Founder's Associate

A little about us 🔥

AI-native design: Kittl is becoming the AI-native, operating system for creative businesses. We give small brands the creative firepower to look credible and get from idea to launch-ready, with no agency and no design team

Rapid growth: 11 million users since 2022

Diverse team: 120+ people from 30+ countries, with offices in Berlin and Düsseldorf and teammates working remotely

Truly product-led company: Engineers, Product Managers and Designers sit at the core of what we build

Strong backing: Raised ~$50M, led by IVP with Left Lane Capital and Speedinvest. IVP has also backed Figma, Slack, and Dropbox

Learn more: www.kittl.com/career

Your role at Kittl 🥁

As a Founder's Associate in the Growth organisation, you’ll take over and scale Kittl’s influencer partnerships. We’ve worked with 1,000+ influencers, and they’re one of our biggest acquisition channels for print-on-demand sellers and small product businesses. Your job is to automate, scale and build it out into a channel that delivers growth. From there, you can expand into affiliates, business partnerships or other roles in the growth org. We need someone that moves fast, wants to build, can close deals with partners, is AI native (that knows to avoid AI slop). This role reports to our Head of Growth working closely together with CEO and leadership.

What you'll do 📋

Run and scale influencer partnerships: Own our influencer programme day to day and grow the subscriptions it brings in

Automate it: Turn sourcing, outreach, onboarding and reporting into AI workflows, so the channel scales without a bigger team

Sign the right influencers: Find, pitch and close the influencers our sellers listen to, and move budget to the ones that convert

Build it out as an acquisition channel: Make it measurable and forecastable, with clear reporting on spend against subscriptions

Expand: Grow into affiliates and business partnerships with the platforms, tools and communities our sellers already use

What you'll need ✅

Growth you owned: Around 3 years in a startup or scale-up, in a founders associate, consulting, growth or BizOps role, where you moved a number yourself

Commercial instinct: You've pitched and closed deals or partnerships yourself and enjoy the negotiation

Problem-solver: You take an unclear problem, work it out from the data and explain your reasoning

AI-native builder: You've built things that changed how work gets done. You know to avoid AI slop.

Proactive and creative: You say "this happened, so I solved it" rather than "what should I do?", and you try angles others haven't

Nice to have 👌

Experience with influencer, creator or affiliate partnerships

E-commerce, print-on-demand or creator-economy background

Interview process 🔍

Intro call with your recruiter (30 min)

Interview with the hiring manager (30 min)

Take-home challenge: a real problem from scaling partnerships: how you'd work it out, what you'd do first and what you'd automate

Challenge discussion (60 min)

Bar Raiser interview (45 min)

You'll do well here if 🌟

You pick up problems nobody assigned you. If something's broken and no one has stepped up, you're the person who does

You'd rather make the call and adjust than wait until you're certain. Speed is how we win

You want to own a domain deeply enough that people rely on your judgement in it, whether or not you manage anyone

You'll argue for your position and commit fully when the call goes the other way

You care about details other people would call excessive. We hold a higher bar than most, on purpose

You use AI constantly and still own every word you ship

Every new hire should raise the bar in some meaningful way, not just fill a seat. We hold to that, and it's why you'll be working with the most talented people from all over the world.

Benefits 🎁

Real ownership: You own what you ship, end to end

Work at the edge of AI and design: You'll be learning on the frontier, not reading about it

Work-life balance: 30 vacation days a year, plus public holidays

VESOP: Enrollment in our Virtual Employee Stock Option Plan. When Kittl grows in value, you share in it

Learning & development: Annual L&D budget for your professional growth

Hackathons: Quarterly hackathons to experiment and build new ideas

Kittl Week: Once a year, the whole team gets together for a week to work, celebrate and get inspired

Berlin-specific:

Hybrid working style: 3 days a week in our office in the heart of Prenzlauer Berg, the rest of the week from home

Remote work: Work from anywhere in the world for up to 50 days (10 weeks) a year

Lunch: Daily chef-prepared meals in the office

Mobility: Your monthly BVG ticket, fully covered

Health & fitness: Discounted Urban Sports Club M membership

German classes: Online group courses at every level

🌈 Don't tick every box? If the role and the culture excite you, apply anyway. We embrace diversity and hire people based on their ability to do the job. People of every background, identity, and experience are welcome at Kittl. We are guided by respect, honesty, and inclusivity. Together, we create a safe and supportive work environment where everyone thrives.