Head of Brand

northwoodspace•Washington, DC

11d

About The Position

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company focused on connecting space and Earth. The world runs on space. Space will run on Northwood. Our global ground network ensures that missions ranging from national security, to global connectivity, to disaster response can unlock their full potential and operate every day without fail. This story needs to be told. The Role: We’re hiring a Head of Brand to shape how Northwood shows up to the world. You will own the story of Northwood - how it’s told, where it’s told, and how it evolves as we scale. This is a highly strategic and hands-on role with direct access to the founding team. You’ll translate our technical breakthroughs into compelling narratives, build a recognizable and differentiated brand, influence how customers, partners, recruits, and the media perceive us, and help define the category we’re building. You’ll operate fluidly across product, policy, partnerships, and recruiting.

Requirements

10+ years in brand strategy, journalism, communications, editorial, or related roles
Experience working directly with founders or C-suite executives
Demonstrated ability to translate highly technical concepts into approachable storytelling
Exceptional writing portfolio showcasing range, clarity, and editorial judgment

Nice To Haves

Background in startups, aerospace, national security, or infrastructure preferred
A strategic communicator who’s worked in or around high-velocity, founder-led environments - ideally in hard tech, national security, aerospace, or AI.
A world-class writer who can handle varied content from technical briefs to press quotes to blog drafts.
A narrative thinker who understands how positioning, timing, tone, and medium interact.
A collaborative operator who works closely with founders and leadership to ensure aligned, effective communication while driving independent execution.
A tasteful editor and brand steward who holds the bar high and keeps the message sharp.

Responsibilities

Narrative Stewardship: Partner closely with the CEO to translate, evolve, and protect the company’s narrative.
Media Relations: Build and manage relationships with national security, tech, and space reporters. Shape stories with select media when strategically valuable and ignore noise when it’s not.
Product & Technology Storytelling: Translate technical progress into strategic messaging. Work cross-functionally to explain our engineering, software, and deployment milestones to non-technical stakeholders.
Platform Building: Develop our outbound content strategy. Maintain a high standard of clarity, originality, and signal.
Strategic Announcements & Launches: Lead planning and execution for major announcements - product launches, partnerships, funding rounds, deployments, etc.