The VP Marketing Job Posting You Meant to Write

About This Role

You're reading this because your last three VP Marketing hires didn't work out. You wrote the same job post everyone writes, got the same candidates everyone gets, and now you're back on Indeed wondering what went wrong.

Here's what went wrong: your job post.

I rewrote it for you. Every line below is a phrase pulled directly from real VP Marketing listings, translated from Corporate into Executive. The candidates you actually want to hire are the ones who'd write it exactly like this.

Responsibilities (Corrected)

❌ "Hands-on leader who's also strategic" ✅ Pick one. If you genuinely need both, you need two hires, a Director and a VP. Conflating them is how companies burn out senior talent in 14 months.

❌ "Data-driven storyteller" ✅ I drive revenue. The storytelling is a byproduct of having results worth telling. Anyone leading with "storyteller" in 2026 is describing a content manager.

❌ "Comfortable with ambiguity" ✅ I reduce ambiguity. That is literally the job description of a VP.

❌ "AI-curious" / "Exposure to AI tools a plus" ✅ I've shipped AI-augmented marketing infrastructure my team uses daily. "Curious" is where your CMO is. I'm the upgrade.

❌ "Fast-paced environment" ✅ I work fast because I'm good, not because I'm panicking. If "fast-paced" is your proxy for "understaffed and on fire," say so. I'll pass.

❌ "Owns the marketing function" ✅ Define ownership. The budget? The P&L line? The hiring? The vendor contracts? If the answer is "influence," this is a Director role with a VP title.

Qualifications (The Company Must Have)

• Annual marketing budget of $10M+ under genuine VP authority
• A CFO who understands Marketing Mix Modeling isn't witchcraft
• A CEO or CRO who reads the P&L line, not just the activity dashboard
• Product and Sales teams that answer Slack messages within the same business day
• Willingness to post your compensation band like an adult

Nice-to-Haves

• Founder-led or CRO-led reporting structure (not CMO-of-a-CMO)
• An actual appetite for AI-augmented workflows, I've already built the infrastructure, you just need to let me deploy it
• Remote-first culture or GMT-adjacent working hours

About The Candidate (Me)

• My mandate is structural: align media, measurement, and commercial infrastructure to increase incremental revenue, not just platform efficiency
• Build custom AI-augmented dashboards and web apps most VP candidates can only describe theoretically
• 12+ years leading paid media strategy in regulated, high-CAC verticals where performance isn't optional
• Clients span multiple verticals: Epic Games, Microsoft, Warner Bros., RiverSpring Living (Healthcare), Wonderlic (B2B), Amazon, and more...

How to Apply

DM me on LinkedIn. Email me.

If you're a CEO, CRO, or founder who nodded while reading this: we should already be talking.

If you're a recruiter sourcing for a role that matches: send me the company, the band, and who I'd report to. Skip the "are you open to opportunities?" message.

[email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickolaustrevino/

Applications reviewed on a rolling basis. Serious inquiries only. No "exciting opportunities" without a salary band.

Pay: From $225,000.00 per year

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Unlimited paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10025