AI Research - Marketing and Communications

Quick summary:

• Hello! I'm Aman, the founder of DenseLayers — it's an early-stage "moonshot" project that aims to speed up frontier STEM research.
• We're building a social network / "journal club for AI researchers around the world.
• This role is for someone who wants to work at a tech startup and be terrific at marketing and communications. Having an academic/research background would also be helpful.
• It's an ideal role for a mid/senior level marketer who's open to a part-time project, but also for a newbie who wants a chance to prove themselves in this profession
• Fully remote; work from wherever you want. We'll make the time zones work somehow.
• Part-time; can be converted into full-time eventually.

What a typical day/week would look like:

• Setting a goal, deciding on your tasks, and cranking on.
• Writing funny/interesting outreach emails and content for social media, mainly Twitter etc.
• Getting on calls with people, usually me. We love "pair work" here, which means sitting and work together virtually while on a video call.
• Doing research online, also scanning social media and research papers as needed.
• Aggressively tracking your progress and performance metrics.
• Put up with my jokes, pretend not to laugh so I stop making them, question the meaning of life while sobbing in the bathroom, etc.

Requirements:

• Motivation and enthusiasm: we're here to change the world, and we want people who assume that they can change it too. "Enthusiasm" comes from the Greek enthéos, which means "god within" or "possessed by god." This isn't a "woo-woo" corporate-speak requirement that looks nice on paper; we actively filter for this.
• Leadership and taking charge: instead of expecting the next guy to do the hard work and make it easy for you, you’d rather do the hard work yourself so you can make it easier for others.
• Resourcefulness: you see problems, and either find solutions or create them.
• Experience in marketing, sales, or communications; in setting goals and crushing them. If you've ever done marketing for events or conferences, or had a cold-calling job, that's a big plus! (Not that cold-calling is a big part of this job, but still.)
• (Optional) A sense of humor goes a long way, but it’s also ok if you're not funny. We'll make it work.
• (Optional) If you're based in Japan, around Tokyo, and speak Japanese, that's a plus. But don't sweat it either way.

Selection Process:

We don’t care about your CV / resume, unless you're particularly proud of something special you did. We also don't want to sift through thousands of applications.

Instead, we want to give you a fair chance to impress us, by doing a small homework assignment:

Record a video introducing yourself, share your understanding of DenseLayers, and pitch some ideas about what you'd do to help grow a weekly journal club like this. Do your research, and show off how much you prepared. Assume that you really did get the job.

You don't have to be super formal with this (we care about the content of what you're saying, not whether you sound like a McKinsey consultant.) Upload the video to YouTube or something and email a private link to me at [email protected]. (Do not send the video as an attachment.)

This video is like 80% of the application process, so it's your straight ticket to making a strong impression. If we like what you did, we'll do 1-2 interview rounds.

We will watch every video we receive, and as long as you make a sincere effort, you'll get back a Yes/No about the next steps (no ghosting, promise).

If you don't hear back within 10 days, and you confidently feel that it deserved a response, check your spam inbox.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!