Founding Marketer

Patronus AI, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity included

15 days paid vacation

Parental & sick leave

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with matching

In-office meals

Tax accounting support

Whoop band

Monthly meal stipend

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Patronus AI in San Francisco is seeking a founding marketer to build our brand from the ground up, shaping voice, narrative, and market presence. This 0→1 role requires high agency, speed, and the ability to turn ambiguity into structure, working with product, research, and GTM teams to translate AI concepts into clear storytelling.

You will own end-to-end marketing strategy—from brand positioning to campaigns and collateral—while engaging the AI community, both online and in person, and shaping

Qualifications

• 5+ years in growth marketing or startup marketing experience.
• Strong presence on X or proven ability to grow a network from scratch.
• High agency and ownership mindset; take ideas from 0→1.
• Experience in early-stage startups or building from scratch with marketing technical products.
• Strong written and verbal communication and storytelling.
• Scrappy, resourceful, experimental, and fast-paced.
• Strategic and tactical thinker from brand positioning to campaigns.
• Experience with digital marketing and AI tools.
• Ability to manage multiple projects cross-functionally.
• Good character, integrity, and respect for others.

Responsibilities

• Define and build brand presence from the ground up across voice, narrative, and presence.
• Translate AI concepts into clear storytelling for technical audiences.
• Lead marketing strategy end-to-end from brand positioning to campaigns.
• Create marketing collateral such as videos, blogs, and social content.
• Engage the AI community online and at events to build traction.
• Plan and execute campaigns across channels including email, social, website.
• Bring the brand to life through events and community activities.

Skills

Growth marketing

Startup marketing

Brand storytelling

Digital marketing

Community engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Attention to detail

Experimentation

Tools

AI tools

Job description

About Patronus AI

Patronus AI is a frontier lab developing simulation research and infrastructure to accelerate progress toward human-aligned AGI. We are on a mission to simulate all of the world’s intelligence.

We are the team behind some of the earliest and most influential research in AI evaluation like FinanceBench, Lynx, SimpleSafetyTests, CopyrightCatcher, Humanity’s Last Exam, and more. We are formerly AI researchers and engineers from companies like Meta AI, Amazon AGI, and Google. Our customers include foundation model labs and Fortune 500 enterprises like Adobe. We are backed by top-tier investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners, Notable Capital, Stanford University, Noam Brown, Gokul Rajaram, and more.

Responsibilities

As a Founding Marketer at Patronus AI, you will own and build our brand from the ground up, defining how we show up to the world across voice, narrative, and presence. This is a true 0->1 role for someone with high agency who is excited to move fast, experiment, and turn ambiguity into structure. You will work closely with the founding team across product, research, and GTM to translate complex AI concepts into clear, compelling storytelling, while driving everything from brand strategy and content.

In this role, you will:

• Build and manage Patronus AI’s presence on Twitter/X and LinkedIn, shaping our voice and engaging with the broader AI community
• Own and execute marketing strategy end-to-end, from brand positioning to campaign execution and distribution
• Produce high-quality marketing collateral such as videos, blog posts, social media content
• Translate complex AI/ML concepts into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with technical audiences
• Engage the community and the broader space both digitally and physically in ways that build traction
• Create and manage marketing campaigns across channels, including email, social, website, and content
• Bring the brand to life in the real world through curated events and high-signal community events

Qualifications

“The number one qualification to succeed in this machine learning course is gumption” - John Lafferty, CS Professor at Yale

Above all, we look for a proactive mindset, willingness to learn, intellectual flexibility, relentless optimism and drive, and passion for marketing. You are a great fit if you have a background in the following:

• 5+ years in growth marketing or start-up experience in marketing

Strong presence on X, or a clear track record of growing an engaged network from scratch

• High agency and ownership mindset; you take ideas from 0->1 without needing heavy direction
• Proven experience in early-stage startups or building from scratch, with a strong track record of successfully marketing technical products
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a sharp eye for storytelling and brand
• Scrappy and resourceful; comfortable experimenting, iterating, and moving quickly
• Ability to operate both strategically and tactically, from defining brand positioning to executing campaigns
• Experience with digital marketing and AI tools
• Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Have good character, integrity, and respect for others!

To support close collaboration, this role is based in our San Francisco headquarters and requires in-office attendance 5 days a week.

The expected base salary range for this role is $150,000 - $225,000 USD. In addition to base salary, we offer equity and benefits. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, skills, and location.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• 15 days of paid vacation per annum
• Parental & sick leave
• Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• 401(k) plan + matching
• In-office lunch & dinner
• Sponsored personal tax accounting
• Whoop band
• Monthly meal stipend
• Monthly health and wellness stipend

  Patronus AI is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.