Marketing & Communications

Echelon; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Echelon in Riyadh seeks a seasoned Brand, Marketing and Communications leader to own the external and internal voice from strategy to execution. You will shape the brand, oversee content, social channels and campaigns, and drive media relations with the leadership team.

You will align English and Arabic communications for GCC and international markets, working closely with the Managing Director and COO to sharpen our market presence across the AI ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of marketing, communications or brand experience in-house at a technology company or startup.
• Owned an end-to-end channel: brand, social or content, from planning to published output and measured results.
• Comfortable writing across registers: campaign copy, a press line and an executive message in the same week, on-brand.
• GCC & International market fluency, ideally Saudi Arabia specifically; English and Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Branding and content: own the website, media content, content calendar, brand guidelines and a consistent voice across Echelon lines of business.
• Manage channels across social and external presence: LinkedIn, X, and other channels, including scheduled posting and community management.
• Oversee campaigns and launch communications: comms plan and assets behind major moments like product and partnership announcements and customer success stories.
• Lead executive and internal communications: drafting leadership messages, all-hands materials and internal communications that reflect the Echelon Way.
• Media and external relations: handle press enquiries, briefing materials and maintain relationships with media in coordination with leadership.

Skills

Branding

Content creation

Campaign management

Media relations

Executive communications

Bilingual: English & Arabic

Job description

CONTEXT & MANDATE

Echelon is a Saudi-born, sovereign technology company that brings leading global AI technologies to the Kingdom, deploys them with its own forward deployed engineering organization, compounds partner technology into Echelon IP and, over time, productizes Saudi-developed capability.

Echelon’s is entering the next phase of growth and with that comes theneed of one clear operating rhythm for our brand, marketing and communications: a consistent Echelon voice, a sharper market presence, and a way to turn company developments into publishable narratives across the website, social channels, announcements and leadership communications. The seat sits at the center of that machinery, strengthening the organization's brand and marketing foundations while supporting the communications needs of the Managing Director and the leadership team.

We are seeking an energetic and creative talent who is excited to build and run Echelon's external and internal voice end to end, our branding and identity, our social and channels, campaign launches, media relations and executive communications.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Branding, content : The website (including media content and content calendar), brand guidelines and a consistent voice and look across Echelon lines of business: Technologies, Frontier, Institute and Defense Industries.
• Channels across Social and external presence: LinkedIn, X and the other channels Echelon runs, scheduled posting and community management, and the positioning of Echelon in the AI ecosystem.
• Campaign and launch communications: The comms plan and assets behind major moments such as product and partnership announcements, customer success stories, etc.
• Executive and internal communications: Drafting and coordinating leadership communications, all-hands and off-site materials, and the internal comms that keep the Echelon Way; no titles, open doors, everyone a builder.
• Media and external relations: Press enquiries, briefing materials and owning the relationships with media. Working with the MD and the Leadership on what goes out and when.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

A full-stack marketing and communications generalist who has run brand, content and campaigns without an agency standing behind them.

• Five to eight years in marketing, communications or brand roles, in-house at a technology company or startup, ideally through a period of fast growth.
• Has owned a channel end to end: brand, social or content. From planning to published output, to measured results as part of the full Media arc.
• Comfortable writing across registers: campaign copy, a press line and an executive message in the same week, and able to keep each one on-brand.
• GCC & International market fluency, ideally Saudi Arabia specifically; English and Arabic.

THE SEAT

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The person we hire should have an operator mindset and will be owning Marketing and Communications from strategy to execution.