Proximity Works is where high-growth teams go when the stakes are high and excellence is non-negotiable. We're a plug-and-play, AI-native powerhouse — a global ecosystem of companies across engineering, design, AI, media, and storytelling — built to help ambitious teams scale without breaking what made them great.
We've been global since Day 1 — quietly building some of the most mission-critical systems and products in sports, media, entertainment, and fintech. We operate across 25+ cities and 4 countries.
From scaling MVPs into platforms used by millions to turning 6-hour content workflows into 15-minute sprints, we don't just talk about AI. We ship it.
We build fast, we build lean — and we build to last.
Our companies include:
- Proximity Tech → Engineering Performance & Scale with our AI Innovation Units
- Studio Proximity → Product design, branding, motion design, and UX for sports, OTT, and beyond
- Colarity AI → In-house AI products like Metavision that automate content creation
- 42PX Media → AI-powered storytelling and smart campaigns
- 42PX Events → Curated global communities (with folks like a16z, Google, and more)
- Proximity Ventures → Backing founders beyond capital
- Proximity Foundation → Expanding access through education and opportunity
The Role
We're looking for a full-stack content & social strategist — a high-EQ operator who can write, create, market, and scale narratives that matter.
This isn't a 'calendar and captions' role. This is a high-ownership, high-impact seat — strategist, researcher, storyteller, trend-sniper, and executor.
You'll work directly with leadership across product, brand, marketing, and engineering to define, shape, and grow how the Proxoverse shows up in the world.
What You'll Do:
- Own and evolve Proximity's brand voice across platforms
- Plan, write, and ship short-form, long-form, and founder-led content (LinkedIn, blog, newsletter, email campaigns, video scripts)
- Build platform-native content for Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and YouTube Shorts
- Spot trends, make them work for us, and ride waves early
- Collaborate across teams to amplify wins, tell stories, and humanize the brand
- Use tools like Canva, CapCut, Descript, ChatGPT, etc. to create and iterate fast
- Build our audience. Shape our perception. Drive performance through storytelling
- Understand what works — and why — and do more of it
- Turn ideas into narratives, posts, videos, and experiments — with a strategic POV
Requirements
You Might Be the One If You:
- Write with clarity, wit, and precision — and have receipts to show for it
- Have shipped content across formats and channels — and driven outcomes
- Have experience writing and growing newsletters — and know how to make them stick
- Understand what makes content work algorithmically, emotionally, and strategically
- Can go from vibe to script fast — and iterate based on traction
- Speak fluent Internet, but also have range and taste
- Have a strong visual eye — even if you're not a designer, you know what looks good and what doesn't
- Avoid corporate brand-speak — you're casual without being frivolous, and never, ever cringey
- Are genuinely curious about AI, tech, media, and sports — and can explain things simply
- Have a strong BS-radar and low tolerance for filler — you get to the point
- Are excited by the idea of owning a brand's digital voice from scratch
Tools You Should Know (or learn fast):
- Canva
- CapCut / Descript / Edits
- ChatGPT / Claude / other AI tools
- Notion / Google Docs
- LinkedIn / Instagram / YouTube Shorts / Twitter (X) / TikTok
- Email marketing platforms (e.g. Mailchimp, Beehiiv, ConvertKit, Substack, HubSpot)
- Bonus: Figma, Webflow, Buffer, SocialPilot, etc
Non-Negotiables (Read These Twice)
We've hired great. We've hired wrong. We know the difference.
This role is not for someone who:
- Needs step-by-step instructions
- Thinks 'good enough' is good enough
- Creates content that looks fine but performs poorly
- Can't explain what made something 'work' or not
- Treats writing as a separate task, not a core part of creating content that performs
- Needs constant hand-holding or multiple rounds of feedback
- Thinks aesthetic = impact (and tracks a good-looking grid over actual performance)
- Is unaware or uninterested in the AI shift reshaping media, tech, and business
- Waits to be taught instead of figuring things out (Lacks the curiosity or urgency to self-learn and grow without being nudged)
- Takes too long to ramp up without actively closing their own gaps
- Can't connect the dots between content and business or bottom-line outcomes
This role is for someone who:
- Writes fast, smart, and clearly
- Understands that content = performance
- Can edit their own work — no typos, no revisions, no excuses
- Is obsessed with how content fuels brand, growth, and business
- Takes feedback seriously, implements it quickly, and improves over time
- Thinks creatively and critically
- Has a point of view, but can mold it for different voices
- Is both strategic and scrappy — idea to asset, all in one brain
- Thinks like a marketer, acts like a creator, executes like an operator
Bonus Points If You:
- Are a creator yourself (personal brand, newsletter, reels, threads, Twitter, YouTube — we want to see it)
- Have worked in a startup, worn many hats, and loved it
- Have marketing intuition — and can connect content to conversion
- Have a track record of building communities or audiences
- Have motion/video chops (even light ones — Canva counts)
Benefits
What You'll Get:
- 100% remote flexibility (we're global, async, and outcome-driven)
- A high-trust, high-performance team across AI, engineering, design, and strategy
- Core working hours in PST to align with leadership and creative leads
- Best-in-class compensation
- The chance to shape the voice of a fast-growing company at the edge of AI, tech, and media