Senior Marketing & Communications Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Artificial intelligence is changing war - making decisions in combat quicker and more accurate, while enabling information to be shared more rapidly across both America’s and her adversaries’ militaries. Modern Intelligence builds Sovereign, the first defense-purpose foundation AI for unmanned systems, to be the standard battlefield AI on every Western unmanned system. Today, Sovereign allows drones as varied as unmanned vessels on water to backpack attack quadcopters to see, decide, and act even when jammed. We believe the responsibility of reliably and ethically building lethally autonomous AI is immense to our service members, the American people, and civilians everywhere. 

Modern Intelligence has worked with partners across the Department of War including the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, and countless unmanned systems hardware companies. 

We have raised more than $22M in venture capital from Exponential, Oxford Funds, Bedrock, Vine Ventures, Contrary, Air Street, Caffeinated, Champion Hill, Swell, Myelin, and others.

We’re hiring our first Senior Marketing & Communications Manager to shape how Modern Intelligence tells its story and bring that story to life through compelling creative work.

You’ll lead hands-on marketing execution and coordinate communications with our government relations lead, founders, and technical teams. Together, you’ll ensure employees, customers, partners, media, and the broader defense community hear a clear, consistent story about Modern Intelligence, what we’re building, and why it matters.

This is a hands-on creative role with a meaningful communications remit. You’ll produce strong content and bring structure and consistency to how the company communicates. You should be comfortable creating a video or social campaign, writing a clear product story, preparing an announcement, and helping a founder communicate with an external audience. You’ll know when to bring in specialists for additional support.

We build computer vision technology, so showing the product is central to how we market it. You’ll spend time with the people building and deploying Sovereign, identify meaningful stories and demonstrations, and translate them into accurate, accessible content.

As our first marketing hire, you’ll establish our creative standard and communications rhythm, build a dependable network of outside partners, and help lay the foundation for an internal team.

What you’ll do

Creative production and marketing

• Create video, social, web, presentation, and print content that explains our technology and shows the product in action.

• Turn demonstrations, technical milestones, field footage, and interviews into short-form videos, explainers, product stories, and campaign assets.

• Own our LinkedIn and X presence, developing content and improving it based on engagement with relevant audiences.

• Maintain a consistent visual identity and brand voice across our website, materials, campaigns, and events.

• Lead creative preparation for trade shows, booths, demonstrations, and partner events, from concept and materials through on-site execution.

• Brief and manage designers, filmmakers, agencies, and other creative partners while remaining directly involved in producing the work.

Communications and storytelling

• Develop and maintain company and product messaging in partnership with government relations and leadership, creating a shared set of narratives, proof points, and materials for internal and external use.

• Coordinate communications planning across marketing, government relations, leadership, and technical teams so announcements, campaigns, customer materials, and internal updates reinforce the same messages.

• Build a practical editorial calendar around company milestones, product developments, customer stories, partnerships, and events.

• Plan and execute announcements across company channels and relevant media, coordinating internal updates, executive materials, website copy, social content, and visual assets.

• Build relationships with relevant defense, technology, and national-security journalists and identify appropriate earned-media opportunities, working with outside PR support where useful.

• Help founders and company leaders communicate effectively through talking points, briefing materials, interview preparation, contributed articles, and speaking opportunities.

• Translate significant company and product developments into concise internal updates and briefing materials, so teammates understand key messages before they reach external audiences.

• Work with technical teams to find stories, verify claims, and explain complex capabilities clearly. Coordinate customer permissions and internal reviews before publishing sensitive information.

• Maintain a practical review process for messaging and public-facing content, identifying who needs to contribute, approve, or be informed.

Execution and measurement

• Manage briefs, budgets, timelines, assets, and outside partners, so work moves from idea to publication.

• Track the quality and relevance of media coverage, content engagement, campaign performance, and customer-facing use of materials.

• Use AI tools effectively across research, writing, editing, and creative development while maintaining accuracy and a high standard of finished work.

• At least 3 years of relevant experience in marketing, communications, brand, demand generation, or go-to-market work for a B2B, hardware, defense, or deep-tech organization. Relevant agency experience also counts.

• Demonstrated hands-on ability in video and social content, with a portfolio showing work you personally created as well as work you directed.

• Excellent writing and editing skills, including the ability to turn complex technical information into clear, compelling stories.

• Experience planning and delivering an external campaign, product announcement, or company milestone across multiple channels.

• Strong creative and editorial judgment, with attention to detail and consistency.

• Experience briefing and managing freelancers, agencies, or production partners.

• Ability to work directly with founders and technical leaders, ask useful questions, and turn incomplete inputs into finished work.

• Working familiarity with websites, landing pages, presentations, and event collateral.

• Sound judgment when handling confidential information and reviewing material for public release.

• Regular use of AI tools, with an understanding of their limitations and when human verification is necessary.

• Availability to travel for events, demonstrations, and customer or partner activities.

• U.S.-person status: a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or another protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). The role may involve export-controlled technology and controlled messaging.

• Experience in autonomy, robotics, aerospace, defense, or another complex technical industry.

• Experience with media outreach, executive communications, or thought-leadership content.

• Experience translating customer needs and technical capabilities into product positioning and customer-facing materials.

• Ownership of trade-show booths, event campaigns, or field-demonstration presentation.

• A track record of working with leadership to build a company’s public profile.

• Familiarity with CRM and lightweight marketing tools such as Resend, Clay, or Attio.

• A network of creative or communications partners you know and trust.

Compensation Specifics

• Final offer depends on demonstrated experience.
• Equity is granted on top of base for every full-time role.

• Full Medical for employee and family
• Full dental and vision for employee and partial coverage for your dependents. 
• Flexible PTO
• Paid Holidays: All federal holidays + last two weeks of the calendar year
• Paid Parental Leave: 3 Months

Modern Intelligence builds Sovereign: edge targeting software for unmanned systems, already in use on live missions. You’ll own how the company shows up across video, social, print, booths, and design, sitting with the people who build the product. If you’re hungry, move with agency, you should apply.

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.