Vice President of Marketing

Remote Full TimeMenlo Park, CA, United States (Remote)GetMyBoat

GetMyBoat, the largest boat rental and charter marketplace, is changing the way the world goes boating. Remote work is baked into our DNA and has been a big part of our culture since we started in 2013. Our talented team is globally distributed with concentrations in Europe/Africa and the Americas time zones. Together we solve interesting challenges, build, design, learn and iterate towards our mission to deliver the joy of on-the-water experiences to millions, making it easy and accessible to get more people out on the water!

What we offer

  • Fully remote environment: Flexibility and trust that our team will do and deliver their best work
  • Globally distributed team: International learnings and collaboration within an inclusive and diverse culture and time for focus work
  • Transparency: Open communication is key to our culture. You can feel free to chat with anyone, are empowered to share ideas, ask questions and challenge the status quo in a way that moves the company and team forward
  • High-quality product: No rushing to push out poorly developed or designed features
  • Consumer-Facing Brand: Your work will be seen and used by millions of people in order to book their most memorable vacation experiences
  • Well funded: Revenue generating, recently raised Series B

We’re looking for

A Vice President of Marketing who will set a vision, lead, and implement effective marketing strategies that align with our business goals. This position is remote and can be located anywhere in North America.

This position will lead – currently a team of 6 who is responsible for content and communications, PR, social media, SEO, and paid marketing. The right candidate will be able to build off this amazing marketing foundation that is already in place and lead the department in new initiatives to help the company grow. Currently, this department reports to the COO and GetMyBoat is at the point of hiring a VP that can act as the glue to bind all the different functions of marketing together and grow beyond existing initiatives.

This position will work closely with the executive team to design and deliver against a marketing strategic roadmap that ensures that the Marketing team’s activities contribute to our company’s long-term success. Success in the first year of this role will be defined as

  • Benchmarking existing strategies and goals
  • Review and advise on the marketing roadmap
  • Identify gaps in existing marketing efforts
  • Identify process and operational improvements in current workflows
  • Identify new opportunities to execute with existing stakeholders (SEO, SEM, Content, Social, PR)
  • Draw on substantial experience to estimate the value and effort (cost/benefit) of strategies and tactics and prioritize accordingly
  • Run point on driving execution and reporting of all marketing efforts
  • Improved throughput on efforts that drive Traffic, Conversions, Backlinks, Partnerships, and Brand Awareness (Or other metrics that the candidate will identify)
  • Help team members to create scalable processes internally and with freelancers/vendors on large-scale throughput

Responsibilities

  • Analyze existing marketing strategies and create a marketing plan that improves upon them
  • Build, retain, lead, and coach a high-performing marketing team
  • Set goals and prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and yearly marketing dashboards and budgets, and allocate resources appropriately
  • Design, plan, and execute effective marketing campaigns in line with the plan and determine and implement metrics to measure campaign effectiveness
  • Monitor and keep updated on the digital market and industry trends
  • Building brand awareness and generating innovative ideas to promote the brand/product
  • Creating content strategies based on company objectives, category focus, and audience segments across all channels (online/offline/social)
  • Work with the product/design team to create a cadence of fresh marketing materials
  • Work closely with the VP of Sales and Business Development on key partnerships

Experience & Skills

  • Proven experience as a VP of Marketing, Senior Marketing Director, or another role equivalent to the most-senior marketing leader within a marketplace/tech/or other related types of company
  • You are a strong leader who has built, scaled, and led high-performing marketing teams
  • Demonstrable experience implementing successful marketing campaigns with good knowledge across marketing, including brand marketing, PR, content management, digital marketing & performance marketing
  • Demonstrable experience with brand identity, positioning, communication design, copywriting, audience messaging, market research, and creative production
  • Expert knowledge of Customer Journey frameworks and successful tactics in each stage
  • Solid knowledge of SEO, web analytics (GA4), and Google Adwords
  • Experience with CRM software and digital marketing tools and techniques
  • Excellent written & verbal communication skills
  • Strong analytical and project management skills
  • Strategic thinker & problem solver with the ability to be hands-on and make difficult decisions
  • You are adept at building relationships and collaborating with multiple individuals and other teams and thrive in remote and/or global environment
  • Experience in a player-coach position. This role will be responsible for managing but also helping to contribute to the execution of the set initiatives
  • Problems and failures are seen as opportunities to improve, tweak, and ultimately succeed
  • Experience with marketplace businesses or large-scale websites (Over 1M pages) marketing
  • Experience creating viral loops to build exponential growth in demand

What you can expect after you apply

Because we are a team that prioritizes moving words to action, we do our best to move as quickly as possible on our end and look to iterate on our hiring processes over time based on feedback and learning.

Our hiring stages may vary a little bit depending on the type of position, in general, you can expect the following:

  • Confirmation when your application is submitted
  • Email request for scheduling an introduction screening conversation
  • Email request for scheduling an interview with the hiring manager
  • Additional interview(s) and/or Technical, Portfolio or Case Study assignment or presentation
  • References & Reverse Interview(s): This gives candidates the opportunity to speak to and ask questions of anyone on our team they have remaining questions for
  • If at any point, you aren’t moved to the next stage, you will be notified

Who we are

Launched in San Francisco in 2013, GetMyBoat empowers owners of every type of watercraft, from kayaks and sailboats to powerboats and yachts, to post their watercraft for rent or charter. From California to Croatia, our users can search, find and book their dreamboat. With over 150,000 listings in 184 countries and 9,300 locations, there is an experience for new boaters and seasoned sailors alike.

We are a small, growing organization with a very high-impact team that is focused on building the best product, and loving what we do. Come join us on our mission to deliver the joy of on-the-water experiences, making it easy and accessible to get more people out on the water!

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