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Cie

Cie

Venture studio ideating and building ventures

Marketing Coordinator

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Irvine, CA, USA
In Person

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, Business, or a related field is required.
  • At least 3 years of experience in a marketing, brand, social media, or other customer-facing role is required.
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with creators, brand partners, and internal teams.
  • Manage multiple priorities simultaneously using strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Creatively solve problems and execute with attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
  • Adapt to ambiguity in a rapidly changing environment.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in key performance indicator reporting, data analysis, storytelling, and making strategic recommendations.
  • Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
  • Build and maintain strategic relationships with content creators to foster long-term partnerships, brand advocacy, and authentic audience engagement.
  • Develop creative assets, social media and email campaigns, marketing copy, and content that strengthens brand storytelling and audience engagement.
  • Identify emerging content trends and platform innovations across social media.
  • Partner with the Audience Growth team to analyze campaign performance, interpret key metrics, and translate insights into data-informed marketing strategies.
  • Represent the brand at automotive events by engaging with creators, enthusiasts, and industry partners, and transform event moments into social content.
  • Coordinate project workflows and keep deliverables on track across internal teams, agency partners, and creators.
  • Lead bi-monthly cross-functional meetings covering campaign objectives, project milestones, performance insights, and upcoming initiatives.
  • Maintain organized project documentation and digital asset management systems, keeping files, creative assets, and marketing materials current and accurate.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in the automotive, motorsports, lifestyle, consumer, or enthusiast brand space.
  • Experience managing creator and influencer relationships, social media communities, or brand ambassador programs.
  • Experience supporting live events and brand activations.
  • Passion for automotive culture, vehicles, and the enthusiast community.

About the company

Cie Digital Labs partners with entrepreneurs and corporate leaders to build new ventures inside a venture-studio framework, turning ideas into operating businesses. They guide ideas from concept to launch through stages like ideation, design, development, and scaling, providing strategy, execution, and access to resources, including equity in the ventures. They blend dreamers, funders, builders, and accelerators in an end-to-end venture-creation process and have worked with clients such as Petco, Nitto, and Pilot Flying J. Their goal is to create and scale profitable real-world ventures that deliver measurable value for clients and stakeholders.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Irvine, California

Founded

1998

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Built In named Cie a Best Place to Work in 2026.
  • Nativo's Life360 deal signals strong buyer appetite for Cie-built assets.
  • Longève and new startups broaden revenue beyond consulting into owned venture equity.

What critics are saying

  • Cie relies on a few breakout exits; one failed portfolio cycle hits returns hard.
  • Longève enters crowded plant-based shelves; weak demand burns capital fast.
  • If Nativo integration stumbles before January 2026 close, Cie's marquee proof weakens.

What makes Cie unique

  • Cie turned Nativo into a $120 million Life360 acquisition in 2025.
  • Cie combines venture studio execution with corporate innovation services for enterprise partners.
  • Cie launched Longève, showing it can build consumer brands, not just software.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Vacation

Profit Sharing

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

13%

1 year growth

13%

2 year growth

13%
GlobeNewswire
Nov 13th, 2025
Turning Vision Into Value: Cie Portfolio Win as Nativo Is Acquired for $120M

Turning vision into value: Cie portfolio win as Nativo is acquired for $120M. Cie venture studio continues to deliver industry-leading outcomes as Nativo joins Life360's mission to connect brands with modern families. IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Cie, a venture studio, announced today that its portfolio company Nativo, a leading advertising technology provider, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Life360 (Nasdaq: LIF). The transaction, valued at approximately $120 million in cash and stock, marks another successful outcome of Cie's venture studio model. * Nativo joins a growing list of Cie-built companies that have been acquired such as Cie Games, ASAP Tire, and Titan School Solutions * The acquisition advances Life360's advertising platform by combining family and location insights with Nativo's premium publisher reach * Investors in Nativo include Signia Venture Partners, Greycroft, RezVen Partners, 1745 Ventures (formerly BDMI), and Advanced Venture Partners Nativo's acquisition by Life360 is another validation of the venture studio model we've built at Cie. Founded and incubated by Justin Choi and Cie in 2010, Nativo has become a leading platform for delivering premium, contextually relevant advertising experiences that seamlessly integrate with publisher content. Cie partnered closely with Nativo's founding team to provide early strategic direction, product acceleration, and capital access that helped position the company as a trusted leader in the ad tech industry. "Nativo's acquisition by Life360 is another validation of the venture studio model we've built at Cie," said Anderee Berengian, Co-Founder and CEO of Cie. "By embedding our team alongside visionary founders like Justin Choi, we're able to accelerate innovation and scale companies toward meaningful outcomes. Nativo has been at the forefront of shaping what effective, non-intrusive advertising can be, and we're proud to have been a part of its journey from concept to category leader." Life360's acquisition of Nativo will unite its rich first-party family and location insights with Nativo's advanced advertising technology and publisher network, helping brands reach families with relevant messages across more channels. The transaction is expected to close in January 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. About Cie Cie is a venture studio that serves as an innovation lab and accelerator for bold entrepreneurs who want to transform disruptive ideas into thriving ventures. Cie blends Silicon Valley DNA with the business maturity of serial entrepreneurs, seasoned venture capitalists, and Fortune 500 executives. Combined with the team's strategic and operational expertise in technology, product development, brand building, and customer acquisition, Cie consistently drives positive outcomes across a wide range of business challenges. Cie's venture portfolio includes Cie Games (acquired by Glu Mobile), ASAP Tire (acquired by Tire Rack), Titan School Solutions (acquired by LINQ), Nativo (acquired by Life360), Performa Labs, Apollo Education Systems, Divine Roots, and a growing list of emerging startups. Cie's leadership team has served key roles at companies such as Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Overture, Pepsi, Nestlé USA, Saks Fifth Avenue, Goldman Sachs, Hearst, and Internet Brands.

vegconom GmbH
Mar 13th, 2023
longeve – vegconomist – the vegan business magazine

US venture studio and innovation accelerator Cie has entered the plant-based market by launching Long è ve, a brand of shelf-stable pea protein products.

Vegconomist
Nov 9th, 2020
Cie Enters Plant-Based Market with Shelf-Stable Pea Protein Products

US venture studio and innovation accelerator Cie has entered the plant-based market by launching Longève, a brand of shelf-stable pea protein products. The brand was developed in collaboration with Douglas Kanter, who has extensive experience in the industry.