Director, Communications & Founder Brand

Scribe•San Francisco, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a career-defining opportunity for someone who sits at the intersection of three disciplines: editorial, communications, and brand. We're looking for someone who can use them together to own how Scribe and our founders show up in the world. You'll be the connection point between what our product is doing, what our founders are saying, and how the company is perceived in the market. You won't wait to be handed a narrative. You'll come with a strong POV and pressure-test it with the right people. You’ll ensure the story we're telling in a press release, a LinkedIn or X post, and an investor conversation is the right story, adapted for each audience. Our founders are authentic, independent thinkers, Scribe is a Series C AI startup at a critical growth stage, and the category we've created is evolving in real time. This work has been proven out, and now it needs a leader to take it to the next level. This is not a role for someone who measures success by press mentions. You'll know a story landed when enterprise buyers are repeating our story back to us, investors are forwarding articles, and the candidates we want to hire are paying attention.

Requirements

BA/BS degree
6-8+ years of professional experience spanning editorial, communications, and/or brand.
Exceptional writer across formats and audiences. You can move fluently between strategic thinking and hands-on writing, and are comfortable producing polished work yourself (a press release, a LinkedIn or X post, a founder talking points doc, compelling long-form thought leadership articles, or a crisis statement)
An editorial sensibility with the ability to assess the fidelity of a story, know when there's a "there there," and get it to the right level of substance before it goes anywhere
A clear framework for measuring communications impact beyond vanity metrics, and experience developing a strong distribution strategy
Comfortable working directly with founders to develop and refine their public voice
Deep understanding of what moves enterprise buyers, investors, and top talent, and how to craft a story that reaches each one differently
Startup experience. You've operated with lean resources and made it work

Nice To Haves

Experience at a high-growth tech company through a significant inflection point (fundraise, IPO, major product launch)
Exposure to analyst relations. You understand what that audience needs and how to speak to it
A background in writing, literature, or history. We take good writing seriously here

Responsibilities

Own how Scribe is perceived by our core audiences: enterprise buyers, investors, and top talent. You'll shape the narrative, track how it's landing, continually refine it.
Manage the full lifecycle of executive and brand opportunities: evaluate inbound speaking invitations and proactively identify opportunities for founders, exec team, and Scribe to show up in the right rooms. You'll develop abstracts and prepare spokespeople. You know not every stage is worth the time, and you'll have a clear framework for determining which ones are.
Own Scribe's external communications strategy and manage our PR agency relationship. You set the narrative, define the audience, and build a systematic approach to news jacking, so we're never leaving a relevant moment on the table. Every announcement has a purpose; you define it, amplify it, and measure against it.
Develop and maintain playbooks for how Scribe responds to reputational moments, news cycles, and potential crises.
Partner closely with our CEO to scale her platform as a founder and thought leader, developing ideas, drafting and editing posts, and helping her show up consistently and authentically across LinkedIn, X, and media appearances. Over time, this expands to other members of the founding and executive team.
Ensure every public appearance (on stage, in front of a camera, or in the press) reflects the brand we're building and advances the story we're telling in the market.