Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review is seeking an entrepreneurial Audience Growth & Acquisition Consultant to enhance their audience reach and engagement. The role involves developing and executing strategies for audience acquisition, utilizing various channels and platforms to build sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive audience growth strategy that reduces dependence on search traffic
• Identify and evaluate new audience acquisition opportunities across paid, organic, and partnership channels
• Establish testing frameworks to assess channel performance and optimize spending
• Develop strategies for engaging audiences on platforms such as Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and emerging channels
• Identify communities and conversations where Tricycle’s content can provide genuine value
• Build relationships with influencers, creators, teachers, organizations, and online communities aligned with Tricycle’s mission
• Create approaches for community participation that are authentic and trust-building rather than purely promotional
• Plan, manage, and optimize paid campaigns across platforms including Google, Meta, YouTube, Reddit, and others as appropriate
• Monitor customer acquisition costs, conversion rates, and lifetime value metrics
• Develop audience segmentation and retargeting strategies
• Grow newsletter subscriptions through content marketing, partnerships, and conversion optimization
• Develop strategies for moving audiences from first engagement to subscription, course enrollment, event participation, and recurring support
• Track and report on audience acquisition, engagement, conversion, and retention metrics
• Monitor developments in AI search, content discovery, and digital publishing
• Translate data into actionable recommendations for editorial and marketing teams

Skills

• 5+ years of experience in audience development, growth marketing, digital publishing, media, nonprofit marketing, or related fields
• Demonstrated success acquiring audiences through channels other than organic search
• Experience with paid acquisition platforms, including Meta, Google, YouTube, Reddit, and/or LinkedIn
• Strong understanding of content marketing, newsletter growth, conversion funnels, and audience development
• Familiarity with the impact of AI-generated search results and changing content-discovery patterns
• Experience using analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Looker Studio, Mixpanel, or similar platforms
• Excellent communication skills and a willingness to collaborate across editorial, marketing, and product teams
• Experience working with mission-driven organizations, media companies, membership organizations, or nonprofits
• Familiarity with Buddhism, contemplative practice, spirituality, psychology, or adjacent subject areas
• Experience developing partnerships with creators, podcasts, newsletters, educational organizations, or cultural institutions
• Knowledge of community-led growth strategies and audience development within values-based organizations

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