Thames Street Capital
Chief Executive Officer
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Founding Chief Executive Officer
London | Competitive CEO Salary + Equity + Bonus + Growth Capital
About the Job
Have you ever wanted to build your own social-first agency?
Thames Street Capital is looking for a founding-CEO to build their own social-first agency. We are a consumer commerce venture capital firm and our portfolio includes eVenturing (a 5-year old, London based company of 60 people managing over £500m annual revenue).
Starting your own business is hard. We lower the barrier to entry by putting you on a healthy CEO salary to remove the worry, providing the growth capital to turbo charge your success and build your team and, very uniquely, giving you access to an established client ecosystem.
Role summary
- Build a social-first agency from the ground up
- Set and execute the agency’s strategy and own the P&L
- Own client relationships, build on the existing ecosystem of commerce brands through warm introductions from companies in our portfolio
- Build the operating model, determine pricing and set delivery standards
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Ideal candidate
- A 0-1 operator
- Proven sales outcomes with a belief in founder-led sales
- Commercial acumen / owned a P&L or account portfolio
- Comfortable setting up an agency specializing in creator management, paid amplification and programmatic
- Hired and built teams from scratch
- Hungry for ownership, but without the risk of betting personal capital
- Experience working with FMCG challenger brands
Package
- Competitive CEO Salary
- Large equity stake
- Performance based bonus as the agency scales
- Growth capital to help turbo charge agency growth and build your team
- Access to an existing eco system within the investment group
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- Recruiter call – once you apply, if your application is aligned, our associate will reach out for an introductory conversation.
- Initial Chat with the investors - a conversation with the investor to learn more about your experience and how you’d approach the role.
- Case study – this consists of two steps; completing a case study and talking us through it, then some follow up questions to understand your approach and learn how you think.
- Cocreate your business plan - create the business plan for your social first agency with the support and mentorship from the investment group.
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