We are seeking actors to appear in our app-based video lessons as language teachers. In these video lessons, you’ll be seated behind a table facing a camera, and will deliver pre-written scripts containing explanations about language concepts and phrases for learners. While these lessons are not live, they are interactive. Scripts also contain questions to the user, as well as a variety of responses based on their performance. When a user goes through a video lesson, the video recording of your teaching will play, along with opportunities for the app user to practice the language you are teaching.

Bilingual Spanish teachers will act out scripts that teach Spanish to speakers of English.

Notes:

• Actors for this role must be bilingual in Spanish and English.

• We have a strong preference for native Spanish speakers and/or heritage Spanish speakers. Those who learned Spanish in high school or college will not qualify.

• We want the Spanish to be delivered in a neutral Latin American Spanish accent.

• For native Spanish speakers, having an accent in English is ok, as long as your delivery of English lines is very clear, fluent, and easily comprehensible by English speakers.

Example Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Hy5bPeOUk

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

As an AI Product Engineer at Speak, you’ll be at the forefront of building the future of language learning and the best path to language fluency. You’ll be responsible for building novel product experiences powered by LLMs and shipping them into production to millions of users.

Your work will cover the full stack and more: from evaluating models and testing prompts to developing different aspects of Speak like our conversational onboarding experience, AI roleplays and answer explanations, and dynamic lessons tailored to individual users’ strengths and weaknesses.

We’re pushing the boundaries of LLM capabilities to deliver an amazing and unmatched language learning experience teaching users in over 30 countries globally today.

What you'll be doing

• Build and ship LLM-powered language learning products across the full stack, and improve the quality and performance of existing AI-powered features across Speak

• Collaborate cross-functionally with other Engineering teams, Applied ML, Product, Design, and Content.

• Improve how we build LLM apps, including best practices around prompting, experimentation, LLM Ops, measuring quality & performance, and other tooling.

• Help evaluate and productize various types of LLMs for our product use cases, including fine-tuning as needed

What we're looking for

• 5+ years experience in fullstack, product-focused software engineering: our product engineering stack is React/Node/Typescript

  • Bonus: proficiency in Python

• Experience building and shipping LLM apps into production, and evaluating & improving performance over time after deployment

  • You should already have a well-developed sense through experience of what works and doesn’t work when building LLM apps

• Experience with LLM Ops & tooling (e.g. vector databases, RAG, prompt ops)

• Obsession with LLMs & the future of AI-powered language learning

  • You’ve probably done several LLM hackathons, built several side projects, tried out many types of models, and use ChatGPT daily

  • You’re on top of the latest news, tooling, and techniques: advanced prompting & chaining, function calling, embeddings, evals, etc.

• Strong product sense: ability to think broadly/cross-functionally about novel LLM-powered capabilities and product experiences

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

We are looking for an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to join our team and play a critical role in improving the empirical best practices surrounding LLM usage, enhancing content personalization, and building out an assessment system to track learner progress. You will work closely with Product teams to design innovative learning experiences and measure the efficacy of production models as they affect our end users. We are a small, dynamic team where you will likely also contribute as a developer and thought partner on broader team projects like ASR, assessment, content personalization, and much more. This is an incredibly exciting time to join an ML team designing a personalized learning experience that will revolutionize language learning for millions of learners worldwide — come join us!

What you'll be doing

• Improving the experimentation best practices around prompt engineering and LLM inference (e.g. A/B testing, metrics and monitoring, evaluation framework)

• Leveraging generative LMs to superpower our content writing and internal tooling

• Working closely with the Product team to enhance our AI-powered lessons

  • adding a memory module, dynamically generating lessons/curriculum, personalizing content based on user interests/learning styles

• Collaborating to build out language assessments and a proficiency tracking system, to measure and communicate progress and to track errors

• Supporting the broader Speech & ML team (e.g. developing and localizing ASR models)

What we're looking for

• Extensive experience training and deploying custom deep learning models to production (experience with NLP and Language Modeling strongly preferred)

• Proficiency in Python and common Deep Learning frameworks like PyTorch

• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex ML concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Sharp product sense and an ability to think broadly and cross-functionally about model quality in the context of user experience

• Bonus

  • Experience in speech or audio

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

We are looking for an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to join our team and help develop cutting-edge phoneme recognition models to provide learners with effective pronunciation feedback. In this role you will take ownership of the end-to-end modeling pipeline, from training and experimentation to deployment and monitoring. You will also work closely with Product teams to design innovative learning experiences and measure the efficacy of production models as they affect our end users. We are a small, dynamic team where you will likely also contribute as a developer and thought partner on broader team projects like ASR, assessment, content personalization, and much more. This is an incredibly exciting time to join an ML team designing a personalized learning experience that will revolutionize language learning for millions of learners worldwide — come join us!

