Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 481 days ago

Co-Founder & CEO - Buzz (Stealth Mode)

hillock.4 open roles

Where
International
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowCo-Founder & CEO - Buzz (Stealth Mode)hillock. · International

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on hillock.'s own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

12.1% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.1%7 days
  4. 19.1%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 52.7%60 days
This job: posted 481 days ago

The posting

The Opportunity

Join hillock. as Co-Founder & CEO of Buzz (just the internal code name), building the leading programmatic influencer marketing platform. We're solving the problem preventing brands from scaling influencer marketing: nano influencers deliver 3x the ROI of macro influencers, but brands can't manage hundreds of small creators without massive coordination teams.

The insight is simple but powerful—when you aggregate hundreds of nano creators, you stop caring which specific ones post. You just care that enough of them do. Send briefs to 500 creators, 200 respond, 150 deliver approved content, campaigns launch automatically. It's the laws of big numbers applied to influencer marketing.

Market Reality

The global influencer marketing industry hit $32.55 billion in 2025 with 35.63% year-over-year growth. Nano influencers (1K-10K followers) now represent 75.9% of Instagram's creator base, with spending on nano creators increasing 11% while macro spending decreased 10%.

The ROI difference is stark: nano influencers charge $50 per post but generate over $1,000 in return—a 20x ROI. Macro influencers command $1,000+ but only deliver $6,000 back—a 6x ROI. Research from MIT Sloan confirms nano influencers achieve 7% conversion rates versus just 3% for macro influencers.

Our Solution

Intelligent Matching: Deep content analysis including full audio/video transcripts and engagement patterns identifies creators whose audiences align with campaign objectives before they hit mainstream pricing.

Automated Creator Orchestration: AI sends briefs to hundreds of matched creators simultaneously. Those who respond and deliver approved content get paid through automated global payment systems. No relationship management, just statistical outcomes at scale.

Creative Control + Automated Reviews: Following the SNL model, creators maintain creative control while staying within brand safety guidelines. This preserves authentic voice and delivers the higher engagement rates that make nano creators effective. AI allows for scale-able reviews without a one-size-fits-all campaign format.

Real-Time Performance Optimization: Integrated analytics from platform APIs, link tracking, and conversion data enable effective monitoring, attribution and instant budget reallocation toward highest-performing creator segments.

Global Payment Infrastructure: Built-in FinTech solutions solve the cross-border payment challenges that exclude 68% of international creators from campaigns. Automated tax compliance, multi-currency support, and instant settlements eliminate 30-day payment delays.

What You'll Build

The Platform: Create systems that analyze millions of creators, predict campaign outcomes, and manage thousands of simultaneous partnerships without human intervention. Brands send briefs and watch results flow from "the network."

AI-Powered Automation: Lead development of the intelligence layer that handles creator selection, negotiations, content review, brand safety, and performance optimization autonomously.

Global Infrastructure: Build payment and compliance systems that enable instant creator onboarding across 60+ countries, solving the FinTech challenges that currently limit campaign scale.

Business Model: Define pricing and go-to-market strategy for a new category that transforms influencer marketing from relationship-heavy services into scalable, data-driven growth channels.

Team & Culture: Build a world-class team across engineering, business development, and operations with full venture studio support and resources.

What You’ll Bring

Leadership: Perfect for both first-time founders and seasoned executives looking for their next significant opportunity. The market opportunity and venture studio support create ideal conditions for either path.

Technical Understanding: Grasp AI/ML concepts, API integrations, and platform architecture to guide technical decisions. Coding experience is valuable but not required—we provide technical support and can help build those skills.

Marketing Intuition: Understanding of digital marketing, social media dynamics, or creator economy trends. Experience with programmatic advertising or marketing automation platforms valuable but not essential.

Data-Driven Decision Making: Comfort with analytics, A/B testing, and using performance data to drive product decisions. The platform generates massive amounts of creator performance data that requires strategic interpretation and action.

Strategic Vision: See how AI will reshape influencer marketing while executing tactical steps to capture market share. Comfort with both B2B SaaS and marketplace business models.

Market Validation

We've completed extensive customer discovery with design partners lined up to validate product-market fit and provide real-world feedback during development. Current platforms like Upfluence and AspireIQ focus on campaign management but lack true automation—no solution offers end-to-end programmatic influencer marketing with AI-driven matching and autonomous execution.

The shift toward nano creators isn't theoretical. LaCroix built millennial brand dominance by finding creators who already mentioned them, engaging authentically, and scaling through volume rather than celebrity partnerships. They earned the #1 spot on Newsweek's most trusted brands list using exactly this approach.

The Vision

Growth marketers send briefs and watch posts, impressions, and clicks flow from "the network." Launch 1,000-creator campaigns as simply as setting up Google Ads. Transform influencer marketing from relationship-heavy services into scalable, data-driven growth channels that deliver authentic engagement without operational complexity.

What hillock. Provides

Founder Support: Full coaching and operational guidance with experienced mentorship across strategy, product development, fundraising, go-to-market (this is kind of our thing) and team building. You get the resources of a seasoned team without giving up founder control.

Technical Resources: Access to AI/ML expertise, engineering talent, and infrastructure to build sophisticated automation from day one.

Market Access: Direct connections to enterprise customers, strategic partners, and follow-on investors to accelerate growth and market penetration.

Proven Playbook: Leverage our experience building successful AI-first companies to avoid common pitfalls and accelerate time to market.

Ready to Build the Future?

The convergence of AI advancement, creator economy growth, and brand demand for authentic marketing creates a once-in-a-decade opportunity. We're looking for a visionary founder who can see the future of programmatic influencer marketing and has the leadership skills to make it reality.

This role offers significant equity as founding CEO of a venture studio-backed startup positioned to capture a $32+ billion market opportunity through AI innovation and programmatic automation.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against hillock.'s own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on hillock.'s form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    hillock.'s answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.