Head of Sponsoring

ARIS is a student initiative based at ETH Zürich (Dübendorf) that inspires students across Switzerland to gain hands-on space-related project experience and contribute to space-related project challenges through academic and industry collaborations. As part of the business team, you will tackle the challenge of enhancing our competition systems, growing our team, and building our network.

From the technical side, ARIS is currently making progress on several exciting projects, including developing a hybrid rocket engine with a guided recovery system for the European Rocketry Challenge in Portugal. Additionally, ARIS is developing a CubeSat with the SAGE project and working on the Karman rocket project to build a rocket capable of flying up to 100 km. We are also building a biliquid engine test stand to further our research and development in this field.

On the business side, ARIS has been expanding its team in areas such as marketing, finance, and HR, and collaborating with new academic partners to provide the best possible framework for all engineering projects.

The goal of the business team is to constantly develop processes to address ongoing growth. To achieve our ambitious projects and continue our exciting growth, we require a motivated Head of Sponsoring who can contribute to the team by enhancing competition systems, growing our team, and building our network.

As the Head of Sponsoring for a student initiative such as ARIS, you would have the following responsibilities:

• Developing and executing a comprehensive sponsorship strategy that aligns with the organization’s mission and goals
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with current and potential sponsors, including identifying and pursuing new sponsorship opportunities
• Collaborating with the business team to create effective sponsorship proposals and packages that provide value to sponsors and meet their needs
• Managing the sponsorship budget and ensuring that all sponsorships are properly documented and fulfilled
• Communicating regularly with sponsors to provide updates on the organization’s progress and ensure their continued engagement and satisfaction
• Leading a team of sponsoring coordinators and ensuring their tasks and goals are aligned with the organization’s objectives
• Providing leadership and guidance to the sponsoring team, as well as collaborating with other teams to ensure successful project implementation
• Analyzing the effectiveness of the sponsorship strategy and making adjustments as necessary to achieve the organization’s goals.

Expectations

As a team member, we expect you to:

• Attend team meetings and workshops at Switzerland Innovation Park in Dübendorf, ZH
• Be proactive and take responsibility for your work
• Embrace failure, learn from it and move forward
• Take ownership of your projects and tasks
• Collaborate closely with both the business and engineering teams as well as the board.

We believe that with these expectations, you will be able to contribute effectively to the team and help ARIS achieve its goals.

What do you get?

By participating in this unique challenge, you will:

• Get in contact with many sponsors from academia and industry
• Take initiative outside of the classroom and gain hands-on experience
• Establish and grow your network in industry and academia
• Be part of a friendly community, grow as a unit and build life-long friendships
• Kickstart your career!
• Do something useful combined with your studies

Project start: as soon as possible

Duration: 2 semesters (autumn 2023 & spring 2024)

Working hours: 6 – 8h/week or per project

Please be informed that your work will be entirely voluntary. As we are a student project, we do not offer any paid employment. But you will be able to proof your practical experience in your CV.

Any questions? Get in touch.

We look forward to hearing from you! Please submit a complete application, including CV. If you have any questions, please reach us on Write an email.

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