Founding Growth Lead

CLERA; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Clera Labs, Inc. is seeking a growth-focused marketer to own the prelaunch phase for its consumer AI hardware wearables. You will build the waitlist, craft messaging about private, hands-free computer interaction, and shape the product story with the founding team.

You will create social content for Instagram and LinkedIn, run rapid experiments with a small paid budget, and guide future growth experiments based on results. Visa sponsorship is available.

Qualifications

• 2+ years growth/marketing at an early-stage startup
• Proven ability to grow an audience or waitlist from zero
• Hands-on social content creation across platforms
• Experience managing paid acquisition budgets and rapid experiments
• Comfort working with a small founding team; event planning experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Build and grow the prelaunch waitlist with signups as the primary metric
• Develop messaging for private, hands-free computer interaction
• Create and distribute social content starting with Instagram and LinkedIn
• Run quick experiments with a small paid budget and scale effective approaches
• Own campaign distribution and guide future growth experiments

Skills

Growth marketing

Audience/waitlist building

Social content creation

Paid acquisition experiments

Event planning

Tools

Instagram

LinkedIn

Job description

About the Role

Own prelaunch growth for an early-stage consumer AI hardware startup developing a wearable for more private interaction with computers. You will build the waitlist and shape the product story from the ground up, working closely with the founder and a small founding team.

What You'll Do

• Build and grow the prelaunch waitlist, with signups as the primary measure of success.

• Develop messaging that helps people understand the need for private, hands-free computer interaction.

• Create and distribute social content, starting with Instagram and LinkedIn, then testing other channels.

• Run quick experiments with a small paid acquisition budget and invest further in approaches that drive signups.

• Own campaign distribution and use results to guide the next growth experiments.

What We're Looking For

• At least 2 years of growth or marketing experience at an early-stage startup, building an audience or waitlist.

• Experience growing an audience or waitlist from zero and clear examples of your individual contributions and results.

• Hands‑on social content creation and an understanding of how platforms such as Instagram and LinkedIn distribute content.

• Experience managing paid acquisition budgets and running rapid conversion experiments.

• Comfort working with a small founding team; event planning experience is also useful.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $60,000 to $70,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On‑site in San Francisco, California, United States.