Senior Marketing Manager, Fizz
$120-180k
More information about location
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Hyper-local social platform
Job no longer available
Hyper-local social platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$120-180k
More information about location
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To revolutionize the social fabric of communities, starting with colleges.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of progressive experience leading a marketing, social media, or customer service team, preferably in the social media or similar technology space
- Proven ability to successfully lead and mentor a team of entry-level professionals
- Proven track record of developing and implementing successful marketing growth strategies
- Must be interested in internet/social media culture and familiar with the latests trends
- Experience working in tech start-up environments preferred
- Familiarity with trends in the college/university space a plus
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communication, or a related field
What the job involves
- This is an onsite position based out of our Palo Alto, CA office and will report directly to our CEO
- This is a critical role for us, as you’ll be responsible for a team of 15 that oversees go-to-market activities and engagement-driving app content within our campus communities. This is a people leader role, with great emphasis on people growth
- Lead the function that’s responsible for go-to-market and community health within our campus communities
- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of 15 early career marketing staff
- Strategize and lead the execution for go-to-market activities
- Analyze community metrics and utilize them to formulate and execute growth strategies to increase users and user engagement
- Collaborate with Engineering and Executive teams to build brand new user experiences for our existing markets and new markets
- Lead the development of creative marketing assets, including social media content, videos, email campaigns, website content, blog posts, and advertisements
- Proactive in identifying areas of opportunity to optimize the team and gain efficiencies
- Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, inclusion, and fun
Our take
Fizz is a hyper-local social media app that was founded by two Stanford dropouts, designed to facilitate stronger and smaller social communities online. Beginning with US colleges, Fizz hopes to target location-based communities, providing a private and moderated feed of anonymous posts authored by verified members.
Through this approach, Fizz's goal is to create more entertaining and relatable feeds for its users - opposing the relatively un-curated content of most social media apps. The company has raised significant funding to bring its idea to life, with the latest round cited to support an expansion to more colleges throughout the nation.
However, Fizz has not been immune to controversies. Following rival social company Sidechat's allegations that Fizz was compromising customer data, Fizz has filed to sue its competitor. Furthermore, the anonymous social network market in general has been met with resistance from the administrations of the college it has found an audience at. Alongside clampdowns on campuses, worries concerning a rise in cyber bullying and racist content on anonymous social apps is an ongoing debate. It'll be interesting to see how Fizz develops its product and practice to distance itself from the heat.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2023
$25m
SERIES B
Nov 2022
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $42.3m
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Ashton Cofer
(CTO)Previously founded Keep Alert Technologies, an app to detect and predict drowsiness in drivers, as well as non-profit Styro Filter Solutions.
Teddy Solomon
(COO)Co-founded and was Chief Analyst at Dons Insiders. Was also a Staff Writer and Podcast Host for The Stanford Daily.
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