Marketing Manager

8-figure DTC brand. Steel tongue drums. Bootstrapped, profitable. Tripled YoY in 2025. Targeting 2x in 2026. 30 people, fully remote.

I run marketing directly. I've outgrown that. I need someone to absorb 60-70% of marketing ops, run projects end-to-end, and learn how I think.

You'll own:

Creative pipeline (briefs → editors → review → launch)

Editor pod (5-7 editors, 1:1s, performance, onboarding)

UGC pipeline with our creator manager

Marketing hiring + recruiter screens

Project execution end-to-end

Weekly reporting and ops

Hands-on, not pure management. Some weeks 60% writing briefs and giving feedback. Other weeks 60% PM. Allergic to the work? Not a fit.

Stack: Notion, Slack, Air.inc, Motion, Higgsfield, Loom, Mercury, Recruitee, Fireflies, Manus AI, Shopify, Meta, AppLovin, Amazon, Claude. Pick up new tools in 24-48h.

Who you are:

4-7y marketing/ops at DTC $10M+ or hardware brand

Worked closely with a founder/CEO directly

Managed creative pipelines (briefs, editors, content)

Past wins are numbers, not adjectives

Excited by making the machine run, not defining the brand

Read feedback as fuel

Who you're not:

Strategist who won't roll up sleeves

Freelancing for multiple clients

Bali/Thailand/Medellín/lifestyle hub

Big-corp-only career

"Left because of [bad manager/culture]"

Comp: $80K base, contractor monthly. Performance bonuses. Annual reviews tied to scope expansion.

Logistics: Remote, EU/Africa/Middle East preferred. 30-60d trial. Start June, latest end of July.