Co-Founder: Marketing

The world needs better ways to disagree. We are building it. We need a co-founder to make millions of people discover it.

Social media algorithms reward outrage over understanding. Cable news turned complex issues into two people yelling past each other. School debate programs reach fewer than 3% of students, and the average person has zero exposure to structured argumentation after graduating.

People do not lack opinions. They lack the skills and spaces to express them productively. The result is a culture where disagreement means conflict, where changing your mind feels like losing, and where the loudest voice wins regardless of merit.

People have forgotten how to disagree. We are building the place where they remember.

Super Debate is a live events platform and community for structured, competitive debate. The platform is live . Events are happening in real cities. People show up, compete, and come back. This is not a pitch deck. It is a working product with real users.

The Chicago Debate Showcase in May 2026 is the next flagship event — an open invitational designed to bring new people into competitive debate for the first time. The format is accessible, the production is professional, and the energy is unlike anything else in the space.

We have built tournament infrastructure with bracket generation and automated pairings, club management tools, event registration, real-time judge scoring, and a content engine. The technology works. What we need now is the person who makes the world find out about it.

This is not a marketing hire. This is not a VP title grafted onto someone else's vision. This is a founding partner who will own every aspect of how Super Debate reaches people. Equal authority. Shared equity. Real ownership of the outcome.

You will build the growth engine from scratch. Paid channels, organic content, partnerships, PR, ambassador networks, community flywheels. You pick the strategy. You execute it. You own the results. There is no playbook to inherit. You are writing it.

The other co-founder (John Connor) builds the product and runs operations. You build the brand and drive growth. Two people, one mission, total alignment.

• Brand identity, voice, and positioning from the ground up
• Growth strategy and execution across paid, organic, and partnership channels
• Go-to-market playbook for launching Super Debate in new cities
• Ambassador recruitment and activation across the US
• Conversion optimization across the full funnel
• PR, media relationships, and press strategy
• Community building and member engagement
• Partnership development with universities, companies, and civic organizations
• Marketing budget allocation as we scale

You have built something before. Not a pitch deck. Something real. A brand people recognized. A campaign that drove measurable results. A community that grew because you understood what made people show up and stay.

You are equal parts creative and analytical. You can write a headline that stops someone mid-scroll, then open a dashboard and explain exactly what it converted and why.

You are energized by constraints. No team yet. No budget yet. No brand guidelines. Just a product that works, a co-founder who will match your intensity, and a market that is wide open. If that sounds like freedom rather than risk, you are the right person.

You care about this specific problem. You genuinely believe that people have forgotten how to disagree productively, and that bothers you. If the idea of turning structured debate into something millions of people actually do excites you more than optimizing another SaaS funnel, keep reading.

• Co-founder equity — meaningful ownership stake, standard 4-year vest with 1-year cliff
• Revenue share tied directly to the growth you drive
• Total ownership of your domain — no committees, no approval chains
• Fundraising seat at the table as a co-founder, not an employee

You would not be hire number two. You would be founder number two.

Apply below. Tell us about something you built that worked.

If there is a fit, we will have a conversation within one week. No panel interviews. No take-home assignments. Just a real conversation between potential co-founders about the vision, the work, and whether we are the right match.