Senior Communications & Social Strategist (AI)

Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Salary: USD 150,000–165,000 per year plus equity

Company

Gradial builds an AI-native marketing operations platform that coordinates martech stacks, workflows, and people to automate marketing execution.

What you will do

• Own founder communications and publish weekly LinkedIn content in each founder’s voice.
• Develop executive narratives, keynote messaging, and speaking materials for events, media, and announcements.
• Set Gradial’s social strategy across LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
• Produce social-first content end to end, including short-form video, founder content, and product storytelling.
• Turn launches, milestones, platform shifts, and cultural moments into timely campaigns.
• Measure performance and refine messaging, formats, and distribution using audience data.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience leading executive communications and social strategy for founders, executives, or high-growth brands.
• Strong personal presence on LinkedIn and a demonstrated record of building an audience.
• Deep knowledge of LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube algorithms and audiences.
• Exceptional writing skills with the ability to adapt to different executive voices authentically.
• Hands-on experience writing, filming, editing, and publishing content.
• Experience using AI tools and LLMs for research, content development, and creative workflows.

Nice to have

• Communications or social strategy experience at a fast-growing AI or SaaS company.
• Experience with founder-led or culturally relevant brands and bold social storytelling.
• Experience producing highly shareable video and leading creative brand activations.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-based annual bonus and meaningful equity awards.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with employee coverage fully paid and dependents covered at 75%.
• Fertility and family-planning support, 401(k), and unlimited PTO.
• Seattle office with a gym, sauna, bike parking, and free lunch three days per week.
• Flexible work hours and a fast-paced, low-bureaucracy environment focused on ownership, learning, and impact.
• AI is used as a core tool for problem-solving, innovation, and scale.

Hiring process

• Interviews assess personal thinking, communication, problem-solving, and authentic perspective.
• Over-reliance on AI-generated interview responses may result in disqualification.