Marketing Lead, Defense Tech & AI Systems

Modernintelligence; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Modern Intelligence seeks a Senior Marketing Manager to orchestrate our positioning across video, social, print, booths, and design. You will lead content creation, live demos, and partner-driven assets, leveraging AI to accelerate research, drafts, and production.

You’ll hire and manage vendors, raise the bar on creative standards, and shape the narrative for a defense-tech audience. You will work closely with founders and technical leaders, own the storytelling, and aim to build an internal

Qualifications

• 3+ years in marketing, brand, demand gen, or GTM at a B2B, hardware, defense, or deep-tech company.
• Proven experience briefing and managing external creatives: agencies, freelancers, or production partners for video, design, or events
• Strong written voice: turn technical product language into clear customer-facing copy
• Hands-on with video and social yourself (edit or produce short-form, post and iterate), plus comfort across web/landing pages, event/booth collateral, and basic campaign ops
• Heavy day-to-day use of AI tools for research, drafting, editing, creative iteration, and production speed, with judgment on when to ship vs. when a human pass is required
• Portfolio or work samples that show shipped campaigns or assets, not only strategy docs
• Travel
• You must have the ability to travel for events, demos, and customer or partner moments as needed
• Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)). This role may work with export-controlled technology and controlled messaging.
• Experience marketing autonomy, robotics, aerospace, and defense technology
• Direct ownership of trade-show booths and materials
• Direct ownership of field-demo presence
• Experience building or running a small vendor roster (video, design, print, social)
• Comfort working with founders or technical leaders as the primary story owners
• Familiarity with marketing on LinkedIn, X, and in defense/industry events
• Product and design taste
• Prior in-house marketing roles with leadership or stretch-leadership experience
• Experience with CRMs or light marketing ops tools (Resend, Clay, Attio, or similar)
• Existing relationships with creative or production partners you would bring into the fold

Responsibilities

• Own marketing across video, social, print, booths, and design.
• Run the marketing engine; produce a large share of the work yourself using AI tools, and manage agencies or freelancers as needed.
• Set the narrative, the creative standard, and the vendor stack; take on broader ownership over time.
• Turn product story into visible work: demos, explainers, social content, partner content, print design, and trade-show booths.
• Collaborate with founders and technical leaders as the primary story owners.
• You will be the first marketing hire with the goal of building an in-house team.
• Travel for events, demos, and customer or partner moments as needed.

Skills

Video production

Social media strategy

Vendor management

Editing and post-production

Content creation

AI-driven marketing

Storytelling

Portfolio

Travel

Marketing leadership

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

AI tools

Job description

Modern Intelligence seeks a Senior Marketing Manager to orchestrate our positioning across video, social, print, booths, and design. You will lead content creation, live demos, and partner-driven assets, leveraging AI to accelerate research, drafts, and production.

You’ll hire and manage vendors, raise the bar on creative standards, and shape the narrative for a defense-tech audience. You will work closely with founders and technical leaders, own the storytelling, and aim to build an internal