Making science more discoverable, understandable and sharable

Sparrho is looking for a superstar Sales Executive to join our growing team in London. The right person will be a self-starter, have killer instinct for delighting customers, thrilled by the opportunity to work in a fast-changing environment, and a great networker. Reporting directly to our CEO, you will be a key to our continued growth.

About Sparrho

Sparrho blends machine learning and expert curation to help users from 150+ countries stay on top of the science that matters to them. With over 60 million unique research papers and patents from all fields of science in our database, our mission is to democratise scientific knowledge, making it more accessible, searchable and shareable.

The company was founded in July 2013 by two Oxbridge ex-scientists who met though Entrepreneur First. We’re now a superstar team of 14, and our HQ is in the heart of vibrant Shoreditch.

You will be responsible for:

• All phases of the sales process, from generating leads to closing deals
• Educating and building trust with our customers
• Translating client requirements into product solutions

Skills and experience desired

• University degree
• Minimum 2 years of successfully selling B2B (SaaS or digital solutions) to enterprise customers – experience with the pharmaceutical or consumer goods industry a plus
• Proven ability to create leads from cold calls and/or emails
• Great communication skills, fluent in both spoken and written English
• A knack for understanding customer needs
• You should be a self-starter but not afraid to ask for help

What can Sparrho offer?

• Lots of fun, responsibility and hard work.
• A great office right in the middle of Shoreditch
• A very diverse environment, we have as many passports as employees
• A flat structure where you get a lot of opportunities to influence both the product and the company
• Sales coaching and training to further develop your sales skills

Location: London
Start date: Immediate
Duration: Full-time
Salary: Competitive salary, commission & benefits

Application deadline: Submit your CV and book a chat with Alexia ([email protected]) using the form below—interviews are held on a rolling basis so act asap:

Sparrho is looking for a B2B Marketing Executive to join our growing team in London. Reporting to the CEO, you will be an important part of our continued growth.

About Sparrho

Sparrho blends machine learning and expert curation to help users from 150+ countries stay on top of the science that matters to them. With over 60 million unique research papers and patents from all fields of science in our database, our mission is to democratise scientific knowledge, making it more accessible, searchable and shareable.

The company was founded in July 2013 by two Oxbridge ex-scientists who met though Entrepreneur First. We’re now a superstar team of 14, and our HQ is in the heart of vibrant Shoreditch.

You will be:

• Educated to at least undergraduate level
• Have a minimum of 1-2 years marketing experience (preferably in B2B, SaaS, or digital solutions) for enterprise customers – experience with the pharmaceutical or consumer goods industry a plus
• Able to plan and oversee new marketing initiatives (inbound and outbound campaigns), including email, Google Adwords, social media campaigns
• Able to identify new sales leads and prepare tailored proposals
• Able to develop sales goals and ensure they are met
• Happy to attend and organise relevant enterprise events / conferences
• Flexible enough to work with our PR team and on other ad hoc tasks

Desired

• Energetic and flexible personality
• Persistent and results oriented
• Analytical with attention to detail
• Driven and independent
• Good interpersonal skills, comfortable with networking
• Good communication skills (fluent in spoken and written English)
• Creative thinker, with an ability to use data to inform your decisions
• Experience using HubSpot, MailChimp & Google suite

What can Sparrho offer?

• Lots of fun, responsibility and hard work.
• A great office right in the middle of Shoreditch
• A very diverse environment, we have as many passports as employees
• A flat structure where you get a lot of opportunities to influence both the product and the company
• Sales coaching and training to further develop your sales skills

Location: London
Start date: Immediate
Duration: Full-time
Salary: Competitive salary & benefits

Application deadline: Submit your CV and book a chat with Alexia ([email protected]) using the form below—interviews are held on a rolling basis so act asap:

We’re looking for an amazing all-round dev to join our team. Someone who picks up new languages for fun, understands ideas half way through the explanation, and hits things with a hammer (real or metaphorical) to find out how they work. Skill and flexibility are key to this role.

Our technology is the foundation of everything we do, and we’ll use whatever’s available to give users a response faster than they can blink, even across 60 million+ pieces of content. Our core stack is Clojure/Clojurescript – React on the front end, GraphQL on the back end – with PostgreSQL and ElasticSearch to keep our data front and center, and Docker and Terraform to keep everything on AWS running smoothly.

About Sparrho

Sparrho blends machine learning and expert curation to help users from 150+ countries stay on top of the science that matters to them. With over 60 million unique research papers and patents from all fields of science in our database, our mission is to democratise scientific knowledge, making it more accessible, searchable and shareable.

The company was founded in July 2013 by two Oxbridge ex-scientists who met though Entrepreneur First. We’re now a superstar team of 14, and our HQ is in the heart of vibrant Shoreditch.

