Remote (Ukraine and Europe) | Full-time | Advanced English | Overlap with US time (EST) required (at least 4-5h per day)
We’re looking for a Marketing & Growth Specialistwho operates with very high standards, moves fast, and thinks clearly. This is not a pure execution-type role. It’s for someone who wants real ownership, sharp thinking, and close exposure to how founders actually build companies.
You’ll work closely with our leadership team and support go-to-market, positioning, and founder-facing communications across A-Players and selected portfolio companies.
What You’ll Do
Own marketing and communication initiatives end to end. From raw input to final delivery.
Turn complex ideas, notes, or numbers into clear, founder-ready messages (LinkedIn, emails, decks, landing pages, internal docs).
Write and edit content on behalf of founders, preserving tone, intent, and brevity.
Support positioning, go-to-market initiatives, and curated events (e.g. founder dinners, partner or investor events).
Research startups, markets, events, or ecosystems and synthesize insights into actionable angles.
Manage timelines, follow-ups, and execution details without being chased.
Proactively spot gaps, risks, or misalignment and suggest concrete next steps.
Raise the bar continuously. If something feels mediocre, you’ll fix it.
This is not a social media or content-calendar role. It sits at the intersection of marketing, sales, and client relations.
Mandatory Hard Skills / Experience
You're comfortable learning new tools quickly and navigating different systems. Specific tools matter less than your ability to figure things out fast.
Marketing systems understanding: understands what CRM, funnels, attribution, and conversion mean.
Business prioritization: able to triage multiple requests and make trade-offs based on business impact.
Research & synthesis: quickly turns raw information into clear insights and actionable next steps.
Founder-level writing: concise, high-judgment communication; able to write on behalf of founders (LinkedIn comments, DMs, emails).
Analytics literacy: able to read and interpret basic metrics (traffic, conversions, engagement, funnel stages) and use data to support decisions, not just report it.
Actively uses AI in daily workflows (research, synthesis, structuring), but does not outsource judgment, positioning, or creative thinking to AI.
Nice to Have
Previous experience in marketing roles is a strong plus.
Experience with productivity, research, CRM, and analytics tools (e.g. Notion/Docs, HubSpot, GA4, Crunchbase, LinkedIn) is an advantage
Experience in startups, consulting, ops, or founder-support roles.
Exposure to events, partnerships, or go-to-market initiatives (event platforms (Luma/Eventbrite)
Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
What Success Looks Like
Founders rely on you to turn vague inputs into sharp outputs.
Communication becomes clearer and more consistent.
Key initiatives (marketing, partnerships) move forward without reminders.
Risks are flagged early, with proposed solutions.
Your work supports growth, partnerships, and revenue-generating efforts.
What This Role Actually Is
You will split your focus between:
Business Associate (BA) initiatives – founder-facing positioning, communications, partnerships, curated events
Recruitment go-to-market support – messaging, role positioning, candidate-facing content, founder communication
This is a dynamic, high-context environment. We expect comfort with ambiguity and fast-moving priorities.
Hiring Process
Work Samples
Initial screening interview with recruiter
Test task
Deep-dive interview with leadership
Final culture conversation (short conversations with leadership team members)
We maintain a high bar and optimize for long-term fit over speed. We prioritize personality, judgment, and ownership.
Why A-Players
We’re a profitable, growing company with $1M+ ARR.
We work only with impact-driven tech startups and VCs.
Our core values are Empathy and Excellence. We take both seriously.
We’ve built our own methodology to identify true A-Players.
We work closely with top founders backed by leading VCs.
We’re remote-first, distributed across the US and Europe.
This role offers a clear growth path toward senior operator or Head of Marketing-level scope over time.
If you’re sharp, fast, and want real responsibility early in your career — this will stretch you in the best way.
If you’re looking for narrow tasks or heavy hand-holding — this is not the right role.
A-Players is a US-based recruiting company with a Ukrainian core team that specializes in serving impact-driven tech startups and venture capital firms in the US and Europe. They work exclusively with early-stage, YC-backed companies through post-Series A organizations, focusing on hiring across engineering, product, marketing, and leadership roles. Unlike traditional recruiting agencies, A-Players embeds deeply into client teams, operates on full exclusivity, and takes an end-to-end approach to talent acquisition. They combine structured hiring methodologies with AI-native workflows to identify high-impact candidates and shape client hiring strategy.
