A live pitch competition for NZ's sharpest commercial minds. $2,000 cash. Direct line to a role at one of the fastest-growing companies in New Zealand.
Submissions close 12 June, 2026. Finals 25 June, 2026.
The ZURU Pitch
Find a gap in our portfolio. Build the case. Pitch it like you mean it.
The ZURU Pitch is our way of finding the people who actually think like operators — the ones who spot opportunities others miss and can make a compelling commercial case for chasing them.
If you make it through, you’ll fly to Auckland (on us), pitch in front of ZURU’s senior commercial leaders, shadow our team for a day, and walk out with the chance to skip the queue and join the business.
Pitch us a new product idea. Real market, real opportunity, real commercial logic.
You’ll need to cover:
Aimed at recent grads or those with a few years of experience. You don’t need a commerce degree, a perfect GPA, or a startup on the side.
You need:
Upload both via the form below by 11:59pm, 12 June.
Ten finalists. Ten minutes to pitch. Ten minutes of Q&A in front of ZURU’s senior commercial leaders.
When you’re not pitching, you’re shadowing one of our commercial execs — seeing how the business actually runs, sitting in on calls, asking the questions you’ve always wanted to ask.
The day wraps with prize giving, drinks, nibbles, and the rest of the commercial team.
ZURU is one of the fastest growing and most disruptive companies in the world, with our commercial team based in Auckland, New Zealand.
We wake up every day to reimagine tomorrow. Where categories are stagnant and the next generation of consumers demand more, we are there — relentlessly engineering products and brands that completely redefine what’s possible.
ZURU Group spans three core divisions: ZURU Toys, ZURU Edge (consumer goods), and ZURU Tech (construction). With over 5,000 team members across 30+ global locations and world-leading automation and manufacturing systems, ZURU is built to move fast — and it does.
Our Commercial team is the engine room — the people who win retailers, build categories, and turn ideas into the products you see on shelf. You’ll be pitching directly to our Commercial Directors — the leaders who own ZURU’s biggest categories and brands globally. If you impress them, you’ll be working with them.
The goal is simple: Anyone great on the day will have a fast track recruitment process to our Commercial Executive role. We are looking to offer multiple people jobs at ZURU off the back of this pitch.
No. You can submit from anywhere in NZ. If you make the top 10, we’ll fly you to Auckland for finals day — flights and accommodation covered.
The finals are a fixed date. If you can’t be there in person, you won’t be able to compete.
A panel of ZURU’s senior leaders. The people you’d actually be working with.
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