Growth Marketer

About Zero Prime Ventures & AI Council

Zero Prime is an early-stage venture firm backing engineer-founders building core software infrastructure for the AI era. We invest at day zero, partnering with builders creating the systems that power modern AI, across data infrastructure, AI engineering, developer tools, and intelligent systems. Notable investments include Modal, Runware, Hex, Pydantic, and Higgsfield.

We are also the firm behind AI Council, a global technical conference and community for engineers building production AI systems. Formerly Data Council, AI Council brings together practitioners across AI, ML, and data engineering for deeply technical insights focused on real systems and real applications. Through events, content, and community, AI Council connects the builders shaping the AI stack today.

The Opportunity

We're hiring a Growth Marketer to own top-of-funnel growth and channel execution for AI Council and Zero Prime. This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role for someone who wants to build the growth engine of an ecosystem surrounding the frontier builders of AI.

You'll drive conference registration and community growth for AI Council, while also growing the Zero Prime brand and the Founder's thought leadership audience. You'll build funnels, run experiments, and track the data closely enough to know quickly what's working and what isn't.

We operate like a startup. You should know how to stretch a scrappy budget and execute at a rapid pace. We also believe in building IRL: this is an in-person role at our Jackson Square office.

What you will own

Growth & Acquisition

• Own demand generation campaigns across social, email, and other distribution channels to drive attendee registration for the flagship AI Council conference.
• Develop and execute a content and SEO strategy to grow email and YouTube subscribers.
• Build AI Council's presence in developer and AI/ML communities by engaging in online forums, events, and platforms.
• Identify and test new channels and distribution opportunities to reach technical and engineering audiences.

Content & Channels

• Plan and execute content distribution campaigns across web, email, and social, in partnership with the social team.
• Create retention and engagement initiatives across new and existing community channels: X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, Reddit, Discord, Slack, and more.

Events & Community

• Drive the conference marketing plan end to end, including website, email, social, out-of-home, and strategic partnerships.
• Create conference marketing assets and collateral, digital and print.
• Support the speaker CFP, sponsor fulfillment, and ticketing customer service.
• Activate AI Council and Zero Prime community events throughout the year.

Analytics & Optimization

• Set up and maintain reports and dashboards tracking campaign performance.
• Use data to prioritize initiatives, structure experiments, and measure success.

What success looks like within the first year

• Conference registration hits target, with a clear view of which channels drove it and at what cost.
• Email and YouTube audiences are growing on a steady, measurable cadence.
• AI Council has a recognized, active presence in the developer communities where technical builders actually spend time.
• Campaign performance lives in dashboards the team trusts, and experiments run continuously rather than once a quarter.
• The Zero Prime brand and the Founder's audience are growing alongside AI Council, not as an afterthought.

You may be a fit if you

• Have 4+ years in growth, performance marketing, demand generation, or a related discipline, ideally at an early-stage startup or a technical, developer-focused company.
• Have planned and executed growth initiatives across SEO, content, social, email, and paid channels.
• Write exceptional copy that resonates with a technical audience.
• Rely on data analysis and AI tools to optimize channels and hit goals.
• Are proficient in Google Analytics, Mailchimp, YouTube, Figma, and Canva.
• Have a genuine interest in AI/ML, data, and the technical communities Zero Prime and AI Council serve.
• Experience marketing large-scale paid events is a plus.

Logistics and compensation

• Full-time and in person at our Jackson Square office in San Francisco.
• Base salary of $150-180k, commensurate with experience.
• Performance bonus.
• Medical and dental benefits.

How to apply

Send a resume or LinkedIn profile and a short note answering two questions:

1. What is a growth channel or campaign you built from zero, and what did the numbers look like before and after?
2. Where do technical builders actually discover things today, and how would you reach them?

We care more about the specificity of your examples than the polish of a formal cover letter.