About the role
About us
Our mission is to become the de facto way people learn foreign languages. We begin by teaching the next billion people English and Spanish
English is the global language of business, culture, and communication, and over 1.5 billion people worldwide are actively trying to learn right now. Others dream of communicating with the half-billion native Spanish speakers across the globe. The problem is that it's nearly impossible to learn to speak a language without constant access to a speaking partner. Grammar and vocab apps don't really help – you need to actually converse with someone.
Speak is on a journey to fix this. We're creating an AI-powered experience that replicates the flow of a conversation, without needing a human on the other end. The goal is to make it radically more accessible to be able to have conversations in a foreign language and eventually help hundreds of millions of people gain fluency who otherwise wouldn't be able to.
We started on this journey over four years ago and we've still got a long ways to go. We're thoughtfully adding new team members only when we think they can truly play a big role in our mission.
Speak is currently live in South Korea where we have quickly grown to become the top-grossing education app in the country. We recently launched in Japan as well and are expanding to more markets in the coming months. The company is well funded, raising a recent Series B backed by investors like OpenAI, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Lachy Groom, Josh Buckley, and others. We’re a team of just under 40 based primarily in SF, Seoul, and Ljubljana.
About this role
We’re looking for a Growth Marketing Manager who will be responsible for generating, managing, and executing growth initiatives to drive user acquisition in Japan as we continue to scale. The ideal candidate is someone who can identify and implement unconventional ideas to fuel our growth and has previous experience in multiple-channel marketing, such as performance marketing, ASO/SEO, affiliates, influencer marketing, and CRM. This role will report directly to the Head of Japan while working in close liaison with our global teams in US, Europe, and Korea.
