Head of Stunt Marketing

Posted 8 Days Ago
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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
240K-260K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Software
The Role
Owns Polymarket’s guerilla and stunt marketing strategy and execution across live sports, news cycles, and cultural events. Responsibilities include identifying reactive opportunities, pitching concepts, managing permits, vendors, travel, talent, and on-site activations, monitoring social and sports news, maintaining a stunt pipeline, and measuring earned media, reach, and engagement. The role requires independent field execution, rapid decision-making, strong sports knowledge, and a proven record of viral campaigns.
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About Polymarket

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized "house," Polymarket aggregates diverse opinions into transparent, market-based probabilities that reflect collective expectations about the future.

We're growing fast, both in terms of volume ($21B traded in 2025) and adoption as an alternative news source. Our ambition is to become a ubiquitous beacon of truth in global media and we need your help adding fuel to the fire.

About the Role

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market, and sports is one of our biggest categories. The marketing team is small and moves fast. We don't have a big agency on retainer or a traditional campaign calendar. What we have is a platform that sits at the intersection of sports, news, and money, and a mandate to make the world aware of it in ways that actually stick.

This role exists because guerilla and stunt marketing is one of the highest-leverage things we can do, and we need a dedicated person who owns it end to end. You'll be the one watching the game, spotting the moment, and showing up with something that earns press and goes viral, not because it was planned six months out, but because you moved faster than everyone else. The person who held this role before built a real playbook here. Your job is to run it, expand it, and make it yours.

This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role. You'll work closely with the marketing lead and have real autonomy, but you'll also be expected to operate independently in the field, often on short notice. If you need a lot of structure or sign-off to act, this isn't the right fit. If you thrive on finding the moment and executing before it passes, keep reading.

What You'll Do
  • Identify stunt and activation concepts tied to live sports moments, news cycles, and cultural events, then pitch them fast with a clear point of view on why they'll land

  • Execute on-the-ground activations at stadiums, arenas, sports bars, and public venues, handling logistics, talent, materials, and timing yourself

  • Monitor social media and sports news in real time to spot openings for reactive content or physical activations before the moment passes

  • Coordinate all logistics for guerilla campaigns from concept through execution, including permits, vendors, travel, and on-site management

  • Build and maintain a pipeline of stunt ideas across the major sports calendar so the team is never starting from zero

  • Track campaign performance after each activation, pulling together data on reach, press pickups, social engagement, and earned media to inform what comes next

  • Represent Polymarket in the field in a way that reflects the brand, sharp, credible, and worth paying attention to

What We're Looking For
  • 5 or more years of experience in guerilla marketing, experiential marketing, or stunt-based brand work, with specific examples of campaigns you personally executed

  • A real track record of viral moments, not just campaigns that got approved, but things that actually spread and earned press coverage

  • High sports IQ across major American leagues, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college sports, with enough fluency to know which moments matter and why

  • Demonstrated ability to execute independently in the field, you've shown up somewhere with a plan and made it happen without a team of ten behind you

  • Comfort operating on short timelines, some of the best opportunities here will have a 24 to 48 hour window

  • (Plus) Existing relationships with sports journalists, beat reporters, or media personalities who cover games and culture

  • (Plus) Experience at a sports betting, DFS, or prediction market brand

  • (Plus) Familiarity with crypto or web3 environments and audiences

Benefits
  • Competitive salary & equity

  • Unlimited PTO

  • Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage

  • 401k match

  • Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories

Pay Transparency

Base salary range: $240,000 to $260,000, plus equity and benefits.

This is a good-faith range for the level we're hiring at. Experience varies widely within a title here, so if your expectations fall outside it, reach out anyway. We're always happy to talk it through.

Skills Required

  • 5 or more years of experience in guerilla marketing, experiential marketing, or stunt-based brand work
  • Specific examples of personally executed campaigns
  • Track record of viral moments and campaigns that earned press coverage
  • High sports IQ across NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college sports
  • Ability to execute independently in the field without a large supporting team
  • Comfort operating on short timelines, including 24- to 48-hour windows
  • Existing relationships with sports journalists, beat reporters, or media personalities
  • Experience at a sports betting, daily fantasy sports, or prediction market brand
  • Familiarity with crypto or Web3 environments and audiences
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The Company
HQ: New York, New York
84 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Polymarket is an information markets platform, where speculators bet on the world's most highly-debated topics (COVID, Politics, etc) — producing actionable insight on the matters most important to society, and helping you better plan for your future.

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