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.
• This role will be required to be in-person in the San Francisco office.
• Content Marketing
• 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.

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

• This role is eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K plan, vacation, and sick leave.