hero

Job opportunities in the Octopus Ventures portfolio

Octopus Ventures
companies
Jobs

Head of Growth

Presence AI

Presence AI

Marketing & Communications, Sales & Business Development · Full-time
London, UK
Posted on Aug 20, 2025

We’re hiring a head of growth for our 10-person London-based AI startup. Join us to scale the world’s first AI marketer, with top-of-market pay and equity.

Help us launch the world’s first AI marketer

We’re building an AI Marketer who can autonomously bring visibility and revenue to any small business or service.

This creates a world where any craftsperson—creatives, makers, part-timers, or retirees—can make a living from their skills.

Why Join Us?

  • Team: Our team has worked together on previous projects. Led by a CEO with a previous exit from category-leading startup, CTO & engineers from Monzo, designers from Pentagram / Google / Twitter.
  • Recognition: Selected as Focal's 2024 top 1% of European startups, Europa Awards 100 hottest startups, and Notion Capital's European Top 100 Cloud Challengers
  • Strong backing: Raised $3M pre-seed from Venrex (Revolut, JustEat), 8VC (Asana), scouts from Sequoia, Index, A16z, Octopus, and angels including ex-MD Google UK
  • Real impact: Help the world’s makers create a living doing what they love.

What we look for

Craft

We are supporting people who have chosen to go after their dream. Their self-worth is highly involved in what they are building, and so their online presence must reflect that.

People impute the value of the service from its presentation, therefore our AI marketer’s work needs to look good, not cheap or “sloppy”.

To reflect this, our own work needs to show that we care.

Simplicity

Our craftspeople are not software power-users, and we don’t build for the power-user marketers.

We’re looking for simple, down to earth story-telling and education to support people who don’t like marketing jargon.

The Role

As Head of Growth, you'll own Growth Strategy & Execution to drive ARR from launch to £1m ARR and beyond in your first 12 months. Here’s what we expect:

  • Implement our PLG motion across multiple channels (Reddit communities, Meta/LinkedIn/X paid ads, social organic, SEO)
  • Own the funnel from awareness to activation
  • Lead our sector-by-sector rollout strategy
  • Run high-visibility events and seasonality opportunities (Product Hunt/Black Friday/Christmas)

This is an early-stage, generalist role - you’ll be writing playbooks, not following them.

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years in marketing/growth at high-growth companies - with great past results
  • Hands-on - with confidence dipping into content creation and delivery
  • Strong analytical skills

Ideal

  • Experience in PLG
  • Comfort with 0-to-1 early growth experiments
  • Leadership - ex-Founder post-PMF, or previously “Head-of” or more senior
  • Genuinely strategic with clear examples

Who Thrives Here

  • Builders who like to make things happen
  • People energised by testing and rapid iteration
  • Teammates who value outcomes over hours and bring focus to what really moves the needle
  • Those who see the intensity of an early-stage startup as an exciting challenge - and are excited to build something big.

Logistics

Location: London (WeWork Monument, 51 East Cheap) - 3 days in office.

  • While co-located teams move faster and have more fun, we also have a deep-work culture that protects your headspace.

Top of market compensation: £70,000 - £110,000 + generous equity with potential for meaningful upside.

  • Open to more senior candidates where fit is clear.

Flexible hours

Visa sponsorship available

Start: As soon as convenient

Let’s build together!

Drop us a note with your LinkedIn (and any great examples of your work that are not on LinkedIn) to Will at will@trypresence.ai to start the conversation.

Presence AI is an equal opportunity employer.