Responsibilities

• Run Founder Application Campaigns
• Drive application volume and quality across campaign cycles.
• Own the full campaign cycle for founder acquisition inclusive of channel mix, asset pipeline, paid media (X, LinkedIn), and net-new growth levers including alumni referrals and word-of-mouth programs.
• Develop and execute strategies to reach underrepresented and emerging founder communities.
• Partner with the investing team to align campaign messaging with fund priorities and portfolio themes.
• Own and grow the speedrun newsletter (200K+ subscribers); write or edit every issue, keeping it genuinely useful and relevant to early-stage founders.
• Represent speedrun by producing your own content and posts.
• Run social across X, LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, and dark social channels.
• Surface the best of the speedrun portfolio and community through founder spotlights, cohort stories, and demo day coverage.
• Build and maintain speedrun's brand voice as the definitive destination for pre-seed founders.

Requirements

• 7-10 years of experience in marketing, content, or growth ideally within venture, tech, or a high-growth startup.
• Deep familiarity with the founder and startup ecosystem.
• Strong written communication skills: you can produce and edit newsletter content that founders actually want to read.
• Proven experience running multi-channel marketing campaigns with measurable outcomes.
• Strong operator: with a track record of building acquisition campaigns from scratch. You can manage a campaign calendar, own tooling, and keep reporting clean
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to operate with significant autonomy in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience with HubSpot, Substack, Paid social, and analytics platforms.
• Genuine passion for early-stage founders and the pre-seed ecosystem.
• Low ego, high empathy, and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
• Ability to quickly build trust with cross-functional teams and founders.

Benefits

• health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K plan, vacation, and sick leave