Marketing Director, Otta
£100-130k
2+ days a week in office (Hybrid, flexible working from our Old Street Office)
The better way to find a job in tech
Otta Certified
Open for applications
The better way to find a job in tech
21-100 employees
Otta Certified
Open for applications
£100-130k
2+ days a week in office (Hybrid, flexible working from our Old Street Office)
21-100 employees
Company mission
Our mission is to become the best platform for candidates and companies to find each other. We’ve merged with Welcome to the Jungle, and share a common vision of the need to reinvent the candidate job search experience and make job search less soul-crushing.
Role
Who you are
- A talented and inspiring marketing leader, you have experience in both B2B and B2C marketing roles for the UK market, a solid background in brand marketing, as well as experience in leadership positions
- You have a proven track record of developing and executing successful marketing strategies that drive brand recognition & revenue growth
- You have experience in driving teams of diverse individuals towards high performance, based on respect and care
- You have strong leadership and excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels
- You want to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives and careers
What the job involves
- Your overall goal is to be responsible for developing and executing a B2C and B2B marketing strategy that promotes our brand and drives revenue growth in the UKe UK
- One of the big topics you will be working on is integrating our two brands (Otta and Welcome to the Jungle) and re-launching as one unified brand
- Team Leadership. You will lead a team of 4 highly talented brand & growth marketers towards high performance, by giving them direction, motivating them, organising their work and growing their skills. You will have the opportunity to grow the team over time as our business expands
- Strategy & Planning. You will define the overarching UK marketing plan, partner with the Country Manager and other departments (eg. Product, Revenue Operations, Global Marketing, etc.) to align global and local marketing initiatives with UK goals and oversee execution within a set budget
- Growth Marketing. You will generate high quality B2B leads (content marketing, webinars, e-mail marketing, SEO, paid campaigns, etc.), develop dedicated B2C programmes that drive acquisition, engagement and retention, adapt global initiatives and identify new market opportunities for sustainable growth
- Brand & Communications. You will roll out the global brand positioning in the UK, ensure that the brand is presented consistently across all touch points, localise global programmes and launch local communications initiatives that increase our awareness & attractiveness for job seekers & companies through all the relevant channels (PR, social, paid media, events, partnerships, etc.)
- Reporting & Analysis. You will research and track key metrics to optimise the effectiveness of your strategy, proactively identify opportunities and provide regular updates to senior leadership
- Marketing is run as a global team. This means having a shared-resource approach to supporting all our key markets, in addition to having local leaders. The majority of our global team sits in Paris, and we will continue to grow this worldwide (incl. UK, US and France)
- This means you will be part of the UK leadership team, contributing to key company decisions and working closely with the UK Country Manager
- Your manager: You will be reporting into and working directly with our global CMO, Antoine-Benjamin Lequertier. He has close to 20 years of experience in marketing & communications, ranging from advertising agencies (FCB, DDB) to large tech companies (Google, Apple, Facebook). Antoine-Benjamin joined Welcome to the Jungle in 2021, driven by the challenge of building an exciting brand which aims at giving work a more sustainable place in our lives. As the co-founder and President of the LGBTech France association, Antoine-Benjamin is also very involved in improving LGBTQI+ diversity in the workplace
Application process
- Apply with Otta
- 30 mins phone screen with Kate (Talent Acquisition Manager)
- 1h B2B marketing interview with Göze (Head of Growth Marketing)
- 1h B2C marketing interview with Antoine-Benjamin Lequertier (co-CEO and CMO)
- 45 mins values interview with Caroline (UK Country Manager)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Looking for a job is a frustrating experience. It’s incredibly hard to find a good match. Job adverts lack useful information like salary and diversity data. Companies sometimes never respond. Otta was created in 2019 to make finding a job in tech less soul crushing.
In January 2024, Otta merged with Welcome to the Jungle. Our ambition is to become a global leader in the world of work, and help candidates and companies find each other through our job matching, recruiter solutions including employer brand, and media.
Otta and Welcome to the Jungle both believe in a future of work based on the power of matching. Both companies share the same DNA that disrupts market conventions and are obsessed with helping people find exciting and meaningful work.
Insights
Most candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
62% female employees
280% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Inspiring mission
"We've all had terrible experiences when trying to find a new role - it's at best tolerable and at worst utterly soul destroying. Because of Otta's..."
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Aug 2020
$2.9m
SEED
Total funding: $24.1m
Company benefits
- 24 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- In addition, we have a winter break where the office closes from 25 December to 1 January, so everyone can recharge
- We are trialling a 4 day week from June to December 2024, so everyone gets every Friday off
- £1,000 self-care allowance to spend each year on your wellness or personal development
- Universal parental leave - 13 weeks' full pay, 13 weeks' half pay, 13 weeks' statutory pay (if you have been with us for at least 6 months), 13 weeks' unpaid (optional)
- Health insurance with AVIVA, including dental and optician cover
- Breakfast, snacks and drinks at the office every day
- Lunch at the office every second Wednesday
- Cycle-to-work scheme with GCI (no £1,000 limit)
Company values
- Candidates first — Otta was started to make job search less soul crushing. Our main focus is meticulously crafting the best experience for candidates
- There for each other — Startups are hard, but more enjoyable when working with great people. We are supportive and generous with our time, whether it's giving feedback or brightening up someone's day
- We challenge because we care — We believe challenge allows us to reach new heights. From personal development to product design, we challenge because we care about each other and Otta’s success
- What’s the return? — We like to make a lot happen with a little. Doing this requires an evaluation of return on investment, and discipline to work on the problems that will have the biggest impact
- What would it take to learn faster? — Speed of iteration typically beats quality of iteration. We move fast when it helps us learn faster - we feel safe taking risks, finding smart shortcuts, or shipping experiments
- What could exceptional look like? — Our standards are high, and there are moments where it's worth pushing them further. We're comfortable asking hard questions to explore how to make something exceptional
Company HQ
Finsbury, London, UK
Founders
Jeremy Cledat
(CEO of Welcome to the Jungle)Previously work in venture capital firms for 6 years, then created Welcome to the Jungle in 2015.
Caroline Fischer
(Country Manager of Otta)Grew her career in commercial, operational and leadership roles in tech companies - big and small - in London.
People progressing
Abby joined Otta as a Business Operations Associate and was promoted to Customer Success Lead after 7 months. She is now Head of Commercial Operations.
Sarah joined Otta as a Finance Lead and was promoted to Head of Finance after one year with the company.
Diversity & Inclusion at Otta
Claudia Gallon (People Partner)
- Though we’re quite early in our journey, our employees are starting to roll out initiatives that help us to better understand and empathise with each other and the world around us. We collect meaningful data in our onboarding survey, conduct privilege awareness workshops as part of employee onboarding, and anonymise tasks during interview processes to eliminate bias. Diverse employees make for an inclusive product.
- We’re committed to a feedback-driven and transparent culture, as we work to make Otta a workplace where everyone feels welcome and all voices are heard. An environment where conversations between socially different people are seen as opportunities to learn, anticipate alternative viewpoints, and generally grow our business.
- We’re continually iterating our product to do better. We collect meaningful diversity data from companies to inform candidates about gender split, we create transparency through sharing salary ranges, we donate to social mobility causes every time someone secures a new role through Otta. And there is so much more to come. We’re thankful for the opportunity to listen to and learn from our candidates.
- Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are integral to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. Our Women’s Group, LGBTQIA+ Group, Disability Group, and Black Employee Network provide vital support and advocacy, creating spaces for connection, growth, and empowerment. Through these ERGs, we celebrate diversity and ensure every employee can bring their whole self to work.
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