and ensure brand consistency across wholesale channels.

• Good understanding of event planning and logistics to organize and deliver impactful activations such as Worn Wear events, panel discussions, and dealer-facing events.

• Good understanding of stakeholder collaboration and relationship building to work effectively with NGOs, dealers, Impact Hub partners, sales channels, and EHQ teams, fostering trust and smooth execution.

• Strong coordination and communication skills to manage translations, event materials, and multiple workflows with attention to detail and timely delivery.

• A love of the outdoors

• An interest in saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work

Other important details:

• This is a Full-time position based in Zurich, Switzerland

• We have a hybrid work model, working from home for maximum 3. This role requires flexibility to travel for the events and work occasionally over weekends and after working hours.

• We strive to make unbiased decisions and to offer a great experience to every person who applies for a role at Patagonia. Our interviews include standardised questions that focus on the aspects that are important for success in the role. For this role there will also be a practical assignment, where you can showcase your skills

• To find out more about what we offer our employees click here: https://eu.patagonia.com/nl/en/what-we-offer/

At Patagonia, we commit to becoming an anti-racist company that leads by example. This means doing the work to be inclusive and equitable, across all aspects of our business.

Every person who applies to join Patagonia receives equal employment opportunities, and we value a welcoming environment where each member of our EMEA team feels included, respected and empowered, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, civil status, national origin, disability or age.

At Patagonia, we strive to have inclusive representation within our organisation and embrace a diverse mix of talent to contribute to our culture. We actively seek applications from Black and People of Colour (BPOC) and other underrepresented groups.

As we are in business to save our home planet, we can only do this together.

Please make sure that your CV and cover letter are in English.

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Thanks for your interest in supporting us for this role, but we don’t accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies