Marketing Director

Brea, CA (On-site)

$120K/yr – $160K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the growth engine for Yami's non-Chinese markets, driving acquisition, conversion, retention, and LTV across English, Japanese, and Korean sites while leading a small team and coordinating cross-functional teams.

  • Lead two functional leads and their teams to deliver market-level outcomes
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and Merchandising to optimize the customer journey
  • Develop integrated growth strategy and calendar across channels and markets

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Business Growth: New customers, conversion, retention, and LTV across Yami’s English, Japanese, and Korean sites
  • Customer Experience: The end-to-end customer journey for non-Chinese customers, from discovery through first and repeat purchase
  • Growth Investment: Strategic deployment of the acquisition budget across markets and channels, supported by clear business cases and ROI analysis
  • Team Leadership: Lead, develop, and empower two functional leads and their teams, with clear accountability for market-level outcomes
  • Integrated Growth Strategy: Build an integrated commercial calendar across markets, languages, campaigns, CRM, creators, affiliates, paid media, organic social, and on-site merchandising
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and Merchandising to improve the customer journey and unlock growth opportunities
  • Market Strategy: Develop differentiated strategies based on the maturity, customer behavior, and growth opportunities of each market

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or above
  • 8+ years of experience in e-commerce, growth, integrated marketing, or a related field, with 3+ years of people leadership experience ; experience managing managers or functional leads is a strong plus
  • Demonstrated experience owning full-funnel business outcomes , rather than a single marketing channel — with accountability for revenue, customers, or another meaningful business metric
  • Strong understanding of the relationship between acquisition, conversion, retention, and LTV , with the ability to make thoughtful trade-offs across the funnel
  • Strong cross-functional capability and experience working closely with Product, Engineering, and Design to improve customer experiences and drive measurable business outcomes
  • Ability to translate customer and funnel insights into product hypotheses, requirements, and actionable initiatives
  • Strong integrated marketing judgment across organic social, creators, affiliate, paid media, CRM, and on-site merchandising
  • High analytical rigor and a strong understanding of attribution, cohort analysis, experimentation, incrementality, and marketing measurement
  • Experience building measurement frameworks and operating systems where they did not previously exist
  • Comfortable operating across multiple markets and cultures, with the adaptability and humility required to work effectively across languages and customer segments

Preferred

  • Experience in Asian food, beauty, lifestyle, or consumer categories
  • Experience building a function or business from limited measurement to a data-driven operating model
  • Experience with mobile app growth and app-versus-web customer strategy
  • Experience scaling businesses across multiple international markets
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Yami

3.4 Glassdoor

Founded in 2013, Yami’s mission is to bring the world closer for everyone to experience and enjoy. We make it easy to discover exciting flavors and trending products from across the pacific. Named Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing start-up on the ”Inc. 500 List.”, we’re committed to connecting people with authentic food, beauty, home, and wellness experiences through our e-commerce platform, iOS, and Android apps. Join us to unbox the best of Asia. Learn more at Yamibuy.com

Founded in 2013
Greater Los Angeles, California, USA
371 employees (55 in marketing)
54% recommend to a friend
48% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$120K/yr – $160K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$60M
Last Raise
$10M
Series B, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2017
    Series A • $10M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$13.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.1%
Direct
57.8%
Referral
4.5%
Social
1.8%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~371
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Marketing Director

Yami · Brea, CA · On-site