Marketing Lead – Defense Tech, AI, On‑Site Austin

Orion Placement; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Vision insurance

Job summary

Confidential Employer in Austin, TX seeks a hands-on Marketing Lead to build the marketing function for a fast-growing defense tech company. You will own video, social, digital, print, trade shows, events, and brand across channels, reporting to founders and engineers.

You will craft clear customer messaging, manage external partners, and drive campaigns end-to-end, including on-site booth presence. Equity plus benefits offered; travel required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of B2B marketing experience in defense, aerospace, robotics, hardware, or deep tech.
• Hands-on experience producing or editing video and creating social content.
• Proven experience briefing and managing agencies, freelancers, production partners, or other external creatives.
• Strong written voice with the ability to translate technical products into clear, engaging customer-facing messaging.
• Demonstrated experience shipping actual campaigns, content, or creative assets, supported by a portfolio or work samples.
• Strong day-to-day fluency with AI tools for research, drafting, editing, creative iteration, and production.
• Comfort working across web and landing pages, events, booth collateral, content calendars, assets, and campaign deadlines.
• Ability to work full-time on-site in Austin, TX.
• Ability to travel for events, demonstrations, customer meetings, and partner activities as needed.
• Must qualify as a U.S. person for access to export-controlled technology and controlled messaging.
• Experience marketing autonomy, robotics, aerospace, or defense technologies is preferred.
• Direct ownership of trade-show booths, field demonstrations, or vendor rosters is preferred.
• Experience working directly with founders or technical leaders is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the company's marketing engine across video, social media, print, web, events, trade shows, and brand design.
• Produce compelling short-form product demos, explainers, long-form video, and other visual content.
• Create and manage engaging content for LinkedIn, X, and other relevant industry channels.
• Turn technical product language into sharp, credible customer-facing messaging.
• Work directly with founders, engineers, and technical leaders to identify the strongest stories.
• Personally create a significant share of early marketing content while building a network of agencies and partners.
• Brief, manage, and hold external creatives accountable for quality, deadlines, budget, and brand consistency.
• Own trade-show booths and event presence from brief to on-site execution.
• Source and create content with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders.
• Use AI tools heavily for research, ideation, drafting, editing, and production.
• Manage marketing calendars, assets, deadlines, landing pages, campaigns, and ongoing production.
• Establish the creative standard, marketing processes, and vendor ecosystem to support a broader internal team.

Skills

B2B marketing

Video production

Content creation

Agency management

AI tools

Tools

CRM

Marketing ops

Job description

Confidential Employer in Austin, TX seeks a hands-on Marketing Lead to build the marketing function for a fast-growing defense tech company. You will own video, social, digital, print, trade shows, events, and brand across channels, reporting to founders and engineers.

You will craft clear customer messaging, manage external partners, and drive campaigns end-to-end, including on-site booth presence. Equity plus benefits offered; travel required.