Founding Growth Marketer
about us
At telli, we're building the first AI-native phone system.
Since launching last year at Y Combinator (the same investors behind Airbnb, Stripe, Twitch, Coinbase, and others), we've grown >$2M in annualized revenue with a team of only 12 people.
Today, many companies fail in their customer communication not because they don't care, but because they can't keep up. The sheer volume of calls forces to rely on low-quality outsourced call centers or have their internal teams waste hours on repetitive calls.
With telli, our customers now rely on AI voice agents that handle their repetitive calls, freeing human to focus on what matters - talking to customers when it counts. The result: higher efficiency, happier teams, and better customer experiences.
Legacy phone systems weren’t designed for an AI-first world. That is why we are building the first AI-native phone system that lets companies manage both their human and AI teams on one platform.
Our founding team knows this problem inside-out. We ran a 150-person internal call center at Enpal. We know how difficult and expensive it is to scale high-quality customer experience with phone calls.
The opportunity is massive!!! and we're just getting started. We're on a mission to let every company provide a world-class customer experience by ending the era of low-quality call centers.
Mission
You'll be telli's first marketing hire. Your job is to build and own telli’s growth marketing engine from strategy to execution.
What you'll do
Growth Marketing Strategy & Execution
own and execute telli's inbound growth engine end-to-end and set strategy across all channels (SEO, paid, content, and product marketing)
build repeatable marketing playbooks with an AI-automation-first approach
track, measure, and report on all campaigns. Set KPIs, run experiments, iterate fast, and communicate results across the org
Positioning & Storytelling
Be the person who translates what we're building into language the market understands
Work closely with product and founders to shape how telli shows up, on the website, in campaigns, in the press
Paid & Organic Acquisition
own paid acquisition across channels (paid social, display, programmatic)
research, plan, and execute SEO tactics, also with a focus on AI discoverability
build and manage press relationships, pitch stories, handle media, turn product milestones into coverage
New Channels & Experimentation
constantly experiment with and find new channels
What makes you a great fit
1-3 years in growth or product marketing, ideally at an early-stage company where you were one of the first marketing hires or built the function from scratch
you're exceptionally creative and bring original ideas to messaging and campaigns, not just follow playbooks
you have a strong sense for positioning and storytelling, you turn technical products into narratives people remember
you're data driven and make decisions based on experiments and numbers, not gut feeling
you pick up new concepts, channels, and tools fast and always know what's working in the market
you use AI and automation aggressively and never do manually what can be automated
you're a strong communicator in both English and German
you want to work with smart and friendly people with (self reported) low ego
you want to work on site 5 days a week in Berlin
(Bonus) You've built your own business, project, or side hustle before
You may not be a great fit if…
you only work with detailed instructions and shy away from taking responsibility
you lack hands on experience running marketing channels yourself
you're only interested in high level “strategic” work without getting into the execution
you prefer following best practices over coming up with original approaches
you prefer working with minimal collaboration
you prefer working remotely
you want to work a 9 to 5 job
Perks
Founding marketing role with a clear path to Marketing Lead
Above-market pay & equity
Access to any (AI) tool that makes you more productive
Gym subscription (Urban Sports)
Free dinner in the office
Regular off-sites with the team