Public Relations Lead, Inworld AI
USA
$140-190k
+ bonus + equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
AI-powered characters for virtual environments
Posted today
AI-powered characters for virtual environments
101-200 employees
Posted today
$140-190k
+ bonus + equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To redefine how people interact with technology and brands in a way that feels human.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, or a related field
- 7+ years of experience in tech public relations, with a focus on AI & ML
- Proven track record of successful media relations and securing high-profile media coverage
- Passion for technology and a deep understanding of the AI & ML landscape. Comfortable with technical terminology and ability to simplify and explain it to relevant media or stakeholders,
- Experience building and scaling PR at a start-up or fast-growing product from the ground up
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a hands-on PR Lead to build, own, and execute our public relations strategy from the ground up
- You'll shape and drive the company’s narrative and external communication strategy, working closely with product, engineering, and marketing teams to craft compelling stories that resonate with the developer audience
- Inworld is breaking new ground in a product category without a playbook
- It's an environment where ambiguity is the norm, and we value individuals who thrive in uncertainty
- You'll be in a constant cycle of experimentation, learning, and growth
- Thought leadership: Develop and articulate clear and compelling narratives that highlight our product value and innovation in the industry. Collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing teams to understand technical nuances and translate them into engaging stories for the developer audience, positioning us as an industry authority
- Planning & messaging: Build, refine, and own a comprehensive PR plan aligning with our strategy, product/technical roadmap and growth objectives. Develop clear, differentiated messaging frameworks that articulate our unique positioning
- Communications: Handle product communications, social media strategy, and media relations, ensuring consistent and positive messaging across all platforms while effectively managing brand reputation and audience engagement
- Media relations and outreach: Cultivate and manage relationships with key media outlets, journalists, and industry influencers. Proactively pitch stories, product launches, announcements, partnerships, and milestones to the media to maximize coverage that elevates our brand
- Content: Create engaging PR content, including press releases, media kits, bylined articles, etc
- Events & community engagement: Plan and execute events, conferences, webinars, and panels. Expand visibility and amplify key messages in relevant industry communities
- Monitoring: Monitor media coverage, industry trends, the competitive landscape and public sentiment on AI to identify opportunities for PR initiatives
- Analytics: Track and report on social media and content performance, using data-driven insights to refine strategies and improve engagement
Our take
Dialogue writing for video games has traditionally been a matter of branching conversations based on player input, but this is a time-consuming and complicated process. In modern virtual environments which can contain thousands of characters, the need to save on costs means that conversations with many characters can be shallow and repetitive. Inworld AI's solution allows for the creation of unique and flexible interactions for even the most minor characters, based on just a few descriptive sentences.
As a novel application of AI to the games industry Inworld has grown rapidly, closing a seed financing round in 2021 and releasing its first product before being selected to join the 2022 Disney Accelerator. While the functionality of AI characters in a major release has yet to be tested, early signs for the company have been promising and it has attracted a major hire in John Gaeta (of Matrix fame) as Chief Creative Officer.
Inworld AI has recently closed another major round of funding, which it will use for product development and hiring. While it has yet to announce a pricing structure for its product, it is already looking at applications outside gaming and the metaverse, aiming at entertainment more broadly, sales, marketing, and education as just a few possible areas for expansion.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2023
$50m
SERIES A
Aug 2022
$50m
SERIES A
Total funding: $117m
Company benefits
- Remote friendly: Work from home in the US or Canada, or from our office in Mountain View, California. It’s up to you
- Flexible PTO: We offer flexible paid time off in the US and Canada. And we actually want you to take it! Most of us take between 3-5 weeks vacation a year
- Medical, dental, and mental health: In the US, we offer generous and comprehensive medical with mental health benefits, dental, and vision plans. We offer supplementary health benefits to Canadian employees
- Flexible work hours: As long as you attend necessary meetings, it doesn’t matter when you get your work done. Want to work at 11:00 pm? Great!
- Parental leave: Leave varies by country, but if you’re in the US, receive up to thirteen weeks off with 100% pay when you welcome a new baby to your family
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Ilya Gelfenbeyn
(Co-Founder)Previously co-founded API.AI (now known as Google Dialogflow), a developer platform for building conversational experiences, and served as its CEO before Google acquired the company in 2016. The company also built Assistant.ai, the highest-rated independent voice assistant in the world with 40M+ users. Ilya was also the Founding Head of the Google Assistant Investments program at Google.
Michael Ermolenko
(Co-Founder & CTO)Michael has extensive experience in leading AI teams and led Machine Learning Development at API.ai and the Dialogflow NLU/AI team at Google.
Kylan Gibbs
(Co-Founder & CEO)Kylan has a background in turning advanced AI into products that naturally interact with humans. They came from DeepMind, where they led products for Conversational AI and Generative Models. Prior, Kylan worked on enterprise Machine Learning projects at Bain & Company.
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