Chief Narrative & GTM Communications

Lightfield; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Early equity

Health insurance

PTO 3 weeks

Company holidays 11

Family leave 3 months

Work from home Wednesdays

Team events and retreats

401k plan

Stipends

Job summary

Lightfield is hiring a Head of Integrated Communications to build the machine that turns great stories into growth. You’ll own the narrative across posts, essays, case studies, and AI-facing content, shaping founder voices and media relationships.

You’ll manage earned and emerging media, sourcing customer stories, optimizing SEO and AI citations, and running a creator program. This is an early-stage, hands-on leadership role reporting to our GTM head.

Qualifications

• You’re an exceptional writer and editor with taste and standards.
• You’ve ghostwritten for a strong voice before.
• You have real media relationships and a proactive news sense.
• You understand distribution as well as creation.
• You’re fluent in modern search.
• You’re AI-native.
• You operate at early-stage pace.
• You’re passionate about startups and modern GTM.

Responsibilities

• The narrative: Message architecture and audience-specific tracks across practitioners, GTM leaders, AI community, press, recruits.
• The founders’ voices: Turn founder communications into a high-signal presence across posts, essays, podcasts, talks, and video.
• Earned media and emerging media: Build relationships with journalists, newsletter writers, podcasters and creators.
• Customer stories: Source, interview, write, and distribute stories across formats.
• SEO and AEO: Ensure Lightfield is accurately represented in organic search and AI answers.
• The creator program: Identify and partner with creators, operators, and practitioners.
• The operating system: Editorial calendar, briefs, standards, freelance/agency bench, distribution playbook; scale with contractors while maintaining quality.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Media relations

SEO

AI content

Tools

Web publishing

Content management

Job description

Lightfield is hiring a Head of Integrated Communications to build the machine that turns great stories into growth. You’ll own the narrative across posts, essays, case studies, and AI-facing content, shaping founder voices and media relationships.

You’ll manage earned and emerging media, sourcing customer stories, optimizing SEO and AI citations, and running a creator program. This is an early-stage, hands-on leadership role reporting to our GTM head.