Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aether engineers enzymes to produce difficult-to-manufacture materials by combining biological evolution with materials science and machine learning. The Marketing Communications Manager will own Aether's external-facing presence by translating complex technical concepts into compelling content, managing social and digital channels, leading conference participation, and supporting sales pipeline generation.
Responsibilities
- Translate complex materials science, biology, and AI into crisp, compelling narratives for technical and commercial audiences, including government and defense buyers, startup engineering teams, and procurement leads
- Write and maintain sales enablement assets: one-pagers, case studies, capability briefs, and pitch decks, in partnership with the commercial and product development teams
- Develop a content calendar and drive consistent publishing across owned channels
- Own our LinkedIn and other relevant channels, and grow our following among target technical and buyer communities
- Find creative ways to share customer wins, product milestones, and company culture without giving away competitive IP
- Track engagement metrics and iterate based on what works
- Take ownership of industry conferences end-to-end: logistics, materials, booth presence, and speaker submissions
- Measurably tie conference participation to qualified sales leads, in coordination with the commercial team
- Identify the right events for our target audiences in additive and advanced manufacturing, military and defense, transportation, and other relevant market segments
- Work closely with scientists and engineers to surface story-worthy technical milestones
- Partner with the commercial team to ensure marketing outputs directly support pipeline generation
- Build and maintain a lightweight asset library so the team can self-serve on collateral
Skills
- 4+ years of marketing experience, ideally in deep tech, materials, biotech, defense, or advanced manufacturing
- Demonstrated ability to write clearly and compellingly about technically complex subjects
- Genuine curiosity about the underlying science
- Comfortable working autonomously in a fast-moving, resource-constrained environment
- Strong design sensibility, with the ability to produce clean, professional one-pagers and decks
- Experience owning social channels with a track record of audience growth in a B2B context
- Hands-on experience organizing or managing company presence at industry conferences
- Background in or strong familiarity with additive manufacturing, composites, or advanced materials
- Experience marketing to government and defense customers (AFWERX, DIU, DoD procurement ecosystems)
- Familiarity with HubSpot or similar CRM for lead tracking and attribution
- Prior experience as a first marketing hire or in a startup with a small GTM team
Benefits
- Equity
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