Director of Marketing, Chegg Skills

USA (On-site)

$195K/yr – $285K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead Chegg Skills brand marketing to build trust, demand, and revenue across learners, employers, and partners.

  • Own messaging architecture, voice, and positioning across all channels
  • Must-have: Experience leading brand transformation in high-growth, ambiguous environments
  • Standout: Partner with Sales to align ICPs, journeys, and demand across D2C, B2B, and marketplace channels

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the Chegg Skills brand with clarity and conviction
  • Create clear brand delineation between Chegg Skills and Chegg’s legacy consumer business
  • Establish a narrative that earns trust with learners, employers, and institutional buyers
  • Own messaging architecture, voice, tone, and positioning across all channels
  • Build credibility in a space crowded with noise, skepticism, and look-alike competitors
  • Drive measurable demand and pipeline across: Direct-to-consumer learners
  • B2B buyers (employers, institutions, partners)
  • Channel and marketplace partners
  • Design and execute campaigns that generate awareness, leads, and revenue
  • Balance brand building with performance marketing, without sacrificing either

Preferred

  • You have led marketing in high-growth, ambiguous environments, ideally where brand transformation was required
  • You know how to build brand and generate demand at the same time
  • You are creative, but grounded in execution and results
  • You are strategic, but not precious about plans
  • You are process-oriented, but never process-bound
  • You are scrappy, resourceful, and biased toward action
  • You are comfortable operating inside a larger company while building something that feels like a startup
  • You thrive when the answer is not obvious and the path is not linear

Benefits

  • In addition, Chegg offers a comprehensive benefits plan for eligible employees, including medical, dental, vision, life and supplemental life insurance, short-and long-term disability, mental health support, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k) with matching contributions, Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (H.S.A.) options, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and other benefits found at: https://www.chegg.com/about/working-at-chegg/benefits/.
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About Chegg:Chegg provides individualized learning support to students as they pursue their educational journeys. Available on demand 24/7 and powered by over a decade of learning insights, the Chegg platform offers students AI-powered academic support thoughtfully designed for education coupled with access to a vast network of subject matter experts who ensure quality. No matter the goal, level, or style, Chegg helps millions of students around the world learn with confidence by helping them build essential academic, life, and job skills to achieve success.Certified Great Place to Work!: http://reviews.greatplacetowork.com/cheggFor More Information: https://jobs.chegg.com/Chegg is an equal opportunity employer

Founded in 2005
Santa Clara, California, USA
7.3K employees (268 in marketing)
78% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$361.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
80.5%
Direct
17.8%
Referral
1.3%
Social
0.1%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~7.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
236 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
4.8 years

Funding

Total Funding
$227.3M
Last Raise
$2.4M
Post IPO Equity, 10 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2016
    Post IPO Equity
  • Apr 2012
    Series Unknown • $2.4M
  • Mar 2012
    Series Unknown • $25M

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