Stratolaunch is seeking a creative, strategic, and highly collaborative Employer Brand & Content Specialist to help define and amplify how our company is perceived by current and future talent. This role will sit at the intersection of Talent Acquisition, Marketing, Communications, and business leadership, owning employer brand initiatives while also creating compelling content that showcases our mission, people, culture, and technical achievements.

The ideal candidate combines strong program management skills with hands-on storytelling ability. This person will help strengthen the candidate experience, build scalable employer brand programs, support recruiting priorities, and develop high-quality content across social, digital, and event channels. They should be comfortable partnering with engineers, recruiters, executives, and functional leaders to translate complex aerospace work into authentic, engaging, and compliant messaging.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and evolve Stratolaunch’s employer brand strategy in alignment with business growth, hiring priorities, and brand standards
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, Marketing, Communications, and business leaders to develop employer brand campaigns that support recruiting goals
• Assess and improve the end-to-end candidate experience across major touchpoints including job ads, career site, social channels, recruiting events, recruiter messaging, and interview experience
• Create, write, and edit compelling content including social posts, captions, employee spotlights, leadership features, recruiting campaign copy, event promotion, and candidate-facing messaging
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to capture and communicate company milestones, technical breakthroughs, program achievements, workforce stories, and cultural moments leveraging our Intranet and other communication channels
• Support executive and leader visibility efforts by helping shape external-facing content for conferences, panels, events, and thought leadership opportunities
• Partner with designers, photographers, videographers, and outside vendors as needed to produce visual assets that strengthen storytelling and audience engagement
• Support recruiting event strategy and execution, including hiring events, university outreach, military and veteran initiatives, and experiential talent campaigns
• Develop tools, templates, and enablement resources that help recruiters and hiring managers communicate a consistent and compelling employer value proposition
• Monitor brand and campaign performance metrics and provide recommendations to improve engagement, reach, candidate conversion, and overall hiring impact

• Ensure content and messaging align with internal brand standards and applicable compliance requirements, including sensitivity to ITAR, export control, proprietary information, and customer considerations
• Manage the Stratolaunch branding guidelines and content
• Manage the company store, merchandise selection, and orders to support events like tradeshows and recruiting

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong understanding of employer branding, recruiting marketing, social media strategy, and content development
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate technical subject matter into accessible, compelling content
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, and deadlines in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Experience building programs or processes from the ground up with a high degree of ownership and accountability
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with recruiters, engineers, executives, and communications partners
• Strong judgment and professionalism in handling sensitive or technical information
• Comfortable using performance metrics to evaluate campaigns and guide content strategy
• Ability to balance creativity with structure, process, and business objectives

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Human Resources, Business, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
• 5+ years of experience in employer branding, recruiting marketing, social media, communications, content strategy, or related work
• Experience developing content for brand, recruiting, executive, or corporate social channels required
• Experience in aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, engineering, hardware, or other highly technical industries strongly preferred
• Experience partnering with Talent Acquisition teams and understanding recruiting workflows strongly preferred
• Experience with visual storytelling, photography, videography, or creative asset development is a plus
• Familiarity with LinkedIn, employer review/job platforms, content planning tools, and analytics/reporting tools preferred
• Familiarity with compliance considerations relevant to aerospace/defense environments is a plus

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in either Mojave, CA or Washington, DC
• Frequent travel required to Washington D.C., Mojave Spaceport, and other domestic locations

