Founding Growth Marketer
Not Disclosed•Full-TimeOn-site
location_onFirst Drive West, San Francisco, California, 94129, United States
About AthenaHQ
AthenaHQ is the leading platform for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), helping brands gain visibility within AI search surfaces such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude. Backed by YC W25, the creator of Google Image Search, and angels from DeepMind, Anthropic, and OpenAI, the company serves customers including Coinbase, SoFi, and Twilio.
AthenaHQ treats distribution like an engineering problem — built on systems, experimentation, and compounding growth loops.
About the Role
AthenaHQ is hiring its Founding Growth Marketer to build the engine that takes the company from early revenue to $10M+ ARR. You will work directly with the CEO and own the entire growth function end to end — organic growth, events, and partnerships — with full responsibility for how those functions are built and scaled.
This is a technical growth role for someone who builds systems, ships experiments, and uses AI tools daily to increase output and accelerate growth. You will serve as a power user of the AthenaHQ platform, providing daily product feedback while implementing the tooling and analytics infrastructure that drives the business.
Who This Is For
This role is designed for high-agency individuals with a technical growth mindset focused on systems, loops, and compounding outcomes. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate a shipped end-to-end project built in AI coding environments like Claude Code.
This role is not for traditional campaign-focused marketers without systems thinking, profiles with limited AI tool usage, or candidates who require structured direction to execute. We need evidence of experimentation ownership and experience in a startup environment.
Interview Process
- Initial screen
- First principles assessment / take-home
- Onsite interview
- Onsite follow-up
- Work trial
- Offer
Logistics & Application
This role is fully onsite in San Francisco, requiring a 5-day-per-week commitment. No visa sponsorship is available.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by David Joseph & Co., the recruiting partner managing this search on behalf of AthenaHQ.
Work location
Work model: On-site
First Drive West, San Francisco, California, 94129, United States
San Francisco, California
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A Founding Growth Marketer at DJJ-The David J Joseph Company is responsible for the following: Design and run growth experiments across channels with measurable hypotheses and iteration; Build and scale the organic growth motion end to end; Stand up the events function including strategy, execution, and attribution; and Build and manage growth partnerships that create long-term leverage.
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To qualify for the Founding Growth Marketer at DJJ-The David J Joseph Company position, applicants should have: Visa sponsorship not available; Based in San Francisco and willing to work onsite 5 days/week; Deep daily fluency with AI tools, especially Claude or Claude Code; and A shipped end-to-end project built in Claude Code or similar platform that can be demonstrated live.
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