Head of Brand and Editorial

Responsibilities

• Own and articulate the vision for Arc's story as a new model for scientific institutions and as a producer of meaningful research, and ensure that vision is expressed consistently across every surface: media, web, brand, publications, and internal communications.
• Serve as a trusted partner to Arc's founders and scientific leaders, translating their expertise into clear creative direction and actionable plans for the team.
• Lead, integrate, and develop Arc's Communications and Scientific Publications teams into a unified storytelling and editorial function, setting priorities, raising the bar on craft, and helping team members and their leaders grow and succeed.
• Tell the world about Arc's scientific discoveries, leading the team that works closely with researchers to communicate their work with accuracy, clarity, and impact.
• Set a high standard of taste and sophistication across all of Arc's output, from major scientific announcements to the smallest touchpoints, and build the systems and review practices that sustain that standard as Arc scales.
• Develop Arc's brand in the scientific and AI talent markets, partnering with People, University Relations, and other colleagues on integrated internal and external communications.
• Foster productive relationships with reporters to drive a proactive media strategy and react to coverage as needed.
• Define the framework to measure the effectiveness of Arc's brand, communications, and editorial efforts.
• Collaborate with multiple Arc teams on internal communications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in a field you have applied to marketing and communications.
• 15+ years of experience in communications, brand, marketing, and/or editorial roles, including significant experience leading and developing teams and managing other managers.
• A track record of setting communications or brand strategy for a technically sophisticated organization in fields such as AI, computing, biotechnology, life sciences, or other deep technical domains, and translating that complex work for various audiences.
• Demonstrated success partnering with founders, executives, and/or researchers
• Exceptional writing and editorial judgment, with the ability to elevate the writing of others.
• Proven ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on in the work; comfort in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling organization.

Preferred

• Previous work at frontier AI labs, technology startups, biotech, life sciences, or academic/research institutions.
• Experience managing relationships with media at the national and trade level.
• Familiarity with scientific publishing and the norms of academic communication.