Head of Marketing

WHY FACULTY? We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here https://faculty.ai/impact. We don’t chase hype cycles. We innovate, build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical, product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence. Our business, and reputation, is growing fast and we’re always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology. AI is an epoch-defining technology, join a company where you’ll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications, and to make them happen. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING The Head of Marketing elevates and differentiates Faculty through a body of opinionated, authoritative AI storytelling, a distinctive brand, and a library of artefacts that bring our teams’ exceptional work and thinking to life - delivered through a marketing plan tightly aligned to Faculty’s business plan and strategic intent. KEY DELIVERABLES Storytelling & Differentiation - Build and scale Faculty’s AI storytelling capability by tapping into the exceptional body of knowledge in the business and shaping it into thoughtful perspectives - anchored in Faculty’s world view on AI and informed by the rapidly evolving AI discourse - Own Faculty’s foundational assets: corporate and commercial narratives, sales enablement artefacts, case studies, and canonical presentations - and ensure they are culturally sensitive and travel well Marketing Strategy & Planning - Develop and own the marketing plan, ensuring it is tightly aligned to the business plan and able to flex as priorities shift. - Sit as a member of the Marketing Leadership Team, shaping decisions that affect the wider function and bringing a marketing lens to the leadership table. - Use data and audience insight to prioritise investment, favouring durable brand equity and growth over vanity metrics. Marketing Delivery - Execute with purpose and precision: every campaign, launch and piece of content should have a clear reason to exist and a clear standard it's held to. - Set and protect a language standard that is parsimonious and human: no jargon, no filler, no vague futurism, just clear, confident writing that respects the reader. Digital, Creative & Content Oversight - Oversee digital, creative, events, and content, ensuring every output is intentional, high quality and unmistakably Faculty. - Direct creative development across campaigns, visual identity applications, video and design, holding a high bar for craft. Leadership & Collaboration - Partner closely with Marketing and Communications Leadership to develop and deliver integrated strategies. - Lead, coach and develop a team spanning digital, events, creative and brand disciplines, raising individual capability while staying hands-on where your own judgement adds most value. - Bring bold ideas, energy and vision, challenging marketing orthodoxies to bring Faculty marketing to a new level - Lead the team to become truly AI-native - using AI tools to work faster and push craft further, as well as identifying opportunities to deploy AI-enabled marketing tools and skills across the business - Support the international expansion of Faculty, working with regional colleagues to ensure the Faculty brand travels well and adapts where it needs to. WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Significant experience in the AI space with a proven track record of AI storytelling - Proven ability to build and own a marketing strategy for an AI business - grounded in a strong AI storytelling narrative and translated into a coherent brand expression - A proven ability to find the story in complex, technical material and tell it with clarity, confidence and a genuine point of view, with an instinct for which formats will make it land. - Experience co-creating and owning a marketing plan tightly aligned to business strategy, translating ambition into a deliverable, resourced plan. - Experience owning a company's digital channels and platforms and driving brand equity through thoughtful campaigns - Comfortable partnering with editorial and content leads to ensure output reinforces positioning and a consistent point of view. - Skilled at working alongside C-suite leaders and technical experts, earning trust quickly through sound judgement and a bias for delivery. - Proven ability to lead, coach and develop a multi-disciplinary team. A player-coach who neither hides behind the team nor bottlenecks it. - Deep understanding of AI, its transformative potential when deployed at enterprise and government scale, its associated risks, and the current landscape of global AI policy and safety discourse. - Highly self-sufficient, with the flexibility and tenacity to thrive in a fast-paced, complex scale-up environment now operating at global scale. OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS - Introduction interview with the Hiring Manager (30 mins) - Panel Interview (60 mins) - Meet the team (60 mins) - Final Stage Interview with the CCO (30 mins) OUR RECRUITMENT ETHOS We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought, and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world in which we live. We’re united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, relig