About the Role

You’ll be joining a small team and moving quickly—you’ll need the experience to make the right technical decisions to build fast, scalable tech that the business needs: everything from content acquisition to performance tuning, from UI changes to totally new product features.

You will be responsible for:

• Putting together major, brand new site functionality for both users and commercial partners
• Staying on top of the latest developments to make sure we’re always using the best tools for the job
• Keeping web servers lightning fast under any load they might experience
• Working with publisher and provider data to keep content flowing to our users
• Ensuring that search clusters and database servers maintain peak performance as incoming content increases

Experience essential to the role

• Clojure
• Ability to quickly understand and use new tools and technologies
• Strong technical background and a real interest in the cutting edge of development
• Focus on fast, efficient solutions to real-world user problems

Experience desired:

• Clojurescript
• Node.js
• React
• PostgreSQL
• AWS
• Experience working on high traffic volume platforms
• Good understanding of data storage technologies, particularly in dealing with multi-terabyte datasets
• Comfortable managing remote resources (AWS, Heroku, Digitalocean, etc.)
• Ability to make the right decisions in a rapidly changing environment

What can Sparrho offer?

• Real responsibility, and the freedom to get things done your way.
• A superstar team that makes decisions quickly.
• An office in a co-working space in Shoreditch (East London), in the heart of London’s digital tech scene.
• A fun, friendly atmosphere, plenty of opportunities to grow and the chance to be part of our revolution.

Remuneration package: Competitive salary
Visa sponsorship: Not available
Starting date: Immediate

Application deadline: If you’re the developer we’ve been waiting for, send Alexia ([email protected]) your CV, github username, and earliest starting date—and book a chat with Alexia ([email protected]) using the form below—interviews are held on a rolling basis so act asap:

We’re looking for an energetic Growth Scientist with a scientific PhD background and a passion to democratise science to join our team. Working closely with our Head of Core Platform, you will be shaping and expanding Sparrho’s community growth.

Our ideal candidate is an all-rounded team player who is equally comfortable executing day-to-day tasks, deriving solutions to automate repetitive tasks, and contributing to high-level product and user engagement strategy.

About Sparrho

Sparrho blends machine learning and expert curation to help users from 150+ countries stay on top of the science that matters to them. With over 60 million unique research papers and patents from all fields of science in our database, our mission is to democratise scientific knowledge, making it more accessible, searchable and shareable.

The company was founded in July 2013 by two Oxbridge ex-scientists who met though Entrepreneur First. We’re now a superstar team of 14, and our HQ is in the heart of vibrant Shoreditch.

About the Role

Our ideal candidate has a background in scientific research, combined with a proven passion for science communication. We’re seeking someone who can engage and inspire our existing community of global Sparrho users online and offline, whilst growing awareness and accelerating user acquisition for the platform by tapping into the wealth of data generated by our users and within our existing content database, and taking advantage of automation solutions.

Working closely with our Head of Core Platform, the role has a high degree of autonomy and offers opportunities to interact with the full spectrum of stakeholders in scientific research, from funders and policymakers, to academic and industrial researchers, to patient families and citizen scientists.

As our Growth Scientist, you will shape and scale up Sparrho’s campaign-based, content-driven community outreach, contributing to a resilient growth engine for our high-growth startup.

You will be:

• Showcasing the possibilities of the Sparrho platform and the value of Sparrho’s exclusive content to existing and potential user groups
• Developing and scaling up a long-term our community growth strategy aligned with our core business objectives
• Uncovering valuable data-backed insights to improven UX and accelerate growth of Sparrho’s platform
• Crafting high quality content that caters to our target audiences
• Supporting our events strategy

Essential skills and experience

• Scientific research background (PhD)
• A people’s person
• A passion for and experience in communicating science to audiences outside of academia
• Attention to detail in execution, but never losing the big picture

Ideal experience

• Creative mind for implementing multichannel user acquisition and engagement tactics
• Comfortable with analysis of web analytics and large data sets as it relates to creating strategies and campaigns
• Strong network of contacts in the scientific community
• Strong desire to work in an early-stage startup and ambition to grow with the company
• Ability to work autonomously in a rapidly changing environment

What can Sparrho offer?

• A vibrant working environment in Shoreditch (East London), in the heart of London’s digital tech scene
• High autonomy and huge responsibility from the word “go”
• Superstar team that makes decisions quickly
• Opportunity to make significant impact on the future direction of our product and company
• A fun, friendly atmosphere, plenty of opportunities to grow and the chance to be part of our revolution
• Opportunity to work remotely when appropriate
• An attractive remuneration package

Location: London
Remuneration package: Competitive salary
Visa sponsorship: Not available
Starting date: April–May 2018

Application deadline: Submit your CV and book a chat with Sybil ([email protected]) using the form below—interviews are held on a rolling basis so act asap: