Director, Customer Marketing & Storytelling

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$180K/yr – $190K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale customer storytelling that feeds brand, pipeline, and advocacy by building a cross-functional customer marketing engine with a priority on high-impact stories, executive relationships, and lifecycle enablement.

  • Grow a pipeline of customer stories tied to priority accounts, product launches, and campaigns.
  • Own advocacy programs and cross-functional amplification across Sales, Marketing, and CS for consistent customer experiences.
  • Shape the customer lifecycle from awareness to retention through storytelling quality and executive engagement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead Zeta’s customer marketing function, shaping how customer stories, advocacy, and proof points show up across the business
  • Own and manage a pipeline of customer stories aligned to company priorities, product launches, campaigns, and go-to-market motions
  • Partner closely with Sales, Product Marketing, Customer Success, and Business Units to identify high-impact customers, use cases, speakers, and advocacy opportunities
  • Interview customers and write clear, compelling customer stories for publication on Zeta’s website
  • Lead customer relationships and guide the process from outreach through approval and activation
  • Collaborate across Marketing, Sales, Communications, and Customer Success to amplify customer stories and create a more consistent customer experience across emails, webinars, events, and other customer communications
  • Help shape how customer marketing supports the full customer lifecycle — from awareness and pipeline growth to retention and advocacy
  • Continuously raise the bar for storytelling quality and how Zeta shows up in the market
  • Support the evolution of customer advocacy and engagement programs, including references, testimonials, customer councils, beta programs, webinars, and executive engagement initiatives

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in customer marketing, product marketing, content, or related B2B marketing roles
  • Strong storytelling and writing skills, with the ability to turn complex customer interviews into clear, compelling stories
  • Experience working directly with customers and managing approvals with professionalism and attention to detail
  • Strong understanding of how customer marketing supports brand, pipeline growth, customer engagement, and advocacy
  • Ability to quickly learn new products, technologies, and customer use cases
  • Experience partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Product Marketing, Customer Success, and Marketing teams
  • Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities at once
  • Proactive, curious, and customer-focused, with the ability to identify strong stories and advocacy opportunities
  • Experience in B2B SaaS, marketing technology, or enterprise technology environments preferred

Preferred

  • Experience in B2B SaaS, marketing technology, or enterprise technology environments preferred

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employee Equity
  • Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance And more!!
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Zeta Global

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At Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA), we help enterprise brands and agencies Achieve the ImpossibleTM by transforming marketing challenges into measurable success. With the power of advanced AI and real-time proprietary data, we empower CMOs and marketers to turn ambitious goals into remarkable results and business growth. Our Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP) redefines what’s possible in marketing. By unifying Identity, Intelligence and omnichannel Activation in a single platform, Zeta empowers marketers to deliver personalized experiences at scale and create more efficiencies to increase value. At Zeta, our culture fuels our success. We believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation, collaboration, and drive toward success. With over 2,000 global employees, we’ve built a team that is customer-centric, thrives on solving challenges, and supports one another so everyone can excel. Founded in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley (former Apple CEO & Pepsi President), Zeta Global is headquartered in New York City. Learn how we help brands Achieve the Impossible at www.zetaglobal.com.

Founded in 2007
New York, New York, USA
2.4K employees (304 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
210.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$14.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.4%
Direct
49%
Referral
7.4%
Social
6.2%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
248 (10% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
3.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$1.5B
Last Raise
$105.3M
Post IPO Equity, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2024
    Post IPO Secondary • $105.3M
  • Sep 2024
    Post IPO Equity • $204.9M
  • Sep 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $550M

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