Vice President of Marketing

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Swayable is a fast-growing, cloud analytics product that measures public opinion and the impact of messages and advertising content on it. Its 30-person team is backed by top technology and social impact investors, including Y Combinator. Founded in 2018 by two physics PhDs, it is led by the former Executive Director for Digital Strategy at the New York Times. Clients include major consumer-facing brands (Airbnb, Square, Paramount Pictures, Amazon), researchers (MIT, Yale, Stanford) and mission-aligned advocacy campaigns (including multiple Democratic Presidential candidates). 

Joining Swayable means being on a team whose work changes the course of history. The technology we develop is at the leading edge of transforming some of the world’s most important campaign organizations and enterprises: combatting disinformation, protecting democracy, and supporting the sustainable growth of consumer-facing brands.

JOB OVERVIEW

Swayable is hiring a Head of Marketing (VP level) to lead and accelerate our brand-building and demand-generation efforts. Ideal candidates have experience leading teams and collaborating constructively at similarly positioned companies (size and/or industry).

This position will be part of the leadership team and interact internally with sales, client, and product teams — as well as co-lead relationships with external contractors and partners

LOCATION

New York, NY (preferred), but we are remote-friendly with in-person hubs in New York and San Francisco.  As NY team / office is built out, expectation is to be in the office 1-3x/week to collaborate when key team members available (CEO, Sales leadership, Marketing team, Design, etc)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

BE STRATEGIC (Think big)

• Demonstrate domain expertise and thought-leadership

• Evangelize and articulate the unique value proposition of the Swayable Platform to direct brand clients, creative agencies, and media buying/planning agencies

• Assess market/client landscape changes, and adapt our marketing to match

• Understand our product, customers and markets — and be ready to improve / evolve our company's positioning

• Refine audience personas, by understanding customer insights, industry pain-points and buying triggers

• Develop growth strategies together with the sales team

• Work as a positive and influential force for the company - internally and externally

• Grow your team over time and develop talent

• Take risks and make the difficult decisions

EXECUTE WITH EXCELLENCE (Bias for Action)

• Must have function-building, team leadership experience as well as strong desire and recent experience getting stuff done

• Leadership: Work with C-Suite, Sales, Customer Success, Product, Ops to build and drive effective Go-to-Market strategies. Recruit 1-2 key support roles

• Operations: Improve marketing mix via a content-driven plan to increase brand awareness and inbound interest; get Swayable participating in key industry events; host events, online and IRL; update and generate intelligent, beautiful collateral material including decks, posts and videos

• Communications: Simplify company value proposition + outputs to be more clear and compelling for partners / prospects

• Sales Enablement: Partner with Sales to continuously deliver compelling marketing materials + qualified leads

• Externally focused / enabled: Capitalize on partnerships and alliances to build our brand among market influencers

ABOUT YOU

• 6-8+ years experience leading a marketing team and working in a relevant technology-based environment (marketing technology company, startup, digital marketing team / agency, etc); client experience is welcome but B2B experience preferred.

• BA/BS or College Degree Preferred (MBA Ideal)

Mastery and/or strong experience with B2B marketing strategy, brand-building, design-thinking, UX design marketing automation, marketing tools (PR, events, case-studies, digital marketing, analytics), and implementation (eye for detail, executes with excellence)

• Self-starter who can identify problems and create solutions with minimal guidance or hand-holdingLead the team and do the work; while you will have access to various resources (marketing team, agency, contractors, cross-functional), must also be willing to “roll sleeves up” to get the job done wherever necessary; be able to prioritize tasks, manage projects, set expectations, and deliver outputs in a timely manner.

• Mastery / familiarity of: Collaboration Tools (Google Docs, Notion / Confluence, Slack, Airtable, etc), CRM (Hubspot, Salesforce), Design / Creative Resources (Adobe Suite, Keynote, Canva, Figma, etc), and Digital Media (Google / LinkedIn / Facebook, ABM); while not all tools are required - a comfort / willingness to learn quickly is expected

• Communicate effectively (internally and externally): Ability to convey complex concepts in easy-to-understand terms

• Have a point of view. - with “Strong beliefs, weakly held” (willing to learn, debate, and adapt)

• Align, demonstrate, contribute, and thrive within our company values

LOCATION

New York, NY (Preferred) - but we are a remote-friendly team with optional in-person hubs in New York and San Francisco. 

BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION

• 100% Medical, Dental & Vision Plans

• Competitive Salary - ranges based on previous experience and market rates

• Generous PTO, Equity options, 401k, FSA

• Ongoing professional development stipend 

Swayable is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to promote an organizational environment that values diversity and fosters growth. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other basis prohibited by law. The team especially encourages applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.

Company Size: 11 - 50 People

Year Founded: 2018

Country: United States