Founding Head of Marketing

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$150K/yr – $180K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

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Job Summary

Own the brand, content engine, and PR program end to end as the first marketing leader, while building a small team and embedding AI-native workflows to support fundraising, hiring, and commercial conversations.

  • Lead brand narrative and channel strategy
  • Build and scale content, PR, and analyst relations
  • Establish AI-native infrastructure and grow the function

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own our brand and category narrative, including how it evolves as the company scales
  • Build and run the full content engine across channels, from strategy through actual production
  • Own earned media, PR strategy, and analyst relations end to end, including managing and upgrading agency relationships
  • Use brand and content work to directly support active commercial and fundraising conversations
  • Build out a small team as the scope grows beyond a single owner
  • Operate using AI tools as core infrastructure for drafting, editing, research, and production, not as a supplementary tool
  • Reduce the amount of time founders spend on panel prep, press response, and content drafting
  • Strengthen our employer brand to support hiring as the team scales

Requirements

  • 7 to 10 years of experience in marketing or brand, ideally as the first marketing or brand hire at a Series A stage climate tech or deep tech company
  • A track record of building a narrative and positioning system from zero and managing agencies with real accountability
  • Demonstrable brand and narrative craft, with work you can show rather than just describe
  • A genuinely AI native operating style, using AI tools as core infrastructure today rather than as an aspiration
  • Comfort being the entire function in the early stage, with the ability to scale into a team lead role later
  • Strong writing skills and a real feel for brand voice

Preferred

  • Logistics, supply chain, freight, or broader industrial B2B marketing background, for example from companies like Project44, FourKites, Flexport, Motive, or Convoy
  • Fluency in F500 procurement and sustainability officer language
  • Direct experience marketing a company through a fundraise

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
19.2%
Direct
61%
Referral
5.4%
Social
13.1%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~21

Marketing Team

Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$3M
Last Raise
Seed, 8 months ago

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