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Marketing Specialist

Merlin Labs

Job Location:

Boston, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 10 May 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 7 October 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Job Summary

About Merlin:

Merlin is a venture backed aerospace startup building a non-human pilot to enable both reduced crew and uncrewed flight. Backed by some of the worlds leading investors Merlin is scaling alongside our customers to begin leveraging autonomy today to solve some of aviations biggest challenges.

About You:

You are a marketer who operates like a founder. You dont wait to be handed a brief youve already identified the story figured out who needs to hear it and built a plan to get it in front of them. You write well: fast clear and with a point of view able to move between a punchy social post and a substantive piece of content that earns trust with a technical or institutional audience. You understand product marketing at a structural level positioning messaging hierarchy translating complex capability into language that makes someone stop scrolling and youve done that work even if you havent always had the title.

Youre an operator who builds trust with people who are skeptical of marketing. Launch calendars shift priorities change and you adapt without drama holding the program together by building real relationships with flight ops engineers program managers and test pilots and finding the narrative buried in their work. You think before you post you ask why before you ask how and you dont confuse activity with impact. Merlin is building technology that hasnt existed before for customers who havent bought anything like it. Thats a hard marketing problem. Youre excited by it.

Responsibilities:

Own execution across Merlins product launch calendar. You will be the person who makes sure nothing falls through the cracks and everything ships on time.
Help develop the product marketing muscle for Merlins growing product family. Deeply understand the core product the customers and the competitive context. Translate that understanding into positioning messaging and content that makes Merlins capabilities legible and compelling to defense aviation and investor audiences.
Help run Merlins social media presence: LinkedIn X YouTube and emerging channels. This isnt a scheduling job. Youll have opinions about what to post when to post it and why it will work. Youll develop an always-on content rhythm that builds audience between launches and amplifies announcements when they happen.
Coordinate cross-functionally across a fast-moving organization working with Comms Flight Ops Programs and the CEO to track upcoming milestones extract the story from each one and build content around it before the moment passes. Youll need to build relationships across the company and earn trust with technical teams.
Support influencer and media engagement identifying the right external voices for each launch coordinating ride-along content managing relationships with aviation and defense content creators and helping orchestrate synchronized drops that extend Merlins reach beyond owned channels.
Track and report on whats working: engagement reach share of voice launch performance. Youll bring data and instinct together to continuously improve how Merlin shows up in the world.

Qualifications:

35 years of marketing experience with demonstrable ownership of campaigns launches or content programs not just support roles. Recent graduates with exceptional portfolios and clear evidence of marketing instinct will be considered.
Strong writing skills. You can write a punchy social post and a substantive blog post. You have a clear direct voice and you edit yourself ruthlessly.
Product marketing fluency. You understand positioning messaging hierarchy and what it means to translate technical capability into customer-facing language. You dont need to have the title to have done the work.
Experience executing multi-channel campaigns under tight timelines. Youve been in a situation where the launch date moved and you figured it out anyway.
High critical thinking. You ask why before you ask how. You push back on bad ideas including your own and you bring reasoning to every recommendation you make.

Nice to Have:

Background in or genuine passion for aerospace defense or deep technology you follow this space because you find it fascinating not because its on your resume.
Experience at a startup or early-stage company where you wore multiple hats and shipped things with limited resources.
Familiarity with the defense technology ecosystem the companies the media the events and what makes content land with a military or government audience.

This position is based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston MA.

Once youre here youll enjoy a variety of on-site perks designed to make your workday enjoyable and convenient. These include catered lunches featuring a rotating menu of delicious options an assortment of snacks to keep you fueled throughout the day and a selection of beverages including coffee tea and other drinks to keep you refreshed.

Our goal is to create an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally

Merlin Labs offers an innovative entrepreneurial and team-focused startup environment. We also offer a top-notch benefits package (health dental life unlimited vacation and 401k with match) and work/life integration. Being part of the Merlin team allows you to become part of a small team that supports professional development while working together to achieve our mission.

Merlin Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin genetic information sex (including pregnancy) gender gender identity and expression sexual orientation age marital status military service or obligation or disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. All job offers are contingent upon the candidate passing background and reference checks.

At this time we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or consider candidates who require visa transfers. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

In compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application interviewing completing any pre-employment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please direct your inquiries to: emailprotected

Merlin Labs does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.

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