Marketing Manager

Job Description

Job Description

About Thea Energy:   

Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils thereby replacing the intricate, complex modular magnets required in all other stellarator architectures. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future. 

Position Overview:

Thea Energy is seeking a creative, strategic, and highly motivated Marketing Manager to join our Finance & Operations team. In this role, you will lead the company's brand, social media, and digital communications strategy, translating complex scientific breakthroughs in stellarator physics into compelling, shareable narratives. You will own our content calendar, direct the production of creative visual assets, grow our online web presence, and evaluate key external conference and PR opportunities. The ideal candidate has a strong visual sensibility, a data-driven approach to digital marketing, and a track record of successfully managing brand identity in deep tech, energy, or scientific fields. Thea Energy’s dynamic team is made up of self-motivated individuals with an excitement for solving complex problems. 

• Develop and own the Company's social media strategy across all platforms, growing a high-quality, engaged audience, including paid content and ad placements.
• Create and manage a robust content calendar for social and digital media, and assess relevant opportunities.
• Lead the production of  videos, graphics, and other assets, including vendor management when necessary.
• Evolve, document, and enforce the Thea Energy brand and brand guidelines, including the Company’s visual identity, voice and tone, messaging, and design standards internally and externally.
• Evaluate conference and external event opportunities for Thea Energy.
• Grow and maintain the company's web presence, ensuring all digital touchpoints reflect the brand.
• Track, analyze, and report on marketing performance metrics.
• Support PR and communications efforts including press releases and company sponsored events.
• Translate complex scientific and technical concepts into compelling, shareable narratives for various audiences.

• 5+ years of experience in digital marketing, brand management, and social media, with a strong portfolio of content you've owned end-to-end.
• Excellent written communication skills and ability to match tone to context across short-form socials to board-ready presentations.
• Strong visual sensibility and comfort directly producing creative assets.
• Experience owning a brand’s identity.
• Proactive, self-directed, solutions-oriented, and data-driven mindset; with an ability to independently set goals, track performance, and iterate based on results.
• Demonstrated ability to make technical or scientific subject matters engaging and accessible to broad audiences.
• Experience in deep tech, energy, space, or scientific fields is strongly preferred.
• Startup experience; comfort with ambiguity, and an ability to build from scratch and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment is strongly preferred.
• Videography, video editing, or podcast production skills is a plus.
• Experience with vendor management.
• Experience across the Adobe Creative Cloud and similar tools; quick to learn new software.
• Bachelor's degree or greater.

• Salary range $85,000-$130,000
• Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)
• Employee equity stock options
• 20 days PTO

It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy.  

Diversity and Inclusion:  

Thea Energy is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a company of diverse backgrounds. By creating a diverse environment, we will bring new ideas and approaches to solving some of the world’s hardest (and most important) problems. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, family or marital status, age, disability, veteran’s status, or other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.