Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

About Skylight

Skylight is a technology startup based out of Los Angeles, CA. Our mission is to connect loved ones by creating the world’s simplest products and services that improve family life. We make consumer products, like Skylight Frame and Skylight Calendar, that are loved by millions of people across the globe. Our founders are former venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs, who have scaled the business to $100M+ in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped and profitable since day 1. The business is in hyper growth mode and we've been expanding our team and inventing, carving a path to be the next $1B smart home company. Our goal is to continue to bring the magic of Skylight to millions of loved ones throughout the world.

Category-Creating CMO

Skylight is looking for a category-creating CMO who will effectively grow Skylight into a multi-generational, emotionally resonant brand. Reporting to the President, this is an opportunity to lead the global marketing and sales org, including growth/performance marketing, ecommerce (D2C and Amazon), brand, creative, retail sales, and international growth. Skylight is pioneering a new Smart Family Calendar category while also looking to grow in an existing Digital Picture Frame category - we are looking for a CMO with deep experience in both creating new categories and helping to grow within existing/competitive ones. The company also has a flexible hybrid work culture, working from home 2-3 days / week.

Recruiter Contact

If you are interested, please email our recruiter, Ivy Trevino ([email protected]).

Requirements

• Successful full-stack CMO of a consumer D2C category-creating company who has led and scaled marketing orgs from tens of millions in revenue and beyond.
• Strong brand strategy & marketing foundation: Develop and execute a comprehensive brand strategy. Responsible for 60% of focus on brand building and marketing philosophy and 40% performance marketing / growth.
• Experience successfully scaling and running a native digital business, ideally with experience in subscription, new-to-market, and high-consideration products
• Operational leader and architect: Capable of architecting the marketing organization, identifying critical roles, and building a high performing team
• Financial Acumen: Deep understanding of profit and loss (P&L) and general management. Must not only be a creative marketer but also a strategic thinker with brand-centric approaches.
• Entrepreneurial marketer with a crystal clear vision, extreme bias for action, and knack for growth and excitement about category creation.

Skylight News:

• How a Former VC Built A Consumer Tech Company to $75 Million Revenue With No Investors
• WSJ: Your Schedules Just Got Crazy Again, Try these Tech Tools
• Gizmodo: I'm Obsessed With This Huge Smart Touchscreen Calendar
• The Verge: My new favorite way to manage my family's calendars is getting bigger
• Yahoo: Skylight Launches Calendar Max

Benefits

At Skylight, we have three core principles that guide our work and help us manage the business day to day: rigor, care, and autonomy. These principles show up early and often and help guide the work we do and the way we work.

Our competitive compensation package includes:

• Competitive Salary + Equity Package
• 401K matching
• Wellness, learning, and home-office budgets
• Health, Dental & Vision Medical Plans
• Tremendous autonomy to set the direction of your work
• Unlimited PTO
• Company holidays on the first Friday of every month
• Equal Opportunity Employer

Skylight is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you’re the best person for the job, we want you on board!