PR & Marketing Lead

EQL Tech; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 207,000; Part time

Job summary

EQL Tech in Palo Alto is seeking a Contract PR & Marketing Lead to own all marketing and communications for a 1-3 month engagement, reporting directly to the founders with near-total creative latitude and minimal infrastructure.

You will reposition messaging to explain what the company does and why it matters, grow founder visibility on LinkedIn, set the company's social cadence, and prepare press and partner materials for seed and partnership news. A playbook will be left behind for ongoing use.

Qualifications

• Independent operator with a track record of working without a brief.
• Proven transformation from invisible to credible for a technical company.
• Exceptional writing translating AI/health-tech into buyer-friendly language.
• Fluency in AI or health-tech strongly preferred; genuine space interest.
• Self-directed execution with direct founder access.

Responsibilities

• Reposition website messaging to clearly state what the company does and why it matters.
• Build founders' LinkedIn presence into a credible, consistent channel.
• Establish social cadence and voice for the company.
• Prepare press and partner-facing materials for seed round and partnerships.
• Leave behind a playbook for the team to run after the engagement ends.

Skills

Fractional CMO

Agency strategist

Startup marketing lead

Exceptional writing

AI/health-tech fluency

Independent operator

Job description

The Opportunity EQL Tech is partnering with a stealth, early-stage physical AI health startup (Palo Alto, team of roughly four) to bring on a Contract PR & Marketing Lead for a 1-3 month engagement. The company turns real-world sensor data, including wearables, ECG, and video, into clinical-grade health insight. Its founders have shipped FDA-cleared AI together before, paying enterprise customers are already live across two verticals, a major commercial partnership is in advanced discussions, and a seed round is set to close in Q3/Q4 2026. The technology is well ahead of the story. The website undersells it, the founders aren't yet visible online, and there is nothing press-ready for the announcements about to land. Closing that gap is the job.

The Role

You'll be this company's entire marketing and communications function for the length of the engagement: direct access to all three founders, near-total creative latitude, and no infrastructure or committee to navigate.

• Narrative: Reposition the website messaging so it says what the company does and why it matters.
• Founder visibility: Build the founders' LinkedIn presence into a credible, consistent channel.
• Presence: Establish the social cadence and voice for the company.
• Launch readiness: Prepare press and partner-facing materials so they're ready to go the moment the seed round and partnership news land.
• Legacy: Leave behind a playbook the team can run once the engagement ends.

Requirements

Seniority isn't measured in years here. What matters is a track record of taking a technical company from invisible to credible, and being able to show the work.

• Independent operator: Fractional CMO, ex-agency strategist, or startup marketing lead comfortable working without a brief.
• Proven transformation: A track record of taking a technical company from invisible to credible, with before/after work to point to.
• Exceptional writing: Able to translate clinical AI substance into language that buyers, journalists, and investors trust, without dumbing it down.
• Domain fluency: AI or health-tech fluency strongly preferred; genuine interest in the space essential.
• Self-directed execution: Comfortable shipping without a brief, given direct founder access and full creative latitude.

Nice to have: prior fractional CMO or agency leadership experience; portfolio work in regulated or clinical spaces; existing relationships with health-tech or AI press. Bay Area preferred.

Benefits

• Direct access: Work directly with all three founders, no committee or layers to navigate.
• Creative latitude: Near-total ownership of narrative and channel strategy.
• Portfolio-grade timing: Join at the exact inflection point, pre-seed-announcement and pre-partnership-news, where positioning work is visibly causal.
• Extension potential: Realistic scope to continue the engagement as the company scales past its raise.

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