Founding Marketing Lead

Founding Marketing Lead

New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States

About Office Hours

Office Hours is an on-demand platform that connects domain experts to consulting opportunities with startups, investment firms, and corporations. Experts can create an Office Hours profile and receive a range of opportunities to earn income by sharing their unique expertise. Businesses seeking unique insights can search the Office Hours marketplace to quickly find and learn from thousands of advisors on demand. Office Hours is a fast-growing, profitable, network-effects-driven business. Our platform empowers experts to share knowledge, drive innovation, and shape the future of business collaboration. We've built incredible momentum — now we're looking for our

Founding Marketing Lead

to help us tell our story, shape our brand, and build the top-of-funnel engine that fuels our next phase of growth.

The Mission

You'll own the mission of establishing Office Hours as the best place on the internet for subject matter experts to share their knowledge. Your work will drive brand awareness, perception, and visibility. As the Marketing Lead - you will own the entire marketing function responsible for:

• Building and amplifying our brand across both sides of the marketplace
• Developing and executing our marketing playbook from the ground up
• Cultivating a vibrant community of experts — from C-level execs to founders, operators, investors, and beyond

What You'll Do

• Brand & Storytelling: Craft and execute a cohesive brand narrative that cuts through the noise.
• Content Marketing: Develop thought leadership, social content, and campaigns that engage and convert.
• Community & Events: Build a thriving community through digital and in-person activations.
• Growth & Systems: Design repeatable playbooks for content, events, and demand generation.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate closely with Product, Sales, and Operations to align brand strategy with business growth.
• Experimentation: Run rapid tests across content, social, and events to find scalable growth levers.

Who You Are

• A leader — you have built and ran effective marketing teams. While this role will start as an IC, the expectation is to build out a team within the first 3-6 months.
• A builder — someone who thrives in zero-to-one environments and knows how to create from scratch.
• Equally strong in strategy and execution — you can write the playbook and run the plays.
• Skilled at building community and trust among high-caliber audiences (founders, investors, execs, experts).
• AI-curious or AI-fluent, excited by how technology is reshaping marketing and expertise.
• Passionate about brand marketing, content marketing, and events as storytelling vehicles.

Key Outcomes

Within your first 6–12 months, success looks like:

1. Brand Elevation: Office Hours recognized as the leading expert network for startups and investors.
2. Community Growth: High-quality experts joining our supply side (C-levels, founders, domain leaders).
3. Demand Generation: A consistent flow of qualified leads from startups, funds, and enterprises.
4. Top-of-Funnel Engine: A marketing system that reliably drives awareness, leads, and engagement.

Why Join Us

• Shape the voice, identity, and growth of a breakout company.
• Report directly to and collaborate with the CEO.
• Operate with full trust, creative freedom, and executive support.
• Be part of a highly profitable, rapidly scaling, network-driven business.

If you're a hands-on marketing leader ready to build something iconic from the ground up — we'd love to meet you.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary & stock options
• Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
• Wellness/fitness benefit
• Flexible vacation time, regular company holidays
• Company retreats (Tahoe, Mendocino, Mexico City)
• Parent-friendly, remote work, and paid family leave

Join our team and help everyone realize the true power of what they know!

Pay range: $160K — $240K comprised of Base Salary and Bonus. Based on seniority and relevant experience + founding marketing leader level equity.

This is a hybrid role, in our San Francisco (Soma) or New York City (Brooklyn) office 2-3 times per week.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some candidates, especially underrepresented groups such as women and people of color, are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Office Hours we believe in building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but don't meet every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You could still be the right candidate for this or other roles at Office Hours!