Founding Operator for a UK-based Job Advisory
Paired is a global staffing and recruiting agency that pairs remote work with top-tier talent. We admire the importance of innovative social media strategies and are committed to connecting talented individuals with great companies that need their unique skills. Our mission is to provide great jobs to gifted people, regardless of location.
About the client:
🚀 Our client helps international students in the UK land their dream jobs. Founded in December 2023, it has quickly become the #1 player in the market.
Since its launch, the company has:
- Helped 150+ international students secure UK roles, including offers at Amazon, Bumble, CitiBank, Deloitte, EY, HSBC, KPMG, and Siemens.
- Reached 60 million+ organic views across LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube—without spending anything on ads.
- Grown to 88,000+ followers on LinkedIn and 74,000+ on Instagram.
- Generated over $1.5 million in revenue.
It is now the leading organization in the UK for helping international students, and it’s only getting started.
In 2026, the company will expand beyond students by launching a consulting division for online coaches, helping them scale to multi-six- and seven-figure businesses through organic marketing—without paid ads, large teams, or burnout.
This division will introduce a $10k–$20k flagship consulting program, with the goal of scaling it to $5M per year in predictable organic revenue. Instagram will be the core engine driving the entire funnel.
To achieve this, the company is assembling a world-class marketing team, and the Head of Instagram Strategy will play a central role in that growth.
The Role
This is a high-ownership execution role working directly with the founder.
There is no fixed job description. You will operate at the center of the business, focusing on the most important constraint at any given time.
Your mandate is simple:
Find bottlenecks. Fix them. Build systems so they don’t break again.
What You’ll Work On
1. Strategic Problem Solving
- Diagnose the biggest growth or operational bottleneck in the business
- Build structured solutions to remove constraints in revenue, conversion, retention, or delivery
- Turn ambiguous problems into clear execution plans
2. Execution at Speed
- Own high-priority initiatives end-to-end
- Move quickly from problem → solution → implementation
- Work directly with the founder on fast-moving priorities across marketing, sales, and operations
3. Systems & Process Building
- Build SOPs, dashboards, and operating systems
- Translate founder knowledge into repeatable, scalable processes
- Improve operational reliability across the business
4. Cross-Functional Ownership
Work across marketing, sales, student delivery, and operations
Identify friction in funnels and internal workflows and remove it
Ensure execution actually happens—not just plans
Requirements
- What We’re Looking For
- 1–4 years in a high-intensity role (startup, scale-up, or founder-led environment)
- Proven ownership mindset — you don’t wait to be told what to do
- Strong bias for action — you execute in hours, not days
- Structured thinking — you can break messy problems into clear steps
- High comfort with ambiguity and rapid context switching
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Experience in small teams (<20 people) preferred
- This Role Is For You If
- You thrive in ambiguity and fast-moving environments
- You prefer execution over meetings and theory
- You want direct exposure to how a profitable, bootstrapped company is scaled
- You want to work 1:1 with a founder shaping every part of the business
This is not a coordination role.
It is a founder-level execution role without the title, designed for someone who wants to sit inside the decision-making core of a high-growth, profitable business and help scale it through systems, speed, and ruthless prioritization.
Benefits
- Salary: $2k-$3k (depending on experience)
- Equity: 0.5% – 1% (4-year vesting, 1-year cliff; additional grants tied to milestones)
- Location: Fully remote
- Working hours: Flexible, with overlap required 12pm–5pm California time