Stratolaunch is seeking a dynamic Sr. Marketing and Communications Manager to create, implement, and oversee MarCom programs that will effectively describe and promote the company and its offerings including, but not limited to, graphics, brochures, presentations, advertising, videos, company/product fact sheets, logos, and other promotional materials. This position interacts with a broad range of internal and external audiences. The ideal candidate is highly effective with proactive public relations, internal communications, branding and organizational initiatives, change and issues management, and understands go-to-market strategy in support of business development. This individual will be wholly responsible for the marketing and communications function of the organization and knows how to get things done in a small and growing team.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and lead the overarching marketing and communication strategy for Stratolaunch.
• Partner with Engineers to develop strategic marketing and sales materials - including print, video, web and multi-media.
• Manage industry engagement, conferences, and sponsorships.
• Develop content and manage social media platforms including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Redditto generate awareness of the Stratolaunch brand.
• Generate social media templates and guidelines for employees.
• Create strong relationships with senior leaders for speaking engagements and internal communication.
• Plan, coordinate and execute unique, high-profile events.
• Analyze and continuously improve marketing, sales and business development campaigns.
• Manage and archive all content and messaging.
• Support media training and crisis communication planning.
• Exhibit a willingness to work quickly and comfortably with fluid situations and ever changing challenges.
• Manage relationships with third party vendors and determine graphic design needs.
• Manage company store strategy, including inventory management, branding and external offerings.
• Develop communications campaigns and external communication materials for use with the media, industry stakeholders and clients – inclusive of print, digital and social media.
• Be a strategic communications adviser, able to develop and execute long-term communications programs, manage news flow, and drive change and issues management projects.
• Handle media inquiries and conduct media outreach.
• Execute a thoughtful approach to targeting appropriate outlets, networking, conducting research, and meeting regularly with reporters to reinforce relationships and identify story opportunities.
• Develop press releases, presentations, media programs, and other documents created for communications.
• Identify thought leadership opportunities to put an appropriate spotlight on Stratolaunch offerings.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience creating and managing content
• Demonstrated experience developing, and successfully implementing, marketing and communications strategy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and flexibility working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytic skills.
• Excellent communication skills and public speaking ability.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and flexibility working in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments. Ability to interact effectively at the highest level of an organization and synthesize complex issues crisply, clearly and convincingly.
• Superior influencing skills and able to gain the respect of, and build a rapport with, multiple audiences, internally and externally.
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments.
• Experience within aerospace and/or aviation preferred.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• BA/BS in Marketing or Business
• 10+ years of experience in Marketing and Communication

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in Washington D.C.
• Frequent travel required to Mojave Spaceport, and other domestic or international locations

Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr. Account Manager – Pentagon to serve as a front-end Business Development leader responsible for building relationships across the Department of War and driving strategic award opportunities within Pentagon programs. This individual will help shape and capture opportunities by translating customer needs into funded programs, with a particular focus on how Stratolaunch’s hypersonics portfolio can support the Department of War’s need for hypersonic systems and flight demonstrations. This is intended to be a hands-on role for someone who can lead capture strategy, develop win themes, build relationships, and contribute to proposal development in partnership with the broader Business Development team.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and execute the full business development lifecycle across the Office of the Secretary of War related pursuits, primarily Research and Engineering but working with Acquisition and Sustainment as well.
• Lead capture activities by developing win strategies, capture plans, and opportunity shaping plans that position Stratolaunch for award.
• Translate customer needs, operational gaps, and exercise requirements into program requirements and actionable win strategies.
• Develop and execute customer engagement plans to build understanding of customer priorities, mission challenges, and funding pathways.
• Identify where Stratolaunch capabilities, including the evolving hypersonics  vehicles portfolio, align to Department of War needs.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the Pentagon and partners.
• Lead solution strategy in partnership with internal business development and technical teams to mature offerings and shape pursuits.
• Support proposal development by contributing to strategy, messaging, and written content as part of a larger BD/proposal team.
• Brief pipeline status, pursuit strategy, and closure plans to senior and executive leadership on a regular basis.
• Execute capture gate reviews and help drive disciplined pursuit management across assigned opportunities.
• Represent Stratolaunch as a trusted, credible, and proactive business development partner.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Recent experience working with the Department of War and familiarity with Pentagon hypersonic priorities and challenges.
• Hypersonic Technology Expertise: In-depth knowledge and understanding of the value of hypersonic flight systems, Familiarity with industry-specific challenges, best practices, and emerging trends.
• Demonstrated ability to connect customer need, operational demand, and funding strategy to help close opportunities.
• Experience with acquisition processes, strategic planning, and opportunity shaping.
• Ability to build relationships while also doing hands-on capture and proposal work without relying on a large support staff.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to help write proposal content and executive-level briefing material.
• Strong business development and/or capture management background preferred.
• Ability to understand warfighter needs, Pentagon priorities, exercise gaps, and where Stratolaunch solutions can provide value.
• Candidates should be able to understand mission need, capability fit, and solution tailoring at a level sufficient to shape opportunities effectively.
• Established professional network within the aerospace industry, including connections with research institutions, government agencies, and industry partners.
• Experience as part of a business leadership team at a significant divisional or overall business level.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, National Security Studies, Public Policy, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 15+ years of relevant experience supporting the Department of War or closely relevant defense experience.
• Prior experience in business development, capture, account management, strategic planning, military exercises, acquisition, or operational planning strongly preferred.
• Backgrounds may include senior civilian professionals supporting the Pentagon, or military officers exiting service at approximately the O-6 level or comparable experience, particularly those who are comfortable working as individual contributors in a hands-on role.

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Must be on-site at Washington, DC company facility.
• Travel to Mojave, CA, Huntsville, AL Dayton, OH, and other mission/operational sites will be required; travel estimated at 25 – 50 percent of the month