Marketing Manager

What you will work on Ark builds AI platforms for public administrations. We have entered the marked with our most known tool, a platform for local climate action, about 1 year ago, now working with > 60 cities, counties and states - from Schleswig-Holstein and Berlin to small rural municipalities. We have won the German Startup Award 2026, raised 2.4mn in pre seed and grant money and approach 1mn in annual revenues. Tasks About the role We are currently mainly focussing on outbound leads - but see so many inbound opportunities. From webinars with >100 participants, to clients recommending our tool to an invite to advise the chancellor on AI. Since there are no marketing experts in the team, we are not yet capturing these opportunities. And this is why we are looking for a new colleague 🎉 As always in early stage startups, your role will include adjacent tasks, e.g., PR, social media or branding. You will completely own marketing and work on strategic questions as well as operative initiatives. You will conduct events, own google and linkedin ads, set up our newsletter, and much more. You will not be expected to be an expert in every channel. You should be strong in the fundamentals, curious enough to learn quickly and able to decide what deserves focus. You come up with the ideas, launch them fast, measure what works and double down. You report directly to Ruth, our founder and CEO. Your challenge: Own messaging and branding. Decide how we explain what we do and why our tar