What you'll be doing

• Training and deploying phoneme recognition models end-to-end, including monitoring, performance tracking, and retraining

• Expanding our Pronunciation Coach to provide precise feedback and integrate more broadly across our learning platform

• Tracking metrics to measure performance of existing phoneme models across markets

• Building out an assessment system to provide nuanced feedback on pronunciation, intonation, prosody, and more

• Building and maintaining data infrastructure; i.e. audio data pipelines, training/evaluation datasets creation and management, labeling/active learning loop

• Supporting the broader Speech & ML team (e.g. developing and localizing ASR models)

What we're looking for

• Extensive experience training and deploying custom deep learning models to production (experience with audio/speech strongly preferred)

• Proficiency in Python and common Deep Learning frameworks like PyTorch

• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex ML concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Sharp product sense and an ability to think broadly and cross-functionally about model quality in the context of user experience

• Bonus

  • Experience in speech or phoneme recognition

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

As an Android Engineer on Speak’s engineering team, you will be responsible for a variety of features including improving how we serve our content, run A/B tests on monetization features, support launching of new markets and new languages. You will collaborate closely with backend engineers and our partners in Product and Design. You’ll be responsible for shipping product features to millions of users.

What you'll be doing

• Improve “freemium” experience to increase conversions

• Support launching of new markets and new languages

• Implement various paywall tests, such as pricing, design changes, delayed paywalls, discounted offers, etc.

• Improving our text to speech system

• Improving our audio and video streaming systems

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of industry experience working as a Mobile Engineer, preferably in a fast-paced startup environment

  • bonus: worked on an app that has been used by 1M users

• Proficiency in Kotlin, with a strong understanding of common mobile architectures including MVC/MVVM

  • bonus: Experience in Jetpack Compose

  • bonus: Experience in mobile streaming technologies (websockets, ll-hls)

• Reactive programming(RX Java, etc)

• Knowledgable in mobile build practices(eg jenkins, bitrise)

• Knowledgable in Google Play Billing

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, and the ability to work independently or as part of a team

• Coach and mentor other engineers

• Strong product sense: ability to think broadly/cross-functionally about product experiences

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

As an iOS Engineer on Speak’s engineering team, you will be responsible for a variety of areas including improving how we serve our content, run A/B tests on monetization features, and supporting the launching of new markets and new languages. You will collaborate closely with backend engineers and our partners in Product and Design. You’ll be responsible for shipping product features to millions of users.

What you'll be doing

• Improve “freemium” experience to increase conversions

• Support the launching of new markets and new languages

• Implement various paywall tests, such as pricing, design changes, delayed paywalls, discounted offers, etc.

• Improve our speech-to-text system

• Improve our audio and video streaming systems

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of industry experience working as a Mobile Engineer, preferably in a fast-paced startup environment

  • bonus: worked on an app that has been used by 1M users

• Proficiency in Swift, with a strong understanding of common mobile architectures including MVC/MVVM

  • bonus: Experience in SwiftUI

  • bonus: Experience in mobile streaming technologies (websockets, ll-hls)

• Reactive programming(RX Java, etc)

• Knowledgable in mobile build practices(eg jenkins, bitrise)

• Knowledgable in Apple StoreKit/RevenueCat

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, and the ability to work independently or as part of a team

• Coach and mentor other engineers

• Strong product sense: ability to think broadly/cross-functionally about product experiences

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

We are looking for a full-time customer service agent to service our Mandarin and Korean speaking customers.

We are looking for customer and product advocate, who helps resolves customer issues but also helps our product and engineering team improve our product to prevent future customer issues. This agent has prior experience in customer service.

This agent is also passionate about technology and improving the lives of our customers.

What you’ll be doing

As a Customer Service Agent at Speak, your responsibilities will include:

• Responding to customer inquiries in a timely, professional, and respectful manner through various communication channels.

