Marketing Lead

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$150K/yr – $300K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own multi channel paid growth from day one, building the attribution and reporting backbone, while translating product milestones into campaigns that move the needle in conversion and engagement.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Establish attribution, tracking, and reporting systems to support rapid testing and clear decision making.
  • Paid Acquisition & Creative: Drive across search, social, display and new platforms with data driven capital allocation and creative testing.
  • Team & Alignment: Lead a lean marketing squad and partner with design, product, and exec leadership to maximize impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Direct and manage comprehensive social channels and paid acquisition initiatives across search, social, display, and various emerging digital platforms.
  • Architect the foundation of our performance marketing infrastructure, establishing robust systems for attribution, tracking, and reporting from the ground up.
  • Collaborate with design and brand teams to pioneer and validate creative strategies designed to maximize conversion and engagement.
  • Synthesize complex product and organizational milestones into high-impact campaigns that resonate deeply with our target audience.
  • Iteratively optimize capital allocation across diverse channels, utilizing rigorous data-driven insights rather than baseline assumptions.
  • Establish core KPIs, monitor performance with precision, and maintain a rapid pace of iteration to drive sustained growth.
  • Lead the recruitment and development of a high-performance, lean marketing team as the organization continues to scale.

Requirements

  • Over 5 years of professional experience in performance marketing, demonstrating direct accountability for paid budgets and quantifiable growth outcomes.
  • Proven track record of architecting paid acquisition programs from inception rather than merely maintaining existing frameworks.
  • Deep technical fluency across paid social, SEM, and sophisticated attribution modeling.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to synthesize data into actionable hypotheses and execute rapid iterations.
  • Exceptional cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with creative, product, and executive leadership teams.

Preferred

  • Prior experience marketing within a new product category or consumer hardware sector is highly advantageous.
  • A self-directed operator who thrives when authoring their own roadmap rather than following a predefined playbook.
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Hark

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Founded in 2022
New York, New York, USA
29 employees (3 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
46K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
4.7%
Direct
50.9%
Referral
27.7%
Paid
3.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~29

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (7% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$5M
Last Raise
$3.5M
Seed, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2024
    Seed • $3.5M
  • Aug 2022
    Pre Seed • $1.5M

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