Community Marketing Manager (Research Glasses)

Community Marketing Manager (Research Glasses)

Location: Redmond, WA | Hybrid

Competitive Compensation: $70-80/Hr

Type: Full-Time Contract (W2) | 40 hours | M-F | no OT

Duration: Initial 12-month term with anticipated extension/FTE conversion

Target Start: November

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision | 401k | 15 days PTO | paid sick leave

Are you passionate about technology, storytelling, and building meaningful partnerships? Join a team at the forefront of emerging technology, helping researchers share groundbreaking discoveries and bring innovative ideas to life through engaging content, community programs, and impactful events!

Role Overview:

Seeking a Community Marketing Manager to manage marketing, storytelling, and relationships for a research initiative providing smart glasses to external partners, including universities, research labs, and nonprofits.

The role focuses on promoting research collaborations, sharing technical findings with external audiences, and building an engaged partner community. The manager will work closely with research, marketing, communications, legal, and creative teams to launch content, manage events, and grow awareness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Marketing & Storytelling: Develop marketing plans and create case studies, blog posts, videos, and other content highlighting research partnerships.
• Community & Partnerships: Build relationships with universities, research labs, nonprofits, and external partners; understand their needs and keep them engaged.
• Launch & Project Management: Coordinate content launches, timelines, approvals, and deliverables across research, legal, communications, design, and video teams.
• Events & Communications: Manage newsletters, conferences, partner summits, and ongoing community communications.
• Research Promotion: Identify research collaborations and technical findings that are ready to share publicly.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Connect external partner needs with internal research and product teams.
• Performance Measurement: Track marketing reach, partner satisfaction, research interest, and the quality of incoming applications.
• AI & Automation: Emphasize AI tools and automation to support marketing and community initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in marketing, communications, or partnerships, including at least 3 years in a partner-facing or community-facing role.
• Strong writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate technical research into clear, engaging content for general audiences.
• Experience developing and launching external-facing content, such as case studies, blogs, and videos.
• Experience working with academic institutions, nonprofits, or research organizations.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects and deliver launches against fixed deadlines.
• Strong relationship-building, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where priorities and deadlines may change.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in AR/VR, wearables, computer vision, or machine perception.
• Experience with accessibility initiatives or disability community partnerships.
• Familiarity with university research cycles, academic conferences, and research partnership agreements.
• Experience organizing events and managing budgets.
• Experience building a community or partnership program from the ground up.
• Big tech experience.

What the Hiring Manager Is Looking For:

The ideal candidate is a marketing and community partnerships professional who can translate complex research into compelling stories while building strong relationships with external research communities.

They need someone who can:

• Build trust with researchers, universities, and nonprofit partners.
• Own marketing initiatives from planning through execution.
• Coordinate events, content, and launches across multiple internal teams.
• Grow the community through newsletters, websites, social media, and conferences.
• Operate independently and navigate ambiguity and changing priorities.

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.

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At Tailored Management, we help people get jobs and take pride in their work, so we better take pride in ours too. Not every company has the opportunity to meaningfully and directly impact individuals in a way that makes their lives tangibly better. To better support our employees, we offer a wide variety of benefit options to support you. We offer:

• Medical Coverage – HDHP, PPO, and Surest plan options

• Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC)

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• Short-Term Disability (STD)

• Long-Term Disability (LTD)

• Life & AD&D Insurance

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Accident Insurance

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)