Marketing Manager

Sound Ventures • Los Angeles, CA

22d • Hybrid

About The Position

Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests thematically in category-defining companies at the forefront of major technology platform shifts. They seek out founders with relentless ambition and bold ideas, backing them before the rest of the world sees what's coming. The firm manages over $2B across a series of funds and is led by General Partners Effie Epstein and Guy Oseary. The Marketing Manager role is for someone who thrives on variety and enjoys solving different marketing challenges daily, rather than specializing in a single function. This role involves working across nearly every aspect of marketing, including building the Sound brand, supporting portfolio companies, and partnering on incubation projects. The team is lean, so everyone wears multiple hats, and the ideal candidate is excited to flex different marketing muscles and is comfortable with both strategic thinking and execution.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of marketing experience preferably at a startup, agency, venture firm, or high-growth company.
• Curious, resourceful, and excited by technology, with AI as part of your daily workflow.
• Great communicator and storyteller.
• Comfortable wearing many hats across different marketing disciplines.
• High ownership, low ego, and thrives in ambiguity.
• Open to LA-based, with some travel.

Responsibilities

• Support marketing initiatives across the Sound brand, including presentations, events, digital marketing, content, and marketing operations.
• Help plan and execute founder dinners, LP events, conferences, and other community-building experiences.
• Support our portfolio marketing efforts by preparing for founder engagements, conducting brand and messaging audits, researching competitive landscapes, and developing strategic recommendations.
• Partner with our incubation team on positioning, go-to-market strategy, messaging, creative development, and early marketing initiatives.
• Create high-quality presentations and other marketing assets.
• Coordinate with external agencies, designers, PR partners, and other creative vendors.
• Jump into high-priority marketing projects wherever they're needed and help move them from idea to execution.
• Continuously identify ways to improve how marketing operates across the firm and our portfolio.

Benefits

• Work alongside founders building category-defining companies.
• Gain exposure to every dimension of marketing – from brand and communications to product marketing, events, strategy, and company building.
• Join a lean, collaborative team where you'll have meaningful ownership from day one.
• Help shape both the Sound Ventures brand and the next generation of AI companies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed