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Head of Marketing

$150k - $210k

Recruiting from Scratch

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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.
Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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