Head of Brand & Storytelling

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$250K/yr – $280K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 10 days ago

Job Summary

Own Otter's brand voice and narrative across product, campaigns, and partnerships, shaping strategy, thought leadership, and community to drive category leadership.

  • Define brand identity and tone across touchpoints
  • Lead cross-functional storytelling and PR with social strategy

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and codify Otter's brand promise, personality, tone of voice, and verbal identity system. Make sure it's usable, not just aspirational (think brand guidelines people actually open).
  • Be the internal source of truth on what Otter sounds and feels like, partnering with product, design, and marketing so the brand shows up consistently everywhere — in-product copy, campaigns, sales decks, support, social.
  • Evolve brand positioning as the category shifts from "meeting transcription" to AI-native conversational intelligence, keeping Otter ahead of where the market is going, not just where it's been.
  • Own the strategy for brand campaigns, working with our in-house creative team and agencies to increase brand awareness.
  • Build the core narratives that position Otter.ai as the category leader. A point of view on the future of voice, turning meetings into action, and AI that's distinct from "another AI notetaker."
  • Develop executive thought leadership (bylines, talk tracks, interviews) that puts Otter's leadership in front of the right audiences and outlets.
  • Turn product milestones, customer results, and market moments into stories worth covering — not just announcements.
  • Work with our partnerships team to develop our brand partnership, including sports and 3P events.
  • Build out our organic social strategy and execution across channels, with a sharp point of view on which platforms and formats actually move the needle for Otter's audience.
  • Build and nurture community — the people who already love Otter — into a channel that reinforces the brand and drives organic advocacy.

Requirements

  • Has a love of their craft. You know the power of the brand and have a passion for making yours stand out in a way that drives impact.
  • Showcases proven chops in brand, communications, or integrated marketing roles at B2B SaaS companies, ideally including time at a company under ~$500M ARR where you had to be scrappy and hands-on rather than purely strategic.
  • Holds a track record of building or substantially sharpening a brand's narrative and voice — not just maintaining one you inherited.
  • Can leverage direct experience running PR/comms (media relationships, announcement strategy) and social/community, either as a generalist owner or across multiple prior roles.
  • Carries strong writing and editing skills; you can produce a sharp press release, a compelling exec byline, and a scroll-stopping social post yourself.
  • Operates with a comfort with ambiguity and a bias to ship: you'd rather put a workable brand framework in front of the team this month than a perfect one next quarter.
  • Is ready to own a function end-to-end and is equally comfortable setting the strategy and rolling up their sleeves to build.
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