Founding Growth Marketer (Consumer)

Ascending; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation support to Amsterdam

Job summary

Ascending is hiring a hands-on Growth Marketer in Amsterdam to own paid and organic marketing across major channels. You will run rapid experiments, build dashboards, and partner with founders and product teams to scale a revenue engine with autonomy and a substantial budget.

You will drive data-driven decisions, craft compelling campaigns, and shape the growth strategy for a stealth launch in a dynamic startup environment.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of direct experience running growth at a start-up.

Responsibilities

• Own paid and organic marketing strategy and execution, including budget forecasting, allocation, and revenue planning across Meta, TikTok, ASA, Reels, SEO, and content marketing.
• Lead data-driven experimentation across channels to understand the customer journey from prospect to active user, testing formats, hooks, CTAs, and distribution to optimize performance.
• Build reports and dashboards to track channel performance at campaign and creative level, and guide development of analytics, BI, and adtech infrastructure for end-to-end visibility.
• Lead market intelligence by monitoring trends, competitors, and emerging growth methodologies.
• Work closely with the co-founders and product teams to align growth strategies with overall business objectives.

Skills

Growth marketing

Paid media

Analytics

Experimentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Meta Ads

TikTok Ads

ASA (Apple Search Ads)

Canva

Figma

Framer

Zapier

Job description

Why we exist

AI is everywhere, shaping how we live and work. We believe in AI that helps people stay in control of their choices, build real connections, and pursue long-term goals. Autonomy, relationships, and purpose are the foundations of a meaningful life and Ascending AI builds tools that strengthen all three.

We deeply believe in this mission and invested €5M of our own capital to stay initially independent and focused on what matters most.

What we're building

Agents will be rapidly replacing apps on the consumer level. We are starting with building agents that allow users to use AI in a way that strengthens their choice and autonomy. We are also building more sophisticated tools that allow people to control the AI systems in their life. Along the way we are encountering lots of challenges, ranging from everything RAG and context engineering, dynamic model evaluation, agentic interaction, cyber and DevOps related.

Remuneration

The remuneration for this position is highly competitive.

This is not a "manager" role. This is a hands-on, high-velocity execution role. You will be the first marketer on the ground. You are the media buyer, the copywriter, the designer, and the strategist wrapped in one. If you are a relentless executor and want to build a revenue engine from scratch with a significant budget and total autonomy, this is your arena.

Your first 12 months

We are pre-launch and currently in stealth. You will be responsible for putting our product into the hands of a large number of users within the first year. Start lean, then scale growth aggressively once you crack the audience and hit audience-channel fit. You will need to know exactly which tools to use at the right time.

You will

• Own paid and organic marketing strategy and execution, including budget forecasting, allocation, and revenue planning across Meta, TikTok, ASA, Reels, SEO, and content marketing.

• Lead data-driven experimentation across channels to understand the customer journey from prospect to active user, testing formats, hooks, CTAs, and distribution to optimize performance.

• Build reports and dashboards to track channel performance at campaign and creative level, and guide development of analytics, BI, and adtech infrastructure for end-to-end visibility.

• Lead market intelligence by monitoring trends, competitors, and emerging growth methodologies.

• Work closely with the co-founders and product teams to align growth strategies with overall business objectives.

What we're looking for

• 4-8 years of direct experience running growth at a start-up.

• Zero-to-one experience setting up analytics and tracking systems from scratch and finding channel fit through rapid experimentation across multiple channels.

• Demonstrated experience running 6-figure+ paid campaigns on Meta, TikTok, and ASA.

• Experience growing a social media profile organically to a large number of engaged followers from scratch.

• Strong analytical skills and deep understanding of LTV modeling, mobile attribution, and interpreting performance data to drive decision-making.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment and are not intimidated by ambiguity or change. You enjoy new challenges and jump in headfirst when facing an issue.

• Comfortable operating with autonomy, hitting deadlines, and influencing senior stakeholders.

Nice to have

• No need to wait for design to ship creatives or landing pages. You use Canva/Figma and Framer/web builders to execute fast turnarounds independently.

• SQL / data skills to query data, analyze metrics, and turn insights into growth strategy and customer discussions.

• Hands-on enough to fix a pixel and set up Zapier workflows without needing a developer.

• Active in online communities (X.com, Reddit, Discord, Hacker News, Product Hunt).

Why join us now?

You'll define how our product reaches and grows in the market - working directly with the founders and a small product-tech team to shape a company built to make AI serve humanity, not the other way around. We're hybrid-friendly and offer relocation support to Amsterdam if you want to join us onsite. In addition to the competitive salary, there is the opportunity to participate in our success through stock based rewards. This is your chance to build fast, scale with purpose, and leave a real mark on how humans and AI coexist.