Head of Marketing

Who is Recruiting from Scratch:

Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire.

Title of Role: Head of Marketing

Location: San Francisco, CA (On-site, 5 days/week)
Company Stage of Funding: Seed (YC-backed, ~$3M raised, profitable)
Office Type: On-site
Salary: $150,000 - $210,000 + Equity (0.2% - 0.75%)
Company Description

Our client is an early-stage AI startup building the conversation intelligence layer for companies -starting with AI-powered meeting notes and expanding into a unified system that captures, organizes, and activates knowledge across meetings, calls, and emails.

The company is already profitable and growing rapidly , with thousands of paying customers including companies like PostHog and Browserbase. Backed by Y Combinator, the team consists of experienced operators from companies like Stripe, Twitter, and Microsoft.

With a lean team of under 10 people and ~$7M ARR, this is a rare opportunity to join a high-traction startup as the first marketing hire and define the company's brand, growth strategy, and go-to-market motion from the ground up.
What You Will Do

• Own the entire marketing function end-to-end as the first hire
• Define and execute brand positioning, messaging, and narrative
• Drive growth through scrappy, high-impact experiments across channels
• Build and manage a content engine aligned with product launches
• Create and execute a cohesive marketing strategy across all surfaces (web, social, product)
• Turn product features and releases into compelling stories and campaigns
• Leverage AI tools to automate workflows and scale marketing impact
• Partner closely with founders on GTM strategy and product positioning
• Analyze performance metrics and optimize growth channels systematically
• Build the foundation for a scalable marketing function

Ideal Candidate Background

• 3-8 years of experience in growth, product marketing, or generalist marketing roles
• Experience owning or heavily contributing to marketing at a Seed-Series B startup
• Strong understanding of multiple growth channels (content, social, product-led, etc.)
• Proven ability to execute scrappy, high-leverage marketing initiatives
• Product-minded with strong user empathy
• Experience working in fast-paced, early-stage environments

Preferred

• Experience as first marketing hire or early marketing leader
• Strong personal brand or online presence (Twitter, LinkedIn, content, etc.)
• Experience marketing AI, developer tools, or SaaS products
• Deep familiarity with PLG (product-led growth) motions
• Strong storytelling and brand-building ability
• Experience using AI tools to build marketing systems and workflows

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $150,000 - $210,000
• Equity: 0.2% - 0.75%
• Visa sponsorship available (case-by-case)
• Founding-level ownership of marketing
• Direct collaboration with founders
• High-growth, profitable startup with strong traction
• Opportunity to define brand and GTM from scratch

Why Join

This is a rare opportunity to be the first marketing hire at a profitable, high-growth AI startup with strong product-market fit.

You'll own everything from brand → growth → narrative , working directly with the founders to scale a product that's already loved by customers.

If you're a scrappy, AI-native marketer who wants full ownership and impact , this role offers the chance to build a category-defining brand from the ground up.