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title: 'Chief of Staff to the CEO at Darkroom'
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# Chief of Staff to the CEO at Darkroom

- **Company:** Darkroom
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/darkroom/a122cabc-dbdb-4321-8291-0d9005c3e4e3

## Job description

## Who we are

Darkroom is a tech-enabled growth firm growing rapidly, with 150+ people and clients like Adobe, Amazon, Fanatics and Olipop. Shadow is the most advanced marketing agent in the world. We're building an operating system for marketing teams to change the entire advertising model. We're moving fast toward a total disruption of the advertising market, leading with services and innovating with software.

Location: New York, 40 Wall St. In person.

The job You work directly with me on whatever matters most that week. Some weeks that's the fundraise. Some weeks it's fixing a broken team, pricing a new product, or closing a deal. You own it until it's done. Over time, this seat leads to running a line of the business yourself.

- Run the operating rhythm: leadership, metrics, board and investor prep
- Help me manage the executive team: set priorities, hold owners to their commitments, and surface problems before they reach me
- Lead capital raising with me: model, data room, narrative, investor pipeline
- Take on the hardest projects in the company, start to finish, including M&A and Shadow
- Be my second brain: decide what needs me, and handle what doesn't
- Make the company faster with AI, starting with your own work

You

- Unusually sharp. You learn fast and think clearly on paper
- 2 to 7 years in investment banking, consulting, or a fund, where you've lived in models and closed real deals
- Early in your career, hungry, and not yet set in big-company habits
- You can earn the trust of senior leaders and push them without a title doing it for you
- You finish things nobody asked you to finish
- Low ego, high bar
- In NYC, in the office

What It's Like to Work at Darkroom Darkroom is not a typical agency. We're looking for A players who want to build something great. We move fast, think deeply, and expect everyone to bring insight and rigor to everything they touch. We hold a high bar for performance, creativity and ownership, and we support each other relentlessly. No egos, no red tape. We believe in autonomy with accountability, truth over comfort, and outcomes over optics.

- Unlimited PTO + US holidays: Rebooting is part of the work.
- In person in NYC: You'll work from our New York office at 40 Wall St, side by side with the CEO.
- Health & Wellness: Company-sponsored medical, dental and vision coverage.
- Finances and retirement: A 401(k) with company match and profit-sharing opportunities.
- Parental Leave: Flexible parental leave for new parents.
- Growth: A direct path to running a line of the business.
- Compensation: The base salary range for this role is $175,000 to $225,000 per year, with eligibility for an annual bonus of up to 25% of base salary. The compensation package also includes equity participation. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, and qualifications, with equity grants subject to the company's equity plan and applicable approval processes.

How to Apply Send your resume and three sentences on the hardest thing you've figured out on your own.

## Equal Opportunity Statement

Darkroom is an equal opportunity workplace. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

## About Darkroom

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Darkroom is a full-service digital growth marketing agency that combines human expertise with a proprietary AI commerce layer (Shadow) to drive measurable revenue for consumer brands across paid media, e-commerce marketplaces, and social commerce.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Lucas DiPietrantonio (CEO) and Peter Gao (Managing Director, Social Commerce) – both recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 for their contributions to marketing & advertising [darkroomagency.com/about](https://www.darkroomagency.com/about)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Advertising Services / Digital Marketing
- **Target Customers**: Growth-stage consumer brands (B2C) – mid-market to enterprise, including DTC, e-commerce marketplace, and social commerce companies.
- **Mission**: “The growth marketing agency built for the AI Era” – focused on delivering trackable revenue growth through a blend of senior human talent and an agentic AI technology stack [darkroomagency.com](https://www.darkroomagency.com/)

## Products & Services
Darkroom’s services are organized under five core verticals, each supported by their AI platform Shadow:

- **Paid Media Management**: Full-funnel strategies across paid social, connected TV, paid search, programmatic, retail media, and mobile. Manages over $250M in media spend.
- **Performance Creative**: Short-form video, UGC, AI-generated ads, static design, and motion graphics – treated as the primary growth lever.
- **E-Commerce Marketplace Management**: Amazon and TikTok Shop management including strategy, advertising, creative, inventory, and SEO.
- **Retention Marketing**: Email, SMS, and lifecycle campaigns to maximize customer lifetime value.
- **AI Marketing (Shadow)**: A universal commerce layer that powers AI search (SEO, GEO, AI search ads), agentic commerce, sentiment analysis, and content creation – deeply embedded into every client team.
- **Supporting Offerings**: Growth strategy, conversion rate optimization, website development (Shopify), organic social management, creator program management, design studio, and financial services.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held)
- **Key Metric**: The company has generated over $1B in trackable revenue for clients; manages over $250M in media across channels [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/darkroomagency)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors (bootstrapped). Clients include **Olipop, TOTEME, Unilever, Amazon, Everlane, Adobe, Sauz, VYBES, Verb Energy**.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Named to the **Inc. 5000** list of fastest-growing private companies in America.
  - Employee headcount: **96** (+35.2% YoY) with hubs in **New York, Lisbon, São Paulo, and Barcelona**.
  - Operates across **17 countries** with a global team.
  - Active job postings: **28** (though trending down recently) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/darkroomagency)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First AI-native agency**: Shadow is built into every team and workflow, giving clients an integrated human-AI marketing team.
- **Top-heavy, senior-first model**: Leadership and senior talent are directly involved in client accounts, ensuring strategic depth.
- **Design-grade creative**: One of the few performance agencies with a Chief Creative Officer and in-house design studio, infusing brand-quality creative into performance marketing.
- **Omni-channel integration**: Manages all major commerce channels (Amazon, TikTok Shop, DTC, Retail) as one unified program.
- **Proven track record**: Billions in client revenue and hundreds of millions in media under management provide proprietary data and insights.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the AI platform**: Shadow is being positioned as a universal commerce layer, with investments in agentic commerce, AI search, and automated workflows.
- **Global hub expansion**: Growing teams in Lisbon, São Paulo, and Barcelona to access diverse talent and support a 24/5 operational model.
- **Deep vertical specialization**: Continuing to concentrate on high-growth consumer verticals (CPG, fashion, beauty, health/wellness) rather than expanding horizontally.
- **Productization of services**: Blending services with technology to offer retainer-based and outcome-based partnerships.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Built for the AI future” – employees are expected to work alongside AI tools daily; strong emphasis on output, innovation, and continuous learning.
- **Work policy**: Remote-first with physical hubs in New York, Lisbon, São Paulo, and Barcelona. All employees operate on EST time and gather for team meetups and annual company events.
- **Perks**: Unlimited PTO (with a minimum of 14 days plus holidays), 401k with company match, medical/dental/vision for US employees, performance bonuses, and clear internal promotion paths based on results.
- **Engineering focus**: The Full Stack Engineer role (Shadow) offers $170K–$200K salary, indicating strong investment in technical talent [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Darkroom-3).
- **Talent base**: High-caliber peers from top agencies (VaynerMedia, Wpromote, Hawke Media) and companies (Accenture, Google).

## Sources
1. [darkroomagency.com](https://www.darkroomagency.com/)
2. [darkroomagency.com/careers](https://www.darkroomagency.com/careers)
3. [darkroomagency.com/about](https://www.darkroomagency.com/about)
4. [linkedin.com/company/darkroomagency](https://www.linkedin.com/company/darkroomagency)
5. [indeed.com/cmp/Darkroom-3](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Darkroom-3)

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