VP of Brand

This role is hybrid for candidates based in San Francisco and fully remote for all other U.S. locations.

About Search Atlas

Search Atlas is an agentic marketing platform combining SEO content site management and AI-powered automation into a single system.

• $30M ARR 215 employees thousands of active customers

• Category creators defining agentic marketing as the next evolution beyond traditional marketing automation

• Bootstrapped to profitability and raising our first institutional round

• Founder-led with strong personal brands and a thriving community ecosystem

The Opportunity

We are hiring our first-ever VP of Brand the most important marketing hire of our next chapter.

This is not a make the logo look nice role. This is the role that defines how the market thinks about an entirely new category. You will be the architect of our brand narrative the creative force behind our founders personal brands and the leader who builds and scales our social video PR and creative teams from the ground up.

You will report directly to our co-founders inherit an existing team and have the budget and authority to restructure and hire the way you think is right.

What You Will Own

Category Creation Develop the narrative vocabulary and positioning that makes agentic marketing a term the industry recognizes and associates with Search Atlas. Own the Point of View engine: original research proprietary reports manifestos and thought leadership that establish Search Atlas as the defining voice in this space.

Founder-Led Marketing Develop and execute personal brand strategies for Manick Bhan and Sophia Deluz-Bhan. Build a full content system editorial calendars recurring formats ghostwriting support video pipelines and feedback loops that compound reach over time.

Brand & Creative Leadership Lead and grow the Brand & Social pillar: social media video long-form editorial digital PR creative direction and platform-specific strategy. Set a high bar for creative output work that stops people gets shared and makes anyone who sees it think this is a really cool brand. Evaluate restructure and hire to build the team the right way.

Video & Content at Scale Own the strategy and infrastructure behind a constant pipeline of video content brand films product launches founder content ad creative and social-first formats. Know how to produce high-quality output efficiently and build systems that scale.

Performance & Creative Accountability Own the performance metrics behind every brand initiative. Define what success looks like build dashboards that track it and hold the team accountable to outcomes not just output. Connect creative decisions to measurable business impact: audience growth share of voice pipeline influence and conversion contribution.

Brand Systems Standards & Community Own the Search Atlas brand identity voice and visual language across every touchpoint product website social events sales and community. Work cross-functionally with product and design to embed brand consistency into the product experience itself. Build and steward an influencer ecosystem that brings the top voices in marketing into the Search Atlas orbit through events co-branded content and branded experiences.

Requirements

Must-Haves

• 10 years in marketing 5 years leading a brand team at a fast-growing tech company

• Has built or fundamentally transformed a brand not just maintained one

• Managed teams of 10 across creative content social and/or communications

• Has worked closely with founders or C-suite on thought leadership and personal brand

• Has helped define or launch a new market category with evidence the market adopted it

• Has owned performance marketing metrics and reported on them to leadership

• A genuine AI power user applying it to real marketing workflows

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in B2B SaaS or marketing technology

• Hands-on experience with paid social creative

• Experience building events pop-ups or experiential marketing programs

• Familiarity with AI tools for design and creative production

• Has built an influencer or ambassador program from scratch

Compensation & Benefits

• Location: Hybrid for candidates based in San Francisco / fully remote for all other U.S. locations.

• Base Salary: $250000 $300000

• Equity: Meaningful equity grant. Details shared during the interview process.

• Benefits: Health dental vision 401(k) flexible PTO remote-first with optional/hybrid SF office access.

Why Search Atlas

You will define a category. Agentic marketing is where inbound marketing was in 2008. The person who names it frames it and builds the narrative around it will shape the industry for the next decade. That person can be you.

You will have real creative latitude. We are not looking for someone to execute a brief. We are looking for someone to write it.

You will work with founders who get it. Manick and Sophia understand category narrative personal brand and community as growth levers. They want a partner not a vendor.

You will build on a real business. $30M ARR 215 people thousands of active customers a thriving community and a first institutional raise underway.