Head of Marketing

The posting, as Matter Intelligence wrote it

ABOUT MATTER

Matter Intelligence is building a first-of-its-kind physical intelligence company at the intersection of advanced sensor hardware, AI, and compute. Our team of former NASA, JPL, Palantir, and Google leaders are developing next-generation airborne and spaceborne sensing systems and the intelligence products that turn those observations into detailed understanding of the physical world.

We are looking for the person who will make the world understand why that matters.

THE ROLE

Matter is hiring a Head of Marketing & Communications to own how the company—and the people building it—show up in the world.

This is not a traditional corporate marketing job. We are looking for someone who can build a brand people want to be associated with. Someone who can make an obscure technical breakthrough feel inevitable, make the right engineer want to quit their job and join Matter, make an investor feel like they are discovering the next great company before everyone else does, and make the technology community pay attention every time Matter has something to say.

You will own Matter's brand, communications, content, social media, PR, executive presence, events, website, and broader cultural footprint. You will work directly with the CEO and leadership team to decide what stories Matter tells, how we tell them, where we tell them, and who needs to hear them.

Most importantly, you need taste. You should have strong instincts about what is interesting, what looks good, what sounds intelligent, what feels forced, and what will actually resonate with the kinds of people Matter wants to attract and the cultural moment we’re in.

You will be expected to move quickly, create from nothing, and produce results without waiting for someone to hand you a playbook.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

BUILD THE MATTER BRAND

Own and continually sharpen Matter's identity, voice, visual language, and position in the market.

Make Matter feel like one of the most ambitious, technically credible, and culturally interesting companies being built.

Guide the creative direction behind everything we put into the world—from our website and launch materials to recruiting collateral, photography, videos, presentations, merchandise, events, and physical spaces.

Maintain an exceptionally high bar for quality. Matter should never look or sound like a generic aerospace company, defense contractor, AI startup, or corporate marketing department.

Build a team of designers, photographers, filmmakers, web developers, agencies, and other creative vendors when necessary—but be capable of doing a surprising amount yourself.

MAKE MATTER IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE

Own Matter's presence across X, LinkedIn, and emerging platforms

Develop a social strategy that materially grows Matter's audience and creates sustained interest around what we are building.

Turn engineering milestones, flight tests, satellite development, technical discoveries, company culture, customer work, and the people behind
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s technically impressive but painfully boring.

You have opinions about which technology companies have great brands—and can explain precisely why.

You believe most corporate social media is terrible.

You know that building a founder's public profile involves much more than scheduling posts.

You understand that sometimes the most important marketing opportunity happens at a 20-person dinner rather than a 20,000-person conference.

You can call a journalist, text a founder, brief a designer, interview an engineer, edit an essay, and review a website without changing personalities.

You don't need to be told exactly what to do next.

And when something important is happening at Matter, your instinct is:

HOW DO WE MAKE THE RIGHT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THIS?

THE MISSION

Your job is ultimately simple

MAKE MATTER A COMPANY THAT THE WORLD'S BEST ENGINEERS WANT TO JOIN, THE WORLD'S BEST INVESTORS WANT TO BACK, CUSTOMERS WANT TO WORK WITH, JOURNALISTS WANT TO WRITE ABOUT, AND THE TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM FEELS IT CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE.

LOCATION

This role is based in San Francisco, CA, and requires onsite work.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

To comply with U.S. export regulations, applicants must be one of the following:

• A U.S. citizen or national
• A lawful permanent resident (green card holder)
• Eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

EMPLOYEE OFFERINGS AND BENEFITS

At Matter, we believe in rewarding high performance and providing the support you need to thrive. Our compensation and benefits package includes:

• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Early-stage equity package
• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision coverage
• Opportunity to work on novel sensing, data, and AI systems with real-world deployment paths to the largest industries in the world

Matter Intelligence is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who can raise the ambition and performance of the team.