Byron Bay / Northern Rivers, NSW · Part time · $3,000/month gross,

contractor (probation period) with intention to expand role and wage into full time Marketing Manager role over 12-16 months. Initial phase probabtion period 3 Months.

About Great Spirit

Great Spirit is a Byron Bay based wholefood tonic and supplement brand, founded

by Sam and Ayana Ryan. Our flagship product, Iron Restore, is a traditional liquid

iron tonic, alongside a growing range of capsule products. We’re a small, values led

team on a mission to help Australians feel genuinely well, while using the business

to support a bigger vision around mental health and community wellbeing.

The Role

We’re looking for a Marketing Apprentice to work closely with Sam, our co founder,

learning and eventually co owning the promotional rhythm and content calendar of

the business. You’ll produce media across email, social, paid ads, and website, and

over time grow into a genuinely skilled, well rounded ecommerce marketer.

This is an entry to mid level role with a clear, honest path to more responsibility,

more autonomy, and better pay as you prove yourself. It’s not a job with a ceiling.

It’s a role designed to grow you into someone genuinely capable, given the time, coaching, and trust to get there.

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

In the early months, you’ll be executing against a calendar Sam sets, not building it

from scratch. Think:

• Turning briefs into finished social posts, emails, and ad creative

• Repurposing existing content across channels

• Drafting copy in Great Spirit’s warm, honest brand voice

• Helping rebuild our Klaviyo email and SMS flows from the ground up,

working directly alongside Sam

• Producing and helping optimise landing pages, advertorials, and listicles,

content types we measure closely and continually improve based on real

performance

• Spending dedicated hours completing modules and attending live sessions

with Australia’s leading online ecommerce marketing coaching community,

building the foundation of knowledge you’ll draw on to own aspects of the

role beyond your three month probation period

The Opportunity

Fair pay, with bonuses tied to real value. As responsibility grows, so does pay,

and bonuses are attached to the genuine value of work produced, particularly in

email and paid ad performance.

World class training, on the clock. You’ll get access to the Ecommerce Equation

community, one of Australia’s leading ecommerce coaching platforms, as a required

and paid part of the role. A set number of paid hours each week are dedicated to

studying modules and attending live coaching sessions, and you’ll also have access

to the community outside of work hours if you want to go further. Membership

alone is typically valued at around $2,150 a month, so this is a genuine investment

in you. If you choose to put in extra time learning and applying what you learn, that

effort is recognised as bringing real value to the company, and can result in a

shortened probation period or other value based rewards. In short, this role is built

for people who are intrapreneurial: those who take initiative, go beyond what’s

asked, and want to set their own pace toward greater knowledge, skill, and

ownership.

A genuine growth path, from apprentice through to a high level ecommerce

marketing manager role, including eventual co ownership of our whole

multichannel marketing, email and SMS, social, paid ads, and website. With time and trust built, a fully owned role could eventuate.

Who We’re Looking For

• Genuinely drawn to wholefood, wellness, or conscious business, this shows

up in the work

• Someone who resonates deeply with our vision and wants to be part of

something larger than themselves, ultimately, this work is about making a

positive impact on as many people’s lives as possible

• Intrapreneurial: takes initiative, works hard without needing to be told what

to do, and looks for ways to add value rather than waiting to be assigned it

• Loves social media, perhaps runs their own account with a decent following,

and genuinely enjoys making content, curious about why some things

perform and others don’t

• A natural writer and visual thinker, comfortable with both words and basic

design or video

• Quick and capable editing on mobile for social specific formats, great at reels

and short form production

• A clever, humorous vibe

• Data focused, able to analyse and optimise content based on real data, not

just feelings

• Reliable and detail oriented without needing to be micromanaged

• Coachable and hungry to grow, this role rewards people who want to learn,

not people who already think they know it all

• Comfortable working closely within a small, high trust team

• Based locally in or near Byron Bay/Northern Rivers, with availability for

regular in person sessions

• Some hands on experience with tools like Canva, Instagram’s reel creator,

TikTok’s video editor, CapCut or a similar video editor, Klaviyo, Shopify, or

Replo page builder, you don’t need to know all of them, but comfort with at

least a few of these (or genuine equivalents) will help you hit the ground running

• 1 to 3 years experience in content, social, or ecommerce marketing is ideal, but a

strong self taught portfolio matters more to us than a polished resume.