• Ensuring that customer questions are fully understood and resolved by providing accurate answers and solutions.

• Collaborating with other customer support staff and colleagues from different departments to efficiently address and resolve students' inquiries.

• Collecting feedback from users and reporting it to promote product optimization.

• Achieving or exceeding KPI targets for effectiveness and efficiency in providing customer service.

What we’re looking for?

• Fluency in Mandarin, with experience working in multiple languages

• 1+ Years of customer service experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Mandarin and English

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically

• Familiarity with customer service software and tools

• Knowledge of the Taiwanese language and culture is a plus

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About the role

Are you passionate about driving marketing strategy and growth in a global market? Speak is looking for an experienced, motivated Growth Marketer to join our team and make a significant impact on our global expansion. As the first central marketing hire, you'll be responsible for launch marketing management, centralized website management, standardized reporting, centralized asset library, new channel testing, and central social account management. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the success of a consumer language learning app with a novel product experience.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and execute a global go-to-market (GTM) strategy, working closely with our Bizops, Product, ML, and Content teams

• Collaborate with our Korean/Japan marketing teams to implement successful strategies and adapt them to new markets

• Manage paid marketing campaigns, optimizing spend and conversions across various channels

• Establish and manage centralized website management and infrastructure with international SEO in mind

• Create and maintain an English asset library for streamlined marketing efforts

• Test and implement new marketing channels to drive growth and awareness

• Set up and manage central social accounts for efficient communication and brand consistency

• Develop and execute lifecycle campaigns to improve in-app retention and conversion rates

• Conduct user interviews to better understand messaging and branding effectiveness

• Collaborate with designers, developers, and other stakeholders to create high-converting marketing materials

• Build and oversee the Central marketing team, working independently yet closely with other regional marketing teams

What we're looking for

• Proven track record of driving awareness and growth for consumer products in global markets

• Extensive experience in both paid marketing and organic growth channels

• Strong technical and quantitative skills to optimize growth marketing strategies analytically

• Broad exposure to the entire consumer marketing stack with the ability to be effective across all channels

• Experience conducting user interviews and understanding effective messaging and branding strategies

• Ability to collaborate with designers and other stakeholders to develop high-converting marketing materials

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

We are looking for a full-time Japanese English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) content writer to join Speak’s content team in creating high-quality language learning in-app content for the Japanese market.

We are looking for a superstar writer and curriculum developer who understands Japanese English learners' thought processes when approaching English learning. We seek someone who has a full understanding of Japanese and English as languages AND has a history of successfully teaching or creating learning modules/materials for English learners in Japan.

In addition to script-writing, teaching, and curriculum expertise, we also want this role to have a strong product sense and understanding of how best teaching and technology can be integrated through content.

What you’ll be doing

• Curriculum design and writing - Design curriculum and write learning materials (e.g., lesson scripts, activities, vocabulary lists) in a systematic way for English learners (and especially Japanese English learners) at different levels of English proficiency.

• Manage or facilitate content projects - Either having end-to-end ownership or participating in content projects from content planning to writing, to production all the way to launch.

• Content maintenance and iteration - Iterate and polish content based on QA, user testing, user feedback, and/or peer review.

• Translation and localization - Perform English-Japanese translation and localization for in-app learning and marketing content.

• Content development and prototyping - Participate in developing innovative learning content powered by advanced AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning) technology.

• Content strategies and decision-making - Participate in content team meetings, discussions, and decision-making; As a member of the Japan content team, facilitate the development of content strategies that suit Japan’s market needs and are aligned with the company's vision and goals.

• Communication and collaboration with international team members - This can take place face-to-face, remotely, asynchronously, or through business travel, whichever makes sense.

What we’re looking for

• Experience and expertise in English teaching curriculum design and pedagogy

• Strong curriculum planning and writing skills

• Native Japanese and near-native English writing and speaking skills

• Deep understanding of the status quo of English learning in Japan and empathy for Japanese English learners

• Strong product sense when designing and writing content with great attention to detail

• Strong willingness and collaboration skills for content planning, operations, and strategy

• Passion for technology-assisted language learning and willingness to learn and use advanced technologies for all aspects of work (Notion, internal tools, etc.)

