Organic Growth & Partnerships Lead
Lead organic growth and partnerships for Garage's agentic marketplace platform serving essential industries. Build and scale SEO/AEO, social, press, content, advocacy programs, and strategic partnerships to drive compounding customer acquisition in a high-growth startup environment. Requires 4+ years hands-on organic/growth marketing experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and scale organic and earned channels including organic social, press, and content to grow audience and drive acquisition through compounding channels.
- Develop and manage partnerships across creators, industry associations, and platforms to reach new buyers and sellers and open net-new marketing opportunities.
- Build referral, affiliate, and advocacy programs to turn customers into repeat users and growth drivers.
- Build presence across SEO and AI answer engines (AEO) to appear in searches by prospective customers and models.
- Experiment with new channels and special projects; build repeatable systems to acquire buyers and sellers, dropping ineffective ones and scaling successful ones.
- Collaborate across marketing, sales, and engineering to identify leveraged plays that drive outsized, compounding growth.
- Work closely with the Head of Marketing to build organic growth functions from near zero and develop systems to scale them.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
- 4+ years of experience owning organic, social, or growth marketing in a high-growth company.
- Hands-on experience building and scaling organic growth programs that drove real, measurable growth.
- T-shaped: deep expertise in some aspects of the role, comfortable wearing multiple hats.
- Strong understanding of what makes great organic content that grows both followings and businesses.
- Comfortable building repeatable systems, testing, and iterating quickly.
- Thrive with high autonomy in an early, ambiguous environment.
- Fast-moving, resourceful, with a strong bias to action.
- Good judgment, high integrity, and a no-task-too-small mindset.
- Love the energy of a high-growth environment where every day looks different.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience scaling marketplace businesses.
- Experience growing social channels organically (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, etc.).
- Track record of community-led growth.
- Existing relationships with creators or press.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance (100% covered).
- Unlimited paid time off (plus company holidays).
- Daily lunch and dinner.
- $100 monthly wellness stipend.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Pre-tax commuter benefits.
- Bi-annual team offsite.
- Relocation assistance.
Skills
Organic Growth, Partnerships, SEO, Aeo, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Press Relations, Referral Programs, Affiliate Programs, Community Building, Marketplace Growth
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