Marketing Manager

Marketing Manager — Polygon AI (Remote, Philippines)
Location: Remote, Philippines
Commitment: 1–2 days per week (8–16 hours), with a clear path to full-time by end of 2026
Reports to: Co-founders

About Us
Polygon AI is a Swiss startup that builds vertical software products powered by AI. We're two co-founders — an ex-Google Technical Program Manager with 25 years in systems engineering, and an AI/NLP researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Zurich — and we've recently launched two B2B products into distinctly different markets.
SparkDesk (sparkdesk.ai) is an AI-powered voice and text receptionist for hotels. It handles room bookings, spa reservations, and dining arrangements through natural conversations in 57 languages, integrates directly with Mews (a leading property management system), detects emotional tone, and handles mid-sentence interruptions. It's built to replace the clunky IVR systems hotels still force their guests through. We're targeting hotels across Europe, starting with the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
SurgeTix (surgetix.com) is ticketing infrastructure built specifically for film festivals. It handles 100K+ concurrent users with sub-30ms seat reservation latency, maps complex cinema seating layouts (curved balconies, staggered rows, accessibility zones), generates NFC-enabled Apple and Google Wallet passes, and runs fully white-labeled on the festival's own domain. We're targeting multi-venue film festivals in Europe, starting with the DACH region.
Both products are live. Both serve niche B2B audiences that generic marketing won't reach. That's where you come in.

The Role
We're looking for a marketing generalist who can own our digital presence across both products and help us build early commercial traction. You'll work directly with both co-founders — no layers, no approval committees, no middlemen.
This is a part-time engagement to start (1–2 days per week), growing into a full-time role by end of year as both products scale. We'll ramp scope gradually and together — you won't be expected to do everything from day one. Here's how we see priorities evolving:
Phase 1 (Months 1–2): Foundation. Audit our current web presence and social channels, including a full revamp concept for polygon-ai.com (our company site needs a fresh direction — you'll own the strategy and messaging recommendations, while implementation stays with the engineering team). Set up analytics and tracking. Develop a content calendar and publish initial content on LinkedIn. Conduct keyword research for both products and identify quick SEO wins. Get familiar with both markets and competitive landscapes.
Phase 2 (Months 2–4): Rhythm. Run consistent social media across LinkedIn and other relevant channels. Publish SEO-driven content targeting high-intent keywords — "AI hotel receptionist," "film festival ticketing platform," "white-label event ticketing," "Mews PMS integration," and similar. Propose and test landing page improvements. Begin competitor tracking.
Phase 3 (Months 4+): Scale. Expand to additional channels and content formats. Drive measurable organic growth. Contribute market and audience insights to product and positioning decisions. Take on broader go-to-market responsibilities as the role grows toward full-time.
The core challenge is genuinely interesting: two B2B products, two completely different verticals (hospitality and cultural events), two distinct buyer personas. For SparkDesk you're speaking to hotel general managers and front office directors who feel the pain of missed calls and overwhelmed reception desks. For SurgeTix you're reaching film festival directors and operations managers who've been burned by generic ticketing platforms that crash during on-sale drops or can't map their historic cinema venues. Same marketing discipline, different languages and hooks.

What We're Looking For
Three to five years of hands-on experience in digital marketing, content, or growth — ideally working with international clients, B2B SaaS companies, or startups where you owned outcomes, not just tasks. You can write clean, persuasive English copy that sounds natural and specific — not templated or keyword-stuffed. You understand SEO beyond the basics and have worked with tools like Ahrefs, SEMrush, or Google Search Console. You're comfortable with Google Analytics and interpreting data from social platforms. You have enough design instinct to produce solid social media assets in Canva, Figma, or equivalent. Most importantly, you're self-directed — at 1–2 days per week with a European team, you need to set your own priorities and move without constant check-ins.
Extra valuable but not required: experience marketing B2B SaaS or vertical software for European or North American markets. Familiarity with the hospitality tech ecosystem or the events/ticketing space. Short-form video and product demo skills. A personal brand or social presence you've built yourself.
German fluency is a significant asset. Both products target the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) first, and the ability to create content and engage prospects in German would meaningfully accelerate our go-to-market. If you speak German, make sure to highlight this in your application.

What We Offer
Real ownership. You're not executing someone else's playbook. At our stage, what you build becomes the foundation for how both products go to market.
Direct founder access. You'll communicate directly with both co-founders. No agency middlemen, no account managers — just the people who built the products.
International B2B experience. You'll market Swiss-built products to European hotel chains and film festivals. That's portfolio-level work that's hard to get in most remote marketing roles.
AI-native environment. You'll work alongside a team that builds and ships AI products daily. The exposure and skills you'll develop here go well beyond typical marketing experience.
Path to full-time. This starts part-time by design, but the trajectory is clear. As both products grow through 2026, so does the role — and we'd rather grow someone into a Head of Marketing than hire one later.
Reliable, professional engagement. Swiss company, structured payments, clear expectations. We treat contractors as partners, not disposable labor.

How to Apply
Send an email to ---------- with:

A short note on why this role interests you (a few sentences, not an essay).
Your CV and LinkedIn profile (we review both).
Two LinkedIn posts — one for SparkDesk targeting hotel operations managers, one for SurgeTix targeting film festival directors. This should take about 30 minutes and tells us more than any resume.

We reply to every application. No ghosting.