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Acai Travel

Founding Marketing Lead

Acai Travel, New York, New York, us, 10261

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About Acai Travel Acai Travel is revolutionizing the travel industry with cutting‑edge AI agentic solutions for leading Airlines, OTAs, and TMCs. We’re rebuilding travel with agentic software.

Opportunity We’re seeking an entrepreneurial Product Marketing Lead to join our New York team starting January 2026.

This is your chance to build an entire marketing function from scratch at a hyper‑growth startup that’s redefining travel technology.

We’re not about following playbooks – it’s about writing them.

You’ll have complete freedom to invent, create, and experiment as you lay the marketing foundations across every channel and touchpoint.

You’ll be the Swiss Army knife of marketing: crafting compelling narratives for enterprise customers (airlines, TMCs, OTAs, hotel chains), executing creative campaigns at industry events, building our brand presence from the ground up, and yes – even jumping on sales calls when needed.

It’s a hands‑on, 360‑degree role touching everything from product positioning to PR, from event booths to sales enablement.

The growth trajectory is simple: start as Product Marketing Lead, grow into Head of Marketing, and seat on the executive table if you prove you can own marketing top to bottom.

With our impressive monthly growth rate, if you can do more, there’s no limit to what you can own.

Your career ceiling here is determined only by ambition and capability.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in ambiguity, gets energized by blank canvases, and wants to look back in two years and say “I built that entire marketing machine from scratch.”

What You’ll Own Product Marketing (Core Focus)

Transform complex AI capabilities into compelling value propositions for airlines, hotel chains, TMCs, and OTAs

Own product positioning and messaging for our AI products

Create go‑to‑market strategies for new feature releases

Develop differentiation messaging against competitors

Brand & Positioning

Lead brand workshops to crystallize our visual and tonal identity

Build and maintain consistent brand experiences across all touchpoints

Own brand compliance across all materials and channels

Campaigns & Content

Execute multi‑channel campaigns targeting different segments

Develop client success stories and business cases that prove ROI

Own our content strategy across web, social, email, and industry newsletters

Events & Field Marketing

Plan and execute our presence at major industry events (Phocuswright, ITB, Aviation Festival, GBTA)

Design memorable booth experiences and guerrilla marketing tactics that get us noticed

Capture and amplify in‑person moments through digital channels

Sales Enablement & Support

Create compelling sales collateral and demo environments

Support initial sales conversations, especially at events

Develop targeted materials for different stakeholder groups (from IT buyers to C‑suite)

PR & Industry Relations

Build relationships with travel industry media and analysts

Secure speaking opportunities and thought leadership placements

Manage earned media opportunities

Your Profile Must‑Haves

2‑6 years of experience, with strong product marketing skills being the most important

Enterprise B2B SaaS experience is strictly required

Track record of executing integrated marketing campaigns from conception to measurement

Experience with event marketing and field activation

Strong proven writing/content skills – you can explain complex technology simply and compellingly

Comfort with ambiguity and ability to build processes from scratch

Willingness to travel quarterly for major industry events

Nice‑to‑Haves

Travel industry experience is preferred but not strictly required

Experience marketing AI/ML products

International market exposure

Startup experience, especially in seed/Series A stage companies

What Makes You Right for This Role

You’re entrepreneurial – you see gaps and fill them without being asked

You’re a product marketer at heart who can also execute across all marketing functions

You think in campaigns but execute in experiments

You understand that in a startup, “that’s not my job” isn’t in the vocabulary

You can context‑switch between enterprise airline executives and startup hustle in the same day

Compensation & Growth Path

Base Salary: $60,000 – $100,000 (based on experience)

Generous equity package – this is a ground‑floor opportunity

Benefits package (health insurance, life insurance, etc…)

Clear path to Head of Marketing

Starting Date: January 2026

Why Join Acai?

Proven Growth: 50% monthly growth, founders sold previous company to AmEx GBT

Entrepreneurial Opportunity: You will lead marketing at 360 degrees

Personal Growth: Zen/Buddhist culture focused on self‑awareness and empowerment

Meaningful Equity: Significant ownership in category‑defining startup

Epic Perks: Frequent travel all over the world to conferences, customers, or to our Barcelona office, world‑class off‑sites

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Marketing and Sales

Software Development

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