Growth Lead, Newsletter Division

Phoenix, AZ (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the paid social growth engine for newsletter subscribers with rigorous measurement, fast iteration, and cross-functional alignment.

  • Own paid social scaling and creative/targeting optimization to drive profitable subscriber acquisition.
  • Build CAC/LTV payback models and simple attribution dashboards to steer weekly decisions.
  • Coordinate referral programs and growth plays with editorial for cohesive channel impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Run and scale our paid social acquisition (Meta, Instagram, and beyond), from creative briefs to targeting to daily optimization.
  • Manage the daily ad budget and grow it as you prove profitable subscriber acquisition.
  • Own and optimize the referral programs across both newsletters: incentives, mechanics, and the spend behind them.
  • Invent new growth plays. Lead magnets, partnerships, cross-promos, viral loops, landing-page tests, whatever moves the subscriber number.
  • Build the CAC, LTV, and payback math by channel, and stand up clean attribution with UTMs, pixels, and a simple dashboard.
  • Report weekly on what’s growing the list and what’s wasting money, and cut the losers fast.
  • Defend the open rate as the list grows. Subscribers only count if they’re real and engaged.
  • Coordinate with editorial so growth and content pull in the same direction.

Requirements

  • 5-plus years growing a newsletter, subscription, or DTC product through paid social.
  • Hands-on Meta ads experience with real attribution, not vanity metrics.
  • A track record of managing and scaling an ad budget profitably.
  • Referral or viral-growth program experience.
  • Strong analytics. You can build a CAC and LTV model from scratch and live in the dashboard.
  • A scrappy, test-everything mindset. You bring new growth ideas, not just execution.
  • Kill-threshold discipline. You don’t get emotional about pausing what doesn’t perform.

Preferred

  • Know the Beehiiv platform.
  • Have an affiliate or influencer-growth background.
  • Have run sweepstakes or contest-based list growth.
  • Have grown a newsletter past six figures in subscribers.

The Kim Komando Show

Kim is a major influencer in the consumer digital space. She reaches millions of tech-savvy individuals every week through her national radio programs on 510+ stations, her widely-listened-to daily podcasts, SiriusXM show, and her columns in The Daily Mail, Fox News, and USA Today. Additionally, her daily newsletter, The Current, boasts over 670,000 subscribers. Sign up now at www.GetKim.com

Founded in 1996
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
22 employees (18 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
383.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
15.1%
Direct
72.5%
Referral
10.9%
Social
1.3%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~22

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
14 (64% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1