# PR & Marketing Lead

> EQL Tech · United States (Remote) · Contract · Posted 2026-07-16

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Brand, Design & Marketing

## Description

### The Opportunity

EQL Tech is partnering with a stealth, early-stage physical AI health startup (Palo Alto, team of roughly four) to bring on a Contract PR & Marketing Lead for a 1-3 month engagement. The company turns real-world sensor data, including wearables, ECG, and video, into clinical-grade health insight. Its founders have shipped FDA-cleared AI together before, paying enterprise customers are already live across two verticals, a major commercial partnership is in advanced discussions, and a seed round is set to close in Q3/Q4 2026.

The technology is well ahead of the story. The website undersells it, the founders aren't yet visible online, and there is nothing press-ready for the announcements about to land. Closing that gap is the job.

### The Role

You'll be this company's entire marketing and communications function for the length of the engagement: direct access to all three founders, near-total creative latitude, and no infrastructure or committee to navigate.

-   **Narrative:** Reposition the website messaging so it says what the company does and why it matters.
-   **Founder visibility:** Build the founders' LinkedIn presence into a credible, consistent channel.
-   **Presence:** Establish the social cadence and voice for the company.
-   **Launch readiness:** Prepare press and partner-facing materials so they're ready to go the moment the seed round and partnership news land.
-   **Legacy:** Leave behind a playbook the team can run once the engagement ends.

## Requirements

Seniority isn't measured in years here. What matters is a track record of taking a technical company from invisible to credible, and being able to show the work.

-   **Independent operator:** Fractional CMO, ex-agency strategist, or startup marketing lead comfortable working without a brief.
-   **Proven transformation:** A track record of taking a technical company from invisible to credible, with before/after work to point to.
-   **Exceptional writing:** Able to translate clinical AI substance into language that buyers, journalists, and investors trust, without dumbing it down.
-   **Domain fluency:** AI or health-tech fluency strongly preferred; genuine interest in the space essential.
-   **Self-directed execution:** Comfortable shipping without a brief, given direct founder access and full creative latitude.

**Nice to have:** prior fractional CMO or agency leadership experience; portfolio work in regulated or clinical spaces; existing relationships with health-tech or AI press. Bay Area preferred.

## Benefits

-   **Direct access:** Work directly with all three founders, no committee or layers to navigate.
-   **Creative latitude:** Near-total ownership of narrative and channel strategy.
-   **Portfolio-grade timing:** Join at the exact inflection point, pre-seed-announcement and pre-partnership-news, where positioning work is visibly causal.
-   **Extension potential:** Realistic scope to continue the engagement as the company scales past its raise.

Remote - Marketing & Communications - Contract

## Apply

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