Details

• Hours: 20 hours/week of tasked work. This is a working role with real

expectations, weekly quality and quantity of output will be reviewed

together, alongside KPIs relevant to your stage in the role.

• Pay: $3,000/month gross, reviewed at the end of a 3 month probation period•

• Location: Local to Byron Bay/Northern Rivers, flexible day to day working style with regular in person sessions for filming and planning

• Start date: ASAP, as soon as we find the right person

How to Apply

Ready to apply? Read through the Phase 1 Application below, then send us your

answers, either written directly in the body of an email or attached as a document,

along with your short video introduction as a video file attachment, to connect@greatspirit.com.au

Use the subject line “Marketing Apprentice Application - [Your First & Last Name]”. We read every application personally.

Have a question before applying? Feel free to email us first.

Read on below for the application process details...

ROUND 1 APPLICATION:

Firstly, thanks for your interest in joining Great Spirit. This first step is about getting to know you, your story, and how you think, not testing you on a task just yet. Take your time, answer honestly, and let your personality come through. There are no trick questions here.

Section A — About you

1. Tell us a little about yourself, your background, and what's brought you to apply for this role.

2. What draws you to Great Spirit specifically, beyond needing a job?

3. What does wellness or wholefood living mean to you personally, if anything?

Section B — Experience and craft

4. Tell us about a piece of content, campaign, or project you're genuinely proud of if any. What was it, and why does it matter to you?

5. Please share links to your portfolio, social channels, or any relevant work, whatever best shows us how you think and create.

6. Where do you feel most confident right now (writing, design, video, email, ads, etc), and where are you still developing?

7. Which of these tools have you used, and how confident are you with each: Canva, Instagram's reel creator, TikTok's video editor, CapCut or a similar video editor, Klaviyo, Shopify, Replo page builder? Please also list any other tools you use regularly that you think we should know about.

8. Do you have any experience building email flows or email campaigns, landing pages, advertorials, or listicles? If so, tell us briefly what you've worked on.

Section C — Working style

9. This role starts small and scales with trust and proven output. Describe a time you had to earn responsibility gradually, rather than being handed it upfront. How did that feel, and how did you handle it

10. This role includes studying through a structured coaching program (Ecommerce Equation) as part of your paid working hours, it's built into the job, not something you're expected to do unpaid or in your own time. How do you feel about structured learning being a core, paid part of the role?

11. You'll be working closely with Sam, including filming and photographing him regularly. Do you feel capable being behind a camera (phone) and would you be open to occasionally being in the content?

Section D — Practical

12. Confirm you're based in or near Byron Bay/Northern Rivers, or able to be, and available for regular in person sessions.

13. What availability do you have per week, and is 20 hours/week realistic for your circumstances right now?

14. This role has genuine potential to grow from part time toward full time, semi remote (hybrid) work over time. Are you open to the role expanding in that direction as trust and responsibility build

15. Required — Video Introduction:

Record a short vertical video (9:16) introducing yourself. Try to keep it under 3 mins max.

Tell us:

• Your name and where you live.
• What genuinely brings you to life.
• Why this apprenticeship interests you.
• One value or belief that guides the way you try to live your life.

Film in 9:16 (vertical, reel style).

Tasteful editing is welcomed and noticed-this is your chance to show us how you communicate, tell a story, and connect with an audience.

When you are ready and you have completed all this you can send your application to our email: connect@greatspirit.com.au 

Please use the subject line: “Marketing Apprentice Application - [Your First & Last Name]”.