Marketing Lead

Founders Connect•New York, NY

7d•$140,000 - $220,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Founders Connect is partnering with a high-growth, mission-driven startup to hire a hands-on Marketing Lead. This is a builder role for someone who loves shipping content, shaping positioning, and scaling awareness from early-stage to widely recognized. You’ll own marketing end-to-end as both strategist and executor—driving awareness, credibility, and commercial impact. This is not a big-team, big-budget environment. You’ll be creating, writing, and testing content yourself.

Requirements

3–5+ years in marketing (brand, content, growth, social, integrated), ideally in startups or high-growth environments
Proven track record scaling brand awareness and/or social channels
Strong writing and storytelling skills; you can show specific posts/campaigns you personally shipped
Strong “taste” and judgment—can explain why marketing works (or fails)
Comfortable operating as an IC and moving fast without heavy resources

Nice To Haves

experience taking a brand from unknown → well-known
proficiency with Canva and/or Figma

Responsibilities

Own and scale the company’s LinkedIn strategy and create sales enablement content that supports pipeline growth
Lead conference + field marketing strategy and brand presence to build credibility with enterprise/public-sector stakeholders
Partner with internal leaders (including technical teams) to build authentic, high-impact social presences on platforms like X/Twitter
Design and execute top-of-funnel marketing to attract exceptional, mission-driven talent
Lead brand and positioning from concept to execution—personally writing, posting, and iterating quickly
Build lightweight marketing systems and processes that scale with the company