• A fast learner, team player, skilled communicator, and creative problem-solver

Nice to have

• Translation/localization experience preferred

• Content development and project management experience preferred

• Basic data analytics knowledge and experience preferred

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

We’re looking for a Growth Marketing Manager who will be responsible for generating, managing, and executing growth initiatives to drive user acquisition in Japan as we continue to scale.

The ideal candidate is someone who can identify and implement unconventional ideas to fuel our growth and has previous experience in multiple-channel marketing, such as performance marketing, ASO/SEO, affiliates, influencer marketing, and CRM.

This role will report directly to the Head of Japan while working in close liaison with our global teams in US, Europe, and Korea.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop and execute digital marketing initiatives for local marketing channels

• Optimize ROAS/ROI for paid marketing channels

• Directly manage ads on large platforms e.g. Apple, Google, Meta, and Twitter

• Set and run multiple experiments from scratch

• Complete weekly and monthly reports accurately

• Lead CRM strategies and activities

• Communicate and collaborate with global teams in English on a daily basis

• Analyze overall market trends in Japan

• Manage ad-hoc projects

What we’re looking for?

• 3+ years of experience in marketing

• Hands-on experience in managing ads on large media platforms (e.g. Google, Meta, Apple, Twitter and/or ad networks)

• Strong track record of achieving goals and exceeding business expectations

• Highly analytical and number-driven

• Entrepreneurial mindset & self-motivated

• Ability to work under pressure, quickly adapt, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously

• Start-up experience is strongly preferred

• Native Japanese & Business English is mandatory

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

As go-to-market lead of the LATAM region, you will be responsible for growing our main line of business, launching new countries, and full owning execution and strategy in-market. Speak has rapidly become the #1 English app in Korea by almost every measure and the business line has well surpassed $10M in annual revenue with nearly 4% of South Koreans signed up to date. 2023 is already our most exciting year of growth to date with a huge slate of initiatives and new markets scheduled to launch + grow.

As GTM, you will be in charge of leading and growing our LATAM efforts, building on what works in existing markets and adding localized marketing and strategy to succeed with a new audience.

At Speak, we believe strongly in the idea of having a strong local leader who can autonomously execute our strategy in a way that is highly localized to the market. As a result of this, it’s crucial this person has a strong relationship with our leadership team in SF and is able to be an effective bridge between central resources and local execution.

This role is highly entrepreneurial and therefore it’s likely the candidate will have previously started a company or may be interested in starting something in the future.

What you’ll be doing

• Identify the biggest growth opportunities and lead strategic initiatives for the LATAM market

• Own the performance of the LATAM market across all key metrics

• Formulate a cohesive market strategy and spearhead the effort to grow the LATAM market and launch new individual regions

• Lead the quarterly planning process and be responsible for performance goals

• Serve as the link between the LATAM team and the SF office (headquarters)

• Communicate product needs to HQ, work closely with product/engineering to deliver on them

• Build strong relationships with cross-functional global teams

• Establish policies that promote company culture and vision

• Coach, mentor, and develop team members to achieve business objectives and ensure team motivation

What we’re looking for

• Should have at least 7-10 years of experience in tech startups

• Must be fluent in verbal and written communication skills in both English and Spanish, including the ability to cultivate internal and external relationships

• Strong track record of achieving goals and exceeding business expectations

• Experience being involved in high-growth, high-impact projects

• A demonstrated ability to establish, maintain and grow business relationships successfully, with an emphasis on marketing and business

• Start-up experience strongly preferred

• Able to be comfortable with ambiguity

• Strong leadership qualities with the ability to build high-performance teams.

• Someone who is passionate about the problem and mission we're trying to solve

• Willing to travel as needed to HQ (San Francisco, CA)

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

About this role

As go-to-market lead of the Mandarin countries, you will be responsible for growing our main line of business, launching new countries, and full owning execution and strategy in-market. Speak has rapidly become the #1 English app in Korea by almost every measure and the business line has well surpassed $10M in annual revenue with nearly 4% of South Koreans signed up to date. 2023 is already our most exciting year of growth to date with a huge slate of initiatives and new markets scheduled to launch + grow.

As GTM, you will be in charge of leading and growing our Mandarin efforts, building on what works in existing markets and adding localized marketing and strategy to succeed with a new audience.

