Founding Growth & Brand Lead

About this role

Electric Air is building a modern home climate company.

We install heat pumps across the Bay Area and have developed our own heat pump product platform, Redwood, designed around simpler retrofits, thoughtful design, and a better homeowner experience.

Electric Air combines:

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real-world HVAC operations

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product development

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software and technology

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design and branding

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customer experience

We’re growing quickly and looking for a Founding Growth & Brand Lead to help build the leading heat pump brand in the Bay Area.

This is a highly hands-on role for someone who combines:

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strong growth instincts

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excellent creative judgment

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operational intensity

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fast execution

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deep curiosity about customers

You should be equally comfortable:

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launching a Meta campaign

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giving feedback on a landing page

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coordinating a video shoot

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improving attribution

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organizing a homeowner event

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reviewing install photos for quality and consistency

This is not a traditional corporate marketing role. We are looking for a builder.

What You’ll Own

Growth & Acquisition

• Manage and improve paid acquisition across Google, Meta, LSA, and other channels
• Improve landing pages, conversion funnels, and attribution
• Develop experiments to improve lead quality and customer acquisition cost
• Work closely with leadership to identify growth opportunities and bottlenecks

Creative & Brand

• Source and manage photographers, videographers, designers, freelancers, and agencies
• Maintain a high bar for visual quality and brand consistency
• Help shape the voice, positioning, and identity of Electric Air
• Develop creative concepts for ads, videos, campaigns, social content, and physical-world branding

Website & Funnel Optimization

• Own and improve the website experience
• Create and iterate on landing pages
• Improve top-of-funnel conversion and attribution systems
• Work with engineers and contractors to ship quickly

Local Brand Presence

• Help Electric Air become a recognized and trusted local brand
• Support partnerships, events, workshops, and community presence
• Develop systems for reviews, referrals, and neighborhood density

Content & Storytelling

• Turn real installs and customer experiences into compelling marketing
• Help communicate technical concepts simply and elegantly
• Build systems for collecting photos, videos, testimonials, and install stories

What We’re Looking For

You may not fit perfectly into a traditional marketing category. That’s okay.

We care more about:

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taste

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judgment

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speed

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ownership

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curiosity

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adaptability

than polished corporate experience.

Ideal candidates often come from backgrounds like:

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startups

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consumer brands

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growth roles

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creative agencies

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Dtc

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local service businesses

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hospitality

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independent creator/operator work

You Might Be a Fit If You:

• Have strong opinions about what makes a brand feel premium, trustworthy, and modern
• Can distinguish between tasteful marketing and generic contractor marketing
• Are highly resourceful and comfortable working with constraints
• Move quickly and enjoy shipping work
• Can balance analytics with intuition
• Are excited to work in the real world — homes, installs, neighborhoods, customers, trucks, events, photography, physical products
• Are comfortable operating in ambiguity and building systems from scratch

Nice to Have

• Experience with Google Ads, Meta Ads, or local acquisition
• Experience with conversion optimization and landing pages
• Experience directing creative production
• Experience with local SEO or home services
• Experience working closely with founders or small teams
• Strong writing instincts