Founding Growth & Content

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$130K/yr – $220K/yrIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale a growth engine for a category-defining gaming startup, partnering directly with the CEO to set the playbook, optimize a multi-million-dollar budget, and push toward hundreds of millions of views and 10s of thousands of signups.

  • Growth engine ownership: drive end-to-end acquisition-to-signup motions and activation at scale.
  • Executive collaboration: work directly with the CEO to shape strategy and outcomes.
  • Playbook ownership: establish CAC, payback, and attribution guidance across channels to define how the next user surge happens.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Growth engine ownership and scale to hundreds of millions of monthly views and tens of thousands of daily signups.
  • Direct collaboration with the CEO to shape strategy and outcomes.
  • Manage a 6 to 7 figure annual budget with clear CAC/payback and channel attribution thinking.
  • Define how a category-defining gaming startup acquires its next 10 million users.
  • Set the growth playbook rather than inheriting one.

Requirements

  • Proven experience scaling growth at a consumer product, creator platform, or gaming company or a track record of building a large audience yourself in gaming content.
  • Experience running creator/influencer programs at scale.
  • Ability to operate as an owner; you'll be the first growth hire, working directly with the CEO, and setting the playbook rather than inheriting one.
  • Comfort managing a 6 to 7 figure annual growth budget with clear thinking about CAC, payback, and channel attribution.

Preferred

  • Life-long passion for gaming and a deep understanding of the community.
  • Strong instinct for viral content.
  • Excited to experiment with and scale new growth motions and viral content formats.
  • Deeply believe in democratizing the creation of video games.
  • Want a role where you can take ownership and make a meaningful difference in the trajectory of the next generation gaming company.
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CreativeMode (YC S24)

CreativeMode allows players to create mods for their favorite video games without coding, starting with Minecraft.

Founded in 2024
San Francisco, California, USA
5 employees

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
66.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.3%
Direct
68.2%
Referral
3.5%
Social
5.9%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5

Funding

Total Funding
$500K
Last Raise
$500K
Pre Seed, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2024
    Pre Seed • $500K