Community Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding Team)

New Startup (Social Media); Milano; Ibrido; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

New Startup (Social Media) is seeking a founding-team Community Growth & Marketing Lead to own early user growth, community momentum, and brand partnerships across Italy. This is a hands-on role in a fast-moving startup.

You will activate local groups, manage ambassadors, run events, and build campaigns that move culture, while forging sponsored collaborations with brands to drive participation and visibility. You will help shape the growth playbook and activation strategy as we scale.

Competenze

• You’ve grown a community-driven or consumer product.
• You know how to turn outreach into real engagement.
• You are confident building and maintaining relationships with brands and partners.
• Comfortable running both online and real-world activations.
• Creative, scrappy, proactive, and accountable.
• You use AI daily to move faster (content, outreach, research, automation).
• Experience in events, influencer marketing, partnerships, or startup environments is a plus.

Mansioni

• Drive user acquisition and referral loops.
• Lead ambassador and micro-influencer programs.
• Forge partnerships with local communities, events, and brands.
• Manage brand and partner relationships from outreach to ongoing account management.
• Activate sponsored collaborations and campaigns.
• Oversee social media pages, content, tone of voice, and posting cadence.
• Improve onboarding and retention.

Conoscenze

Community growth

Influencer marketing

Partnerships

Events

Social media strategy

AI for marketing

Descrizione del lavoro

Community Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding Team)

Remote or Hybrid (Italy)

About Us

We are building a new kind of social platform: a new activation channel powered by organic UGC and real participation.

We have launched locally in stealth mode, tested the product, received early traction signals, and engaged with sponsoring brands.

Now it is time to build a strong founding team and grow the business.

The Role

You will lead user growth and community momentum from the ground up. This means activating local groups, managing influencers and ambassadors, running events, and creating campaigns that move culture.

You will also build and manage relationships with brands and partners, working closely with them to launch sponsored collaborations that drive participation and visibility.

You Will Own

• User acquisition and referral loops
• Ambassador and micro-influencer programs
• Partnerships with local communities, events, and brands
• Brand and partner relationships, from outreach to ongoing account management
• Sponsored collaborations and campaign activation
• Social media pages, content, tone of voice, and posting cadence
• Onboarding and retention improvements

What We’re Looking For

• You’ve grown a community-driven or consumer product
• You know how to turn outreach into real engagement
• You are confident building and maintaining relationships with brands and partners
• Comfortable running both online and real-world activations
• Creative, scrappy, proactive, and accountable
• You use AI daily to move faster (content, outreach, research, automation)
• Experience in events, influencer marketing, partnerships, or startup environments is a plus

Why Join

This is a founding-level role with real ownership. You will shape the culture, playbook, growth strategy, and key partnerships as we scale our user base.

If you enjoy building something new, moving fast, and taking responsibility, let’s talk.