Growth Marketing Manager

The Realest; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Unlimited Vacation Policy

Wellness Resources

Job summary

The Realest in Los Angeles is seeking a Growth Marketing Manager to own our marketing initiatives end-to-end. As the first dedicated marketing hire, you’ll run social and paid channels and build systems that let one person do the work of a small team.

You’ll partner with operations and the founding team, spend time in our LA office, and help turn auctions into moments collectors don’t want to miss while shaping brand and growth strategy.

Qualifications

• Experience running paid campaigns and interpreting results.
• Fluency with AI tools and a bias for autonomous work.
• Strong writing and visual instincts for compelling content.

Responsibilities

• Own social presence and paid campaigns end-to-end.
• Set up and optimize campaigns across Meta, Google, and beyond.
• Build audience growth through email, retargeting, and lifecycle marketing.
• Use AI and automation to scale content, reporting, and ops.
• Collaborate with operations, authentication, and founders on brand/story.

Skills

Paid campaigns

AI tools fluency

Autonomy / self-starter

Writing & visuals

Tools

Meta Ads

Google Ads

Job description

We’re looking for a Growth Marketing Manager to own marketing initiatives at The Realest, end to end. As our first dedicated marketing hire, you’ll run our social and paid channels day to day and build the systems and automations that let one person do the work of a small team. This is the person who turns our auctions into moments collectors don’t want to miss. You won’t be flying solo in the ways that matter: you’ll have strong peers across operations and the founding team to partner with.

We have a beautiful office in Los Angeles, and ideally you’d spend a few days a week here with us. The pace moves quickly, so being in person helps you get a feel for how we work and hear the best stories right from the source.

This starts as a contract role with the potential to convert to full-time down the line.

What You’ll Do

• Own our social presence across platforms - planning and shipping content that makes collectors feel the story behind each piece and shows up for every auction.
• Run performance marketing end to end: build, launch, and optimize paid campaigns (Meta, Google, and beyond), manage budget, and report on what’s actually driving buyers and bidders.
• Grow the audience and the list - turn one-time browsers into repeat bidders through email, retargeting, and lifecycle marketing.
• Use AI and automation to scale content, reporting, and campaign ops - so the repetitive work runs itself and your time goes to strategy and creative.
• Partner across the company - work with operations on auction timing, with authentication on the stories that make items special, and with the founders on brand and positioning.
• Track what matters and share it plainly - bring a clear, honest read on performance and turn it into the next set of bets.

What We’re Looking For

• A track record of running paid campaigns you were accountable for - you know how to read the numbers and move them.
• Genuine fluency with AI tools in your day-to-day, and energized rather than daunted by an autonomous, build-it-yourself role.
• A self-starter who thrives with autonomy - comfortable setting priorities, building from scratch, and shipping without a lot of scaffolding.
• Strong writing and visual instincts, or the resourcefulness to produce great creative with the tools and partners available.
• Bonus: a real interest in sports, music, or movie memorabilia - or the collector world more broadly. You don’t have to be an expert, but caring about this stuff goes a long way.

All Full-time employees receive:

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Unlimited Vacation Policy
• Wellness Resources