Founding Marketer

Patronus AI, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan + matching

Sponsored personal tax accounting

Monthly meal stipend

Monthly health and wellness stipend

Fun global offsites

Job summary

Patronus AI, Inc. in San Francisco is looking for a Founding Marketer to drive brand strategy, marketing campaigns, and community engagement. This role involves defining brand narratives, creating collateral, and managing social media presence. Ideal candidates should have experience in early-stage startups, strong communication skills, and a proactive mindset. The position offers competitive salary and equity, along with health benefits, 401(k) matching, and wellness stipends. Join a diverse team dedicated to AI innovation.

Qualifications

• Proactive mindset and a willingness to learn.
• Relentless optimism and drive for marketing.
• Ability to operate strategically and tactically.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the marketing strategy end-to-end.
• Translate complex AI concepts into clear narratives.
• Build and manage the presence on Twitter/X and LinkedIn.
• Create and manage marketing campaigns across channels.
• Collaborate with the product team on positioning.
• Produce high-quality marketing collateral.

Skills

High agency and ownership mindset

Proven experience in early-stage startups

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Scrappy and resourceful

Experience with digital marketing tools

Ability to work cross-functionally

Tools

Digital marketing tools

Job description

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:

• Own and execute marketing strategy end-to-end, from brand positioning to campaign execution and distribution
• Translate complex AI/ML concepts into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with technical audiences
• Build and manage Patronus AI’s presence on Twitter/X and LinkedIn, shaping our voice and engaging with the broader AI community
• Create and manage marketing campaigns across channels, including email, social, website, and content
• Collaborate with the product team to define product positioning and messaging that differentiates Patronus AI
• Bring the brand to life in the real world through curated events, hackathons, and high-signal community events, with thoughtful merch and a strong on-the-ground presence
• Produce high-quality marketing collateral such as onepagers, case studies, blog posts, and presentations

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:

• 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 tools
• Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Have good character, integrity, and respect for others!
• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• 401(k) plan + matching
• Sponsored personal tax accounting
• Whoop band, Oura ring, Function Health
• Monthly meal stipend
• Monthly health and wellness stipend
• Fun global offsites!

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.