External Comms / PR Lead

Who We Are:

We build infrastructure that delivers massive amounts of web data to the companies training the world’s most powerful AI models.

We're the team that helps to power and support Grass, a bandwidth-sharing network that lets us operate a massive distributed crawler, giving us unique access to high-quality public web data at global scale. On top of that, we’ve built pipelines for ingesting, segmenting, and annotating billions of videos, transcripts, and audio files, powering dataset creation for frontier labs.

We’re lean, technical, and move fast. No red tape, no slow decision-making; just a team of builders pushing to expand what’s possible for open web data and AI.

The Role.

We are seeking an External Comms and PR Lead who is an excellent communicator in all forms and has a proven ability for nuanced and insightful storytelling, clearly articulating a compelling mission, and engaging diverse audiences. You will be joining a small, talented team and lead efforts that will shape our public perception, drive brand narrative evolution, and amplify our vision for a world where Grass is integral to the internet's future.

Who You Are.

• High integrity and seeks out responsibility

• Resilient, resourceful, and motivated to get things done

• Approaches challenges as opportunities

• Curious and eager to learn

• Welcomes feedback and open dialogue

• Values team success over personal recognition

• Organized and detail-oriented.

• Process driven

What You’ll Be Doing.

• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with top priority journalists, influencers and media targets

• Writing, editing, and verbally communicating complex ideas effectively to a diverse audience through clear and impactful messaging.

• Developing and framing the company's brand position and tone across various social platforms.

• Shaping how we show up online.

• Blending deep technical understanding with creative storytelling.

• Ideating on campaigns that help people understand our mission, products and business model.

• Create unexpected ways to showcase our work, including our open source initiatives and research.

• Create multi-modal educational content for a variety of audiences and depth levels.

Skills, Requirements and Qualifications.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

• At least 5+ years within early-stage software startups in Communications, Sales, or Marketing roles.

• You are an excellent speaker and writer.

• You have a well-established media relationship network.

• You are personable and able to manage expectations across many stakeholders and multiple on-going relationships.

• Crisis communication experience is a plus.

• Proficiency in PR tools, media monitoring platforms, and social media management.

• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.

Why Work With Us:

• Opportunity. We are at at the forefront of developing a web-scale crawler and knowledge graph that allows ordinary people to participate in the process, and share in the benefits of AI development.

• Culture. We’re a lean team working together to achieve a very ambitious goal of improving access to public web data and distributing the value of AI to the people. We prioritize low ego and high output.

• Work Remotely

• Compensation. You’ll receive a competitive salary, benefits and equity package.