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John MearsJM

John Mears

Head of Marketing / Head of Content

€875/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About John

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Sighted
    Founder
    December 2025 - Today (8 months)
    Paris, France
    - Designing Engines that deliver Content that makes LLMs recommend you.
    - AEO audits to ensure LLMs can read and position your website.
    - Data-driven and strategic analysis of best content formats and channels for growth.
  • PhantomBuster
    Head of Marketing
    December 2021 - June 2026 (4 years and 6 months)
    Paris, France
    **Head of Marketing - reporting to CEO (7/23-7/26)


    - Scaled revenue from $3M to $15M ARR**
    - Owned revenue - pure PLG Motion (no Sales Team).
    - Doubled acquisition of new monthly MRR in 12 months.
    - Hired 6 people across Content, Growth and Product Marketing teams.
    - Launched AEO/GEO, Paid Channels and repositioned the brand, unlocking renewed growth,


    Revenue & Chief of Staff (12/21-7/23)

    Led strategic pivot from an automation store to a sales intelligence product unlocking new growth.

    - Managed 2022 and 2023 annual company strategic planning, financial modeling and OKR setting.
    - Head of Talent: Restructured PhantomBuster (cut 30%) and rebuilt leadership team
    - Ran key revenue initiatives (Community, Partner Programs, Pricing) and market research
    - Setup and chaired executive committee

  • Havr
    Co-Founder / COO / CMO
    January 2017 - December 2021 (4 years and 11 months)
    Paris, France
    Co-founded: HAVR (B2B SaaS + HaaS) - Raised Seed + Series A (6M€)
    Acquired by SFPI Group (500M€ revenue).

    Notable Achievements:

    - Hired 20+ teammates and built Ops & Marketing Teams (Growth, Content Marketing, Ops, HR)
    - Co-led 2 successful Financing rounds.
    - Led Marketing & PR: 250+ news features (including BBC, LesEchos, and all major French TV channels).
    - Co-led Enterprise Sales (EDF, Carrefour, Grosvenor, SNCF) & building distribution network.

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Education

  • Diploma, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Stanford University
    2021
    Diploma, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • BA
    University of Chester
    BA

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