Marketing operating system for health & wellness DTC brands
Tharp Ventures is a 2-10 person agency building a marketing operating system for direct-to-consumer wellness brands scaling from mid-seven to eight figures. The stack (Shopify, Google Ads, Klaviyo, ClickUp, Airtable, n8n) and active projects (workflow automation, CRO experiments, creative testing roadmaps, SOP documentation) reveal a deliberate shift from ad-hoc campaign work toward systematized processes—addressing their core pain point of manual inefficiencies and delivery delays. Leadership-heavy hiring (Head of Growth, 2 lead roles) across their 6 open positions signals aggressive scaling of internal capability.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Growth
Tharp Ventures operates as a fractional marketing operating partner for health & wellness brands, specializing in paid media strategy, email marketing, ad creative, and conversion rate optimization. The agency works with founder-led companies seeking to transition from hands-on operations into scaled, sustainable growth. Their service footprint spans paid channels (Google, Meta), email automation (Klaviyo), and analytics (GA4), with recent infrastructure investment in workflow automation (Airtable, n8n, ClickUp) to reduce manual labor and improve project visibility. Based in Austin, Texas, the firm is currently hiring across marketing roles in the United States.
Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager (Facebook), and Klaviyo for email. They also rely on Google Analytics 4 for measurement and ClickUp for campaign management and workflow tracking.
Building a marketing operating system with focus on full-funnel growth strategy, workflow automation (Slack alerts, ClickUp templates), CRO experiments, creative testing roadmaps, and standardized SOPs to reduce manual inefficiencies in DTC operations.
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