PR & Marketing Lead

EQL Tech (sales & engineering talent)

Contract PR & Marketing Lead at AI health startup in Palo Alto, focusing on marketing and communications. Responsible for visibility and positioning as the company prepares for growth.

Posted 7/16/2026contractRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in transforming technical messaging into credible narratives for AI and health-tech sectors, with a strong focus on independent execution and strategic communication. Proven ability to create impactful marketing materials and establish a consistent brand voice.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Fractional CMO ExperienceExceptional Writing SkillsAI Domain FluencyHealth-Tech KnowledgeSelf-Directed Execution

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Hard Skills

Website Messaging StrategyPress Material PreparationSocial Media StrategyContent CreationMarketing Playbook Development

Soft Skills

Independent OperatorCreative Problem SolvingStrategic Thinking

Industry Keywords

AIHealth-TechClinical SpacesStartup MarketingAgency Strategy

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Reposition the website messaging so it says what the company does and why it matters.
Build the founders' LinkedIn presence into a credible, consistent channel.
Establish the social cadence and voice for the company.
Prepare press and partner-facing materials so they're ready to go the moment the seed round and partnership news land.
Leave behind a playbook the team can run once the engagement ends.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Independent operator: Fractional CMO, ex-agency strategist, or startup marketing lead comfortable working without a brief.
Proven transformation: A track record of taking a technical company from invisible to credible, with before/after work to point to.
Exceptional writing: Able to translate clinical AI substance into language that buyers, journalists, and investors trust, without dumbing it down.
Domain fluency: AI or health-tech fluency strongly preferred; genuine interest in the space essential.
Self-directed execution: Comfortable shipping without a brief, given direct founder access and full creative latitude.
Nice to have: prior fractional CMO or agency leadership experience; portfolio work in regulated or clinical spaces; existing relationships with health-tech or AI press. Bay Area preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Direct access: Work directly with all three founders, no committee or layers to navigate.
Creative latitude: Near-total ownership of narrative and channel strategy.
Portfolio-grade timing: Join at the exact inflection point, pre-seed-announcement and pre-partnership-news, where positioning work is visibly causal.
Extension potential: Realistic scope to continue the engagement as the company scales past its raise.