Growth Associate - Content (Entry-Level Content Marketing)

Contengine AI; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Job summary

Contengine AI in San Diego is seeking an entry-level Growth Associate - Content to learn how content, attention, and growth actually work by doing the work every day. You’ll research, record, edit, and ship a lot of short-form content during training and beyond.

The one-month training period is unpaid; after that, the paid Growth Associate - Content role pays $20/hour with bonuses for performance. There is a clear path to Head of Growth for a vertical, and you will be in a San Diego-based hybrid

Qualifications

• Entry-level role focused on learning growth by doing.
• You will work directly with content, hooks, and posting to grow accounts.
• Must be willing to recording and editing own content during training.

Responsibilities

• Research what works daily across creators, hooks, and platforms.
• Study why videos gain reach and conversions.
• Create short-form video ideas, angles, hooks, scripts, and talking points.
• Record videos during the training phase to learn the process.
• Edit and package your videos to learn pacing, captions, and visuals.
• Post content and manage accounts for your vertical.
• Track reach, retention, engagement, clicks, conversions, and growth.
• Iterate based on performance data and feedback.
• Systemize learnings into repeatable playbooks and training materials.
• Lead: progress toward managing creators within your vertical.

Skills

Content marketing

Social media

Video editing

On-camera

Coachability

Tools

TikTok

Instagram Reels

YouTube Shorts

Job description

About Contengine AI

Contengine AI helps businesses grow organically with short-form content. The product learns a brand, finds winning angles, creates content that feels native to the feed, and helps turn viewers into followers and customers. We are building around a simple belief: distribution should not belong only to companies that can afford expensive ads, agencies, or full internal content teams. A new brand should have a real shot at getting its first 1,000 users, first 1,000 sales, or first 10,000 followers through organic content that actually works.

This role is not about sitting behind a screen and pretending to do marketing. It is about learning how content, attention, and growth actually work by doing the work every day.

Why you should apply

• You’ll learn modern growth by doing it. Most entry-level marketing roles keep you far away from the work that actually moves numbers. This role puts you directly inside research, hooks, content, posting, feedback, and performance.
• You’ll get a faster learning curve than a normal first job. You’ll make real content, see real numbers, get direct feedback, and improve every week.
• You’ll build a skillset that matters right now. Short-form video, content marketing, social media growth, hooks, offers, creator management, and conversion are not side skills anymore. They are how a lot of companies will grow.
• You’ll have a real promotion path. If you prove you can drive output, content quality, reach, conversions, and learning speed, the path is Growth Associate - Content → Head of Growth for a vertical.
• You’ll eventually learn to lead creators, not just make content yourself. The first phase is about learning the full machine. The next phase is turning what works into a repeatable system and managing creators under your vertical.
• You won’t be stuck doing fake marketing work. This is not a role built around meetings, reports, and pretending to be busy. The work will be visible in the content shipped and the numbers it produces.

What you’ll do

• Research: Study what is working in your vertical every day: creators, hooks, TikToks, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, comments, offers, ads, organic posts, and anything else that explains why people stop scrolling.
• Study: Break down why certain videos get reach and why others convert. You’ll learn how to spot good hooks, strong angles, clear pain points, and content styles that feel native to the market.
• Create: Turn research into short-form video ideas, content marketing angles, hooks, scripts, talking points, and simple visual plans.
• Record: Make videos yourself during the training phase. You need to understand the full process before you can eventually lead other creators.
• Edit: Edit and package your own videos at first so you understand pacing, captions, cuts, visuals, and what makes a short-form video feel finished.
• Post: Manage the accounts you’re building for your vertical and keep the output consistent.
• Track: Watch the numbers: reach, retention, engagement, clicks, conversions, follower growth, and anything else that tells us whether the content is actually working.
• Iterate: Use performance data and feedback to make the next batch better. This role rewards people who improve fast.
• Systemize: Turn what you learn into repeatable playbooks, examples, and training material for future creators.
• Lead: If you perform, the role moves toward managing creators under your vertical and eventually running growth for that vertical.

This is a high-output role. During training, you’ll research, record, edit, and ship a lot of short-form content yourself, often multiple videos per day. As you prove judgment, you’ll take on more responsibility for the accounts and the creators in your vertical.

Who we want

This is an entry-level role for someone who wants to break into content and growth fast.

You might be early in your career and trying to break into content marketing, social media, or startup growth. The exact path matters less than the traits: sharp, social, competitive, coachable, high-agency, and willing to do a lot of reps.

You might be a fit if you are:

• Social: You’re good at talking to people and you come across naturally on camera.
• Competitive: You’ve pushed yourself hard in something before: sports, school, sales, content, a job, a project, a club, events, or something you built yourself.
• Coachable: You can take direct feedback, apply it fast, and come back better the next day.
• High-agency: You figure things out without needing someone to manage every step.
• Content-aware: You already notice why certain TikToks, Reels, Shorts, or creator videos get attention and why others die.
• Fast-moving: You’re willing to do a lot of reps, move quickly, and improve based on what the numbers show.
• Clear: You can explain an idea simply without sounding stiff or scripted.
• Comfortable on camera: You do not need to be an influencer, but you do need to be willing to record yourself and get better.

What you studied matters less than your energy, communication, taste, coachability, and ability to move fast.

This probably is not for you if...

• You want a slow, predictable first job.
• You do not want to be on camera.
• You need a lot of structure before you start.
• You get defensive when someone gives direct feedback.
• You are not willing to record and edit your own content during training.
• You want a role where effort matters more than results.
• You cannot consistently meet the role’s schedule, output expectations, and in-person requirements.
• You are not in San Diego and are not willing to relocate.

One-month training and trial period

The role starts with a one-month training and trial period. We’ll teach the system, give you real reps, and look at output, speed, taste, coachability, work ethic, and how quickly you improve.

This first month can also be treated as an internship-style training period: you’ll be learning the system, doing real content work, getting direct feedback, and proving whether the full-time role is the right fit.

Successful candidates move into a full-time entry-level paid Growth Associate - Content role with a clear path to Head of Growth. We care more about performance than years of experience, and compensation can grow quickly for people who prove they can drive results.

Growth path

The path is real, but it is earned.

Promotion is based on output, content quality, reach, conversions, speed of learning, and whether you can turn what you learn into a repeatable system for other creators.

If you do that, the path is:

Growth Associate - Content → Head of Growth for a vertical

That means eventually leading the content strategy and creator program for one vertical, not just making videos yourself forever.

Location and schedule

This is a San Diego-based hybrid role. You must already be in the San Diego area. Expect to be in person about two days per week.

Compensation

The one-month training and trial period is unpaid. After that first month, candidates who prove strong output, coachability, and creative judgment move into the paid Growth Associate - Content role at $20/hour.

There is also a performance bonus structure for videos that break through. Because this role involves producing a high volume of short-form content, strong creators will have repeated chances to earn bonuses for high-performing videos.

Performance bonuses, per video:

• 5,000 qualified organic views: $30
• 25,000 qualified organic views: $100
• 100,000 qualified organic views: $300
• 500,000 qualified organic views: $750
• 1,000,000 qualified organic views: $1,000

This role is built around high output. If you are producing 100 videos in a week, you are getting a lot of shots on goal. For example, if 20 videos hit 5,000 views, 6 hit 25,000, 2 hit 100,000, and 2 hit 500,000, that would be $3,300 in performance bonuses for that week on top of hourly pay.

This role is built to incentivize and reward high performers. The better your taste, hooks, ideas, and execution get, the more chances you create to earn.