Head of Marketing
Head of Marketing
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05-04-2025
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$ 200000 - 230000
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
05-04-2025
Job Description
Wanna join the adventure
Were looking for a Head of Marketing to take Lofts brand to the next levelsomeone who can build excitement around our mission craft compelling narratives and elevate Lofts position as a leader in the space industry. This role is all about strategy storytelling and scalingdeveloping a strong brand presence driving thought leadership and ensuring our messaging resonates with employees customers and investors.
This is a playercoach roleyoull be setting the vision while also rolling up your sleeves to bring ideas to life. Given the technical nature of our work we need someone who can translate complex ideas into clear engaging content that sparks interest and builds credibility. Youll also be working with globally distributed teams specifically our team in France so experience leading across time zones and cultures is key.
As we scale this is a rare opportunity to continue to grow shape and scale the marketing function at a post SeriesC company in the space sector. If youve led marketing in highgrowth startups and technical industries and love the challenge of making deep tech accessible and exciting wed love to hear from you!
*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60 of the criteria women and other marginalized people tend to only apply when they meet 100 of the qualifications. At Loft we value respectful debate and people who arent afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you dont check all the boxes.
About the Role:
- Brand & Thought Leadership: Build and expand the Loft brand presence and reputation elevating Lofts position as a leader in Space. Lead storytelling efforts that translate complex technical ideas into compelling easytounderstand content for diverse stakeholders.
- Marketing Team Leadership & Growth: Hire develop and manage a highperforming marketing team with diverse skill sets ensuring strong across all marketing functions. Proven ability to manage develop and mentor lean teams across multiple marketing disciplines and multiple time zones.
- Strategic & Tactical : Develop and implement an integrated marketing strategy that balances longterm brand positioning with shortterm ad hoc projects.
- Executive & Stakeholder Management: Partner closely with the CEO and COO executive team and external stakeholders (including investors and key customers) to align marketing efforts with company objectives.
- GotoMarket & Growth Strategy: Oversee the launch of new products and services working crossfunctionally with engineering business development and business operations teams to drive market adoption and elevate brand awareness.
- Corporate Communications & PR: Develop and execute a strategic external communications plan including media relations thought leadership and crisis management to enhance brand reputation and visibility.
- Financial and Budgeting: Develop and oversee marketing budgets for campaigns swag printing and vendor partnershipsensuring cost efficiency accurate forecasting and ROIdriven spending while negotiating contracts tracking expenses and optimizing resource allocation.
Must Haves:
- 10 years of experience in marketing with a track record of building and leading teams in technical industries (e.g. deep tech SaaS aerospace defense AI or complex B2B solutions). Deep expertise in narrative building and translating complex technical topics into accessible engaging content for various audiences in the US and Europe.
- Demonstrated experience leading geographically dispersed multidisciplinary teams across creative content communications and brand functions providing strategic direction removing roadblocks and ensuring alignment with company objectives to drive highimpact marketing initiatives without needing to be the subject matter expertise in every discipline.
- Proven history of comprehensive budget planning and ownership for campaigns events swag printing and vendor partnershipsdeveloping costeffective allocation plans negotiating contracts and ensuring quality while also handling handson tasks like reviewing invoices tracking expenses and coordinating lastminute orders.
- Ability to partner with founders investors and key stakeholders to shape complex ideas into clear engaging contentwhether for messaging brand strategy videos events or website experiences. Manage expectations prioritize effectively and transform passing suggestions into actionable options before bringing them to the team. Handson could include crafting contentrich brand sotry for an upcoming constellation launch.
- Experience owning corporate communications and public relations ensuring consistent highimpact messaging across media industry and internal stakeholders. Established relationships with key media journalists and industry influencers to drive PR efforts whether leading the announcement of a new constellation a major fundraising milestone or driving engagement for executive presence at key industry events in France.
- Track record of executing comprehensive event strategy for for highprofile stakeholder conferencesdeveloping the vision securing executive buyin and seamlessly shifting from highlevel planning to handson problemsolving such as adjusting logistics or troubleshooting A/V issues onsite.
Nice to Haves:
- Experience leading marketing in a scaling startup (Series B preferred) with a focus on both growth and brand development while optimizing budgets and implementing process improvements for greater efficiency and scalability.
- Background in international marketing strategies specifically those targeted at customers in Europe adapting messaging campaigns and gotomarket approaches to align with regional market dynamics cultural nuances and regulatory requirements.
- Crisis communications experience to help manage sensitive situations and protect company reputation including launch failures regulatory challenges and geopolitical issues. Track record of partnering with executive leadership government agencies and media to ensure transparent timely messaging that protects brand reputation and maintains stakeholder trust.
- Proven ability to craft compelling narratives and execute highimpact content across websites social platforms and product marketing. Deep expertise in writing copywriting and creative storytelling including video and visual assets with the ability to step in and independently develop or refine content when needed to ensure brand consistency and engagement.
- Proficiency in French is a plus enabling stronger collaboration with European teams and stakeholders.
Some of Our Awesome Benefits:
- 100 companypaid medical dental and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
- 100 employer paid Life AD&D ShortTerm and LongTerm Disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave and 12 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan and equity options
- Daily catered lunches and snacks
- International exposure to our team in France
- Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for primary caregiver and 10 weeks for secondary caregiver
- Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive inclusive fertility healthcare and familyforming benefits with financial support
- Offsites and many social events and celebrations
- Relocation assistance when applicable
$200000 $230000 a year
State law requires us to tell you the base compensation range for this role which is $200000 $230000 per year in California which is determined by your education experience knowledge skills and abilities. The salary range for this role is intentionally wide as we evaluate individuals based on their unique experience and abilities to fit our needs. Most importantly we are excited to meet you and see if you are a great fit for our team. What wecantquantify for you are the exciting challenges supportive team and amazing culture we enjoy.
Who We Are
Our standard interface enables us to fly multiple customer payloads on the same satellite with capabilities such as earth imagery weather & climate /science data collection IoT connectivity inorbit demonstrations and national security missions. Our customers trust us to manage their space infrastructure so they can focus on what matters most to them: operating their mission and collecting their data.
At Loft youll be given the autonomy and ownership to solve significant challenges but with a closeknit and supportive team at your back. We believe that diversity and community are the foundation of an open culture. We are committed to hiring the best people regardless of background and make their time at Loft the most fulfilling period of their career.
We value kind supportive and teamoriented collaborators. It is also crucial for us that you are a problem solver and a great communicator. As our team is international you will need strong English skills to better collaborate easily communicate complex ideas and convey important messages.
With 4 satellites onorbit and a wave of exciting missions launching soon we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco CA Golden CO and Toulouse France.
As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
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