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Founding Marketing Lead

Searchability® · San Francisco, CA, USA ·

Job type:
Full Time

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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