Join Team Outsiders

You bring the skills. We bring the opportunity.
Team Outsiders are experienced marketing and sales specialists who bring deep, hands-on expertise to Chief Outsiders client engagements—turning growth strategy into campaigns, content, systems, and measurable results.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

What Makes a Strong Team Outsider

Deep expertise is only part of it. We're looking for practitioners who stay close to the work and know how to turn strategy into execution.

DO
Deep, hands-on expertise in a specific sales or marketing discipline — with results you can show, not just describe.
Current with the tools, platforms, and best practices in your specialty.
Comfortable taking defined strategy through hands-on execution yourself.
DON'T
Be looking to set strategy or direct the work rather than execute it yourself.
Bring executive leadership experience as a VP, CMO, or CSO? That's Chief Outsiders →
Be looking for guaranteed hours or a traditional full-time role.

WHERE OUR PRACTITIONERS WORK

Where Team Outsiders Go Deep

Our practitioners span the marketing and sales disciplines clients need to turn strategy into execution.

IN DEMAND

AI Search Readiness & Visibility

How AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews — interpret, rank, and cite brands.

Paid Media: Search, Social & Marketplace

Google Ads, Meta, retargeting, Amazon Ads, ChatGPT Ads — bid strategy, testing, performance.

Technical SEO

Audits, site architecture, structured data, migrations, Core Web Vitals.

On-Page & Content SEO

Content optimization, keyword strategy, local search, Google Business Profile.

Demand Generation & ABM

Account-based programmatic campaigns, intent data activation, target-account frameworks.

Marketing Automation, Email & CRM

HubSpot and comparable platforms — nurtures, workflows, lifecycle, segmentation, data quality.

Content Strategy & Writing

Editorial planning, production, repurposing — plus webinars and video direction.

Communications & PR

Messaging, press, thought leadership, executive and brand communications.

Organic Social & Community

Channel programs, engagement playbooks, education-first community participation.

Design & Brand Execution

Digital and social creative, collateral, templates, brand-consistent systems.

Website, UX & E-commerce

Site builds, conversion-focused UX, landing pages, platform and store integrations.

Product Marketing & Messaging

Positioning execution, segment messaging, launch and GTM activation.

Sales Enablement & Sales Ops

Enablement assets, sales-aligned messaging, pipeline-supporting process.

Analytics & Reporting

Executive dashboards, KPI frameworks, recurring performance reporting.

Program & Project Management

Cross-workstream roadmaps, milestones, keeping delivery on schedule and scope.

WHAT YOU GET

Why Become a Team Outsider

More opportunity. Less of the work around the work.

Project flow, not pitching

No selling or chasing work. Opportunities come to you, matched to your expertise.

Access bigger opportunities

Get brought into established engagements for your expertise, not who you know.

Retainers, not timesheets

Scope-defined retainers. You're trusted to deliver outcomes, not track hours.

Strategic air cover

CMOs and CSOs set the strategy, so you execute against an established plan.

Independent, but not alone

Keep your autonomy, with trusted practitioners to collaborate with and learn from.

An Outsider, not an outside vendor

You're part of Team Outsiders and embedded directly in client engagements.

HOW VETTING WORKS

Expertise You Can Demonstrate

We'll ask you to show us work you've personally delivered and connect us with people who've seen you do it. It's how we maintain the caliber clients expect from a Team Outsider.

1. Apply with your specialty

Tell us the discipline where you go deepest — not everything you've ever touched.

2. Show your work

Walk us through projects you personally executed and the measurable results they produced.

3. People who know your work

We talk with people who've seen you deliver firsthand.

Ready to put your expertise to work?

Join Team Outsiders and put your specialty to work on established client engagements.

 

Apply Now

Bring executive leadership experience as a VP, CMO, or CSO?
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