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Founding Marketing Lead

san francisco, CA

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Searchability® lists this Founding Marketing Lead opportunity in san francisco, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

FOUNDING MARKETING LEAD - SAN FRANCISCO / ONSITE

We’re working with an early-stage, high-growth AI business that’s already getting real market pull and now needs someone to build the marketing engine properly.

This is a rare founding-style opportunity for a marketer who wants ownership, speed, and the chance to shape how the business shows up in market.

Key Points

First marketing hire in a fast-growing AI-native B2B business

Own the full marketing function from scratch

Paid ads, SEO/GEO, content, messaging, and sales enablement

Real budget, real traction, real equity upside

5 days onsite in San Francisco

First real marketing hire

Build from zero

Significant equity upside

Real budget to deploy

Close-knit, fast-moving team

Title flexibility for the right person

The Role

You’ll own the marketing function end to end.

That means paid, organic, content, positioning, launches, and sales enablement — with a clear focus on driving measurable pipeline growth. You’ll be deep in the detail, but also helping define the playbook, the story, and the channels that scale.

You’ll work closely with Product, Design, Engineering, and Sales to turn a strong product into a market-winning narrative.

Responsibilities

Run paid ads across Google, LinkedIn, Reddit, and emerging channels

Manage spend and optimise towards CAC:LTV

Drive SEO and GEO performance

Build content across blog, landing pages, case studies, and sales collateral

Own messaging, positioning, and narrative

Support launches and product releases

Grow organic presence through LinkedIn and email

Build enablement materials for Sales

Track performance and iterate quickly

Help shape the marketing team as the company scales

3–7 years in product marketing, growth marketing, or B2B marketing

Strong SEO and GEO knowledge

Startup or high-growth B2B background

Comfortable building from scratch

Nice to Have

Experience creating sales collateral used in live deals

Content experience across blog, landing pages, email, and LinkedIn

Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Reddit Ads, Google Analytics, SEO/GEO tools, CMS tools, Webflow, Figma, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion, Google Workspace

About the Team

A small, sharp team that moves fast, ships fast, and keeps things focused.

They have built an AI platform that automates research and data-heavy workflows, helping teams run work in parallel with full visibility and control.

Key Skills

Marketing, Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, B2B Marketing, Paid Social, Paid Search, Reddit Ads, SEO, GEO, Google Analytics, Content Marketing, Positioning, Messaging, Sales Enablement

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Worksite address

san francisco, CA, 94199, US

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