We were recently engaged by a client to conduct a search for a Senior Marketing Manager. Our client is a B2B cleantech startup with a platform that allows businesses to operate more sustainably by leveraging data.
We conducted a targeted search on their behalf, seeking an experienced marketer who could come in and build the function from the ground up. This hire would start by identifying and creating ICPs, tailoring compelling messaging, developing product documentation and evolving the brand.
Here are 4 of the candidates we presented:
The Builder – $65K Base + Stock Options
- 9 years of marketing experience
- Experience as a first marketing hire and built out a marketing function from scratch
- Reduced the customer acquisition costs by 80%
- Based in Winnipeg
- Bachelor’s Degree
The Scaler – $70K Base
- 7 years of employment experience with 5 spent in marketing
- Was the hire #9 at a 60-person company and built out their ICPs
- Managed all marketing campaigns and partnerships as well as 2 direct reports
- Based in Toronto
- Bachelor’s Degree
The Brander – $85K + Stock Options
- 8 years of marketing experience
- Solid experience establishing user personas and ICPs
- Led a successful marketing initiative to grow a brand’s presence from Toronto to Canada wide
- Based in Toronto
- MBA (Marketing)
The Hire
- 8 years of marketing experience
- Built an entire marketing functioning (social media, sales enablement, and product marketing) from scratch
- Experience designing and developing website’s front end
- Based in Toronto
- Diploma course
To attract and land this candidate, our client offered a $100K Base + Stock Options.
As you can see, compensation for these candidates varies significantly based on the length and scope of experience, as well as their ability to thrive in similar environments.
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For organizations and job seekers alike, it can be challenging to understand what a particular position should pay. Often, it’s a calculation between salary surveys that lack all context, what a person has earned in the past, and ad hoc conversations with others in the field.
We’re sharing market insights into current compensation packages for key roles in the tech industry. Our recruiters conduct targeted searches on behalf of our clients, seeking out candidates who fit the requirements of the role and diligently qualifying them to present only the very best talent.
These posts are meant to highlight the contextual elements that makeup compensation, and to help our clients and candidates better understand the current market forces that affect earning potential.
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