Marketing Manager

Keystone Innovation Collaborative; York (York County); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Keystone Innovation Collaborative in York, PA seeks an ambitious AI-native marketer to own the story of how Pennsylvania builds its future. This is a build-first seat at a young organization with real ownership from day one. You'll manage KIC's voice across web, social, email, events, and programs like the KIC Accelerator.

Recruit cohorts, coordinate communications, and turn launches into content. You’ll shape the look of Keystone Merge and other flagship events, and use Claude daily to

Qualifications

• AI-native marketer with strong writing and a sharp visual sense.
• Ability to own content calendars and coordinate program logistics in a fast-moving startup.
• Experience turning launches and partnerships into compelling content.

Responsibilities

• Own KIC's voice across web, social, email, events, and founders/partners stories.
• Coordinate marketing behind programs including the KIC Accelerator; recruit cohorts and manage communications.
• Turn launches, cohorts, wins, and partnerships into content.
• Shape the look and feel of flagship events like Keystone Merge.
• Measure what works and decide what to optimize or drop.

Skills

AI-native

Strong writing

Visual eye

Content calendar

Program logistics

Self-directed

Startup energy

Tools

Claude AI

Job description

We're looking for a marketer who works like it's 2026, not 2016. AI-native, fast, and hungry to own the story of how Pennsylvania builds its future. This is a build-first seat at a young organization, with real ownership from day one.

Who we are

Keystone Innovation Collaborative is the connective infrastructure of Pennsylvania's innovation economy. We link founders, universities, investors, and partners into one coordinated system so ideas move to ventures faster. We're lean and we move quickly.

Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania.

What you'll own

• KIC's voice across everything: web, social, email, events, and the stories we tell about founders and partners.
• The marketing and coordination behind our programs, including the KIC Accelerator. Cohort recruitment, communications, and platform administration.
• A steady stream of moments turned into content: launches, cohorts, wins, partnerships.
• The look and feel of our flagship events, including Keystone Merge, which drew more than 400 people in 2025.
• Measurement. What's working, what isn't, and what we kill.

How we work

Claude is our primary AI platform and you'll be in it every day. Build workflows that let one person produce what used to take a team, without losing taste or judgment.

Who this is for

We don't care where you went to school, or whether you did. We don't count years of experience. We care about what you can make, how fast you learn, and how well you use the tools now available to all of us.

• You're genuinely AI-native. You reach for AI first and know how to get great output from it.
• You're a strong writer with a sharp visual eye, able to go from idea to finished asset on your own.
• You're organized and self-directed, comfortable owning both a content calendar and program logistics.
• You're energized by startups and by building something in Pennsylvania.

Your first 90 days

Month one. Meet the founders, the university partners, and the corporate partners. Take over the day-to-day channels.

Month two. Run recruitment for the KIC Accelerator cohort, including the campaign and outreach.

Month three. Own the marketing plan for Keystone Merge, and the launch plan for the Applied AI Founder Pilot, whose first cohort starts March 2027.

The details

• Location. York, Pennsylvania, hybrid. Some of the work happens in Harrisburg.
• Who you'll work with. Dustin Betz, Venture Operations, day to day.
• Applications close. Friday, August 28, 2026.