Oakland · East Bay · Remote
A fractional CMO and marketing team for Oakland startups.
Oakland founders build lean and ship fast. Your marketing should too. The Growth Gremlin gives East Bay SaaS, healthtech, AI and consumer startups senior marketing leadership plus a hands on crew, without the cost of a full time CMO.
What we do for Oakland founders
Fractional CMO
Senior marketing leadership for Oakland startups that need a strategy, a budget plan and pipeline the board can believe in.
GTM launch sprints
Positioning, messaging and launch plans for East Bay teams taking a new product to market.
Growth & performance marketing
Paid ads, media buying, SEO, AEO and lifecycle email built for repeatable customer acquisition.
Branding & design
Brand identity, websites and design systems that help an Oakland startup look like the category leader.
See every flavor on the services page, or read our client stories.
Why Oakland teams pick a fractional CMO over an agency
- One senior team owns strategy and execution, so nothing gets lost between account managers.
- Flexible scope: pick only what you need from the pantry and scale monthly.
- Remote first, so your budget goes into campaigns, not agency overhead.
- Built for startups across B2C, SMB, B2B2C, healthtech, AI and SaaS.
Also serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Palo Alto.
Oakland marketing questions
Causing mayhem in your funnel since day one.