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About the Role
Lead all aspects of applications marketing for speedrun, a program that invests in and supports new startups. This high-ownership, high-visibility role involves content, campaigns, and community, shaping how founders discover and engage with a16z.
Responsibilities
- Run Founder Application Campaigns, driving volume and quality across campaign cycles.
- Own the full campaign cycle for founder acquisition, including channel mix, asset pipeline, paid media, and growth levers.
- Develop and execute strategies to reach underrepresented and emerging founder communities.
- Partner with the investing team to align campaign messaging with fund priorities.
- Own and grow the speedrun newsletter, writing or editing every issue.
- Represent speedrun by producing content and posts.
- Run social media across X, LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, and dark social channels.
- Surface portfolio and community successes through founder spotlights and cohort stories.
- Build and maintain speedrun's brand voice as the definitive destination for pre-seed founders.
- Partner with internal stakeholders across deal teams, operating partners, and GPs.
- Manage the campaign calendar and marketing tooling stack.
- Track top-of-funnel metrics, conversion rates, and community growth.
- Leverage AI tools and automation for efficiency while maintaining human oversight.
- Manage external agencies to support execution.
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, capable of producing engaging newsletter content for founders.
- Proven experience running multi-channel marketing campaigns with measurable outcomes.
- Strong operator with a track record of building acquisition campaigns from scratch.
- Ability to manage a campaign calendar, own tooling, and maintain clean reporting.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to operate with significant autonomy.
- 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.
- Ability to quickly build trust with cross-functional teams and founders.
Skills
- Content Marketing
- Multi-channel Campaigns
- Founder Landscape Knowledge
- Brand Voice Development
- Newsletter Management
- Social Media Management (X, LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok)
- Campaign Management
- Marketing Tooling (HubSpot, Substack)
- Analytics
- AI Tools
- Agency Management
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- In-person
Experience Level
- 7-10 years
Salary/Compensations
- $241,000 - $281,000
Benefits
- a16z carry program
- Discretionary bonus programs
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401K plan
- Vacation
- Sick leave
About the Company
- Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in Silicon Valley in 2009, backing entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
- a16z has over $100B under management and has invested in prominent companies like Affirm, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe.
- a16z speedrun is the firm’s program to invest in and help new startups, running a 12-week program twice a year with dozens of startups.
- To date, speedrun has invested in over 150 startups, deploying over $180M in capital.
Equal Opportunity
- At a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger.
- We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status.
- Our organization participates in E-Verify.