At Speak, we believe strongly in the idea of having a strong local leader who can autonomously execute our strategy in a way that is highly localized to the market. As a result of this, it’s crucial this person has a strong relationship with our leadership team in SF and is able to be an effective bridge between central resources and local execution.

This role is highly entrepreneurial and therefore it’s likely the candidate will have previously started a company or may be interested in starting something in the future.

What you’ll be doing

• Identify the biggest growth opportunities and lead strategic initiatives for Mandarin countries

• Own the performance of Mandarin countries across all key metrics

• Formulate a cohesive market strategy and spearhead the effort to grow the Mandarin market and launch new individual regions

• Lead the quarterly planning process and be responsible for performance goals

• Serve as the link between the Mandarin team and the SF office (headquarter)

• Communicate product needs to HQ, work closely with product/engineering to deliver on them

• Build strong relationships with cross-functional global teams

• Establish policies that promote company culture and vision

• Coach, mentor, and develop team members to achieve business objectives and ensure team motivation

What we’re looking for

• Should have at least 7-10 years of experience in tech startups

• Must be fluent in verbal and written communication skills in both English and Mandarin, including the ability to cultivate internal and external relationships

• Strong track record of achieving goals and exceeding business expectations

• Experience being involved in high-growth, high-impact projects

• A demonstrated ability to establish, maintain and grow business relationships successfully, with an emphasis on marketing and business

• Start-up experience strongly preferred

• Able to be comfortable with ambiguity

• Strong leadership qualities with the ability to build high-performance teams.

• Someone who is passionate about the problem and mission we're trying to solve

• Willing to travel as needed to HQ (San Francisco, CA)

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design (digital) – create brand and message centric design for websites, mobile apps, banner ads, email campaigns and other digital platforms.

• Design (traditional) – create designs for print, brochures, catalogs, print media and other traditional non-digital platforms

• Creating & Implementing Ideas – work with creative director, account managers and copywriters to concept and visualize new ideas for key clients.

• Convert knowledge and knowhow in designing, creating and producing top agency quality design and other creative elements for clients.

  Present creative design concepts to clients

• Create end-to-end design working from concept to project completion.

• Consistently capture the essence, message, brand, vision, and vibe in a creative design or other creative elements as dictated by the client or other stakeholders.

• Interpret client and project briefs and create great design.

• Brainstorm and provide creative input to help bring forth new and innovative designs and other creative elements.

Requirements:

• 2+ Years of design experience

• A portfolio

• Must be able to design in English and one of the following langauges

  • Mandarin (Taiwan and Hong Kong)

  • Spanish

  • German

  • French

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Speak is looking for an experienced, motivated Growth Marketer to join our team and make a significant impact on our US expansion, taking a product that has already become a market-topping app across Asia to the English-speaking world. As a key marketing hire, you'll be responsible for US marketing management, centralized website management, standardized reporting, developing a centralized asset library, new channel testing, and US social account management. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the success of a consumer language learning app with a novel product experience.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and execute on our US (& other English speaking markets) go-to-market (GTM) strategy, working closely with our Bizops, Product, ML, and Content teams

• Collaborate with our Korean/Japan marketing teams to implement successful strategies and adapt them to the English speaking world

• Manage paid marketing campaigns, optimizing spend and conversions across various channels

• Establish and manage centralized website management and infrastructure with international SEO in mind

• Create and maintain an English asset library for streamlined marketing efforts

• Test and implement new marketing channels to drive growth and awareness

• Set up and manage central social accounts for efficient communication and brand consistency

• Develop and execute lifecycle campaigns to improve in-app retention and conversion rates

• Conduct user interviews to better understand messaging and branding effectiveness

• Collaborate with designers, developers, and other stakeholders to create high-converting marketing materials

• Build and oversee the Central marketing team, working independently yet closely with other regional marketing teams

• Establish a scalable partnership infrastructure and manage affiliate channels

What we're looking for

• Proven track record of driving awareness and growth for consumer products in global markets

• Extensive experience in both paid marketing and organic growth channels

• Strong technical and quantitative skills to optimize growth marketing strategies analytically

• Broad exposure to the entire consumer marketing stack with the ability to be effective across all channels

• Experience conducting user interviews and understanding effective messaging and branding strategies

• Ability to collaborate with designers and other stakeholders to develop high-converting marketing materials

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing super quickly, we just raised our Series B and an additional extension from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 30 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.