Branding & Marketing Manager

Role Summary:

This is not a traditional marketing role. You will sit inside the CEO's Own Vertical, which means you operate at the intersection of strategy, storytelling and perception. You will be the person who decides how the world sees our founder, our company and our ideas before we say a word publicly.

You will own GalaxEye's narrative.

What You'll Do:

Narrative Building

Develop and maintain the core story architecture of the company and founders across stages, audiences and formats. Every press mention, keynote and caption should feel like it came from the same brain.

Marketing & PR Agency Coordination

Be the internal owner of all external agency relationships. Brief them, hold them accountable, push back on generic outputs and ensure every deliverable ladders up to the brand POV.

Events Branding

Own the end-to-end brand experience at events, from spatial identity and collateral to the feeling someone walks away with. You understand that a lanyard is also a brand decision and would result in greater company recall and build brand value.

Perception Engineering

Proactively shape how different stakeholders — investors, talent, media, customers perceive the company at each stage of growth. This requires thinking in systems, not just campaigns.

Thought Leadership

Turn the founder's and leadership team's raw thinking into sharp, published points of view —LinkedIn essays, op-eds, interviews, podcast prep. You're a ghostwriter who elevates, not dilutes.

Internal Journalism

Document and distribute what's happening inside the company with the craft of a journalist. Internal newsletters, all-hands narratives, culture stories — you make the inside feel as compelling as the outside.

Storyboarding

Visualize how communications unfold across time and touchpoints. Whether it's a product launch arc or a crisis communications sequence — you think in sequences, not moments.

Qualifications, Skills & Personal Attributes

● 4 – 5 years in brand, communications, content strategy or a founder's/CEO's office

● You've worked with or inside a PR or creative agency.

● You write well. Not decent for a non-writer, actually well.

● You can hold a brand POV in a room of strong opinions and defend it clearly

● You notice when something is off brand before anyone else does

● Comfortable with ambiguity, fast timelines and zero hand-holding

● You consume media — books, longform, podcasts, cultural moments — and connect dots others miss

● Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner with founders and functional leaders.

● High ownership, process-thinking, and comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment.