Communications Lead (NYC)

Peec AI • New York, NY

16h • $165,000 - $200,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Peec AI is hiring a senior individual contributor to own the company’s communications story and establish what Peec should be known for. The role connects the company’s quarterly industry report, public Index, and research findings, shaping consistent narratives across research, founder communications, press, events, social, and campaigns. The Communications Lead will work in New York as one of Peec AI’s first US growth hires and partner closely with the growth team in Berlin, the founders, product marketing, and the research and content team. The position reports to the VP of Growth.

The role involves defining key ideas and supporting evidence for Peec’s communications, turning research into stories for different audiences, setting social strategy, and personally writing and editing high-stakes materials. It also leads founder and expert communications, press and publisher strategy, and efforts to make Peec’s own story accurately and prominently represented in AI search. The role requires strong writing, judgment with data, hands-on media pitching, and experience building communications capabilities in an early- or growth-stage company.

Requirements

• Experience leading an integrated launch at a B2B technology company, taking original research or a complex product to a clear story delivered across channels.
• Ability to explain the communications process from raw evidence through final assets, including personal writing, commissioned work, changes to the story, and claims deliberately excluded.
• Strong, fast writing across multiple formats, including the ability to write in another person’s voice; recent work samples must make the candidate’s contribution clear.
• Comfort working with data and evaluating whether a story will withstand scrutiny.
• Experience personally pitching journalists and securing coverage.
• Experience building a communications function at an early- or growth-stage company, as the first or second person in the role.
• Ability to build and use personal tools; AI is part of the candidate’s drafting, monitoring, and research process, and the candidate can explain their setup and where they limit AI-generated writing.
• Ability to work directly with founders, make decisions, and deliver work.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience as a journalist or editor before moving in-house.
• Experience in search, SEO, analytics, martech, or a data platform, with an understanding of AI search as a significant shift.
• Warm relationships with US marketing and technology trade press and relevant newsletter writers.
• Experience taking a European company’s story into the US market.
• Experience directing a PR agency effectively.

Responsibilities

• Determine the two or three ideas Peec should be known for, identify their supporting evidence, and develop the story over time.
• Document the company narrative so teams across Peec can communicate it consistently.
• Collaborate with the research team to identify compelling findings and turn them into communications for reports, founder posts, journalist briefs, and events.
• Set social strategy for Peec and its founders across LinkedIn and other channels, coordinating with the social and content team and product marketing.
• Personally write and edit high-stakes founder and expert pieces, press materials, campaign copy, and research communications.
• Brief writers and producers and ensure contributors meet a consistent quality standard.
• Lead founder and expert communications, including talking points, interview preparation, opinion pieces, stage remarks, LinkedIn posts, and feedback after appearances.
• Develop press and publisher strategy, prepare angles and briefing materials, and pitch journalists directly.
• Distinguish independent media coverage from sponsored placements in communications strategy.
• Own how ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini describe Peec, aiming to make the company a well-cited example in AI search.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity; everyone at Peec owns a piece of the upside.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Collaborative, high-energy in-office work environment.
• Opportunity to make a significant impact and define a new market category.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed