Director of Marketing, Near Space Labs
$130-150k
+ Opportunity for equity
Office located in Brooklyn, NY
Aerial imagery and earth observation
Be an early applicant
Aerial imagery and earth observation
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$130-150k
+ Opportunity for equity
Office located in Brooklyn, NY
21-100 employees
Company mission
To democratize high-quality geospatial intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 10+ years of B2B enterprise experience in geospatial services, deeptech, data platform, or complex technology sales as a high-performing individual contributor
- Track Record: Proven track record as a solo or near-solo marketing function
- Industry Knowledge: Prior experience marketing to enterprise technical buyers in Insurance, State & Local Government, Utilities, or AEC
- B2B Product Marketing: Ability to get into the details and help craft messaging that speaks to decision makers across different industries and use cases
- CRM & Digital Marketing: Hands-on experience with modern B2B CRM and digital marketing tools (e.g., HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo, Braze, or similar)
- AI Proficiency: Fluency with AI tools and the ability to integrate them into day-to-day marketing workflows, including campaign optimization and performance analysis
- Executive Presence: Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to represent marketing at the leadership level
- Startup Mentality: Highly adaptable, entrepreneurial, and comfortable navigating ambiguity. You are a builder who doesn't wait for a playbook; you write it
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Director of Marketing to serve as the central engine of our marketing organization. In this high-impact role, you will operate as an elite solo marketer with the strategic acumen to partner with both internal stakeholders and external agencies to drive successful outcomes
- This is a hands-on leadership opportunity designed for a builder who will own the strategy, establish the systems, and drive execution from the ground up
- You will spearhead modern B2B digital marketing initiatives to accelerate top-of-funnel pipeline and lead product marketing across diverse verticals: Insurance, State & Local Government, Energy & Utilities, MapTech, Forestry & Environment, Roofing & Home Services, and Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC)
- As a vital partner to Sales, Product, and the Executive team, you must demonstrate exceptional adaptability and a startup mentality — navigating context switching with ease
- Reporting to: Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
- Demand Generation & Top-of-Funnel: Own digital marketing strategy to drive qualified pipeline: paid, SEO/content, email, and ABM. Build scalable programs that generate awareness and inbound interest across our target verticals — insurance, utilities, infrastructure, and beyond
- Product Marketing & Sales Enablement: Develop and maintain messaging frameworks, positioning, and collateral tailored to multiple distinct buyer personas and use cases. Partner with Product and Sales to translate complex geospatial technology into stories that close deals and expand accounts — including vertical-specific decks, one-pagers, battlecards, and ROI narratives
- Brand & Thought Leadership: Shape the Near Space Labs brand across owned and earned channels. Define our voice, narrative, and visual identity. Build a robust thought leadership program — including bylined articles, speaking opportunities, and executive content — that positions Near Space Labs as the definitive voice in stratospheric intelligence. Oversee the broader content calendar: case studies, technical explainers, and industry commentary, working with agencies or freelancers to execute at scale
- Agency & Vendor Management: Identify, brief, and manage external agencies and contractors for execution support across design, paid media, content, PR, and events — maintaining quality and staying on budget
- Events & Field Marketing: Own conference strategy and field presence in the industries that matter to us, where in-person relationships remain a meaningful part of the sales process
Our take
Near Space Labs provides customers with high-res imagery of the earth. The twist is, this isn’t satellite imagery, but imagery collected by a zero-emission fleet of wind-powered weather balloons, each one able to capture up to 1,000 square kilometres of imagery on each flight. This makes for an eco-friendly, low-cost alternative to satellite imagery and results in images up to 50 times clearer than those collected by satellite.
The company just raised $20M to expand its helium balloon-powered Swift aircraft. This funding will help it grow its coverage across the US and support industries like insurance and agriculture with clearer, cheaper aerial imagery.
This puts Near Space in an exciting position to offer wide-scale, high-res coverage while staying eco-friendly. Its zero-emission tech and simple design make it a smart, sustainable alternative to drones and satellites, showing how clean innovation can scale and make a real-world impact.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2025
$20m
SERIES B
Sep 2021
$13m
SERIES A
Total funding: $33m
Company HQ
Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
Leadership
Rema Matevosyan
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Software Developer with InnoRise, then at the Institute for System Programming of Russian Academy of Sciences. Subsequently held a junior research fellowship at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.
Ignasi Lluch
(Co-Founder & CTO)Worked on the Galileo Evolutions Team at the European Space Agency, and then as a Space Systems Engineering Researcher at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.
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