Marketing Associate

Marketing Associate

Varda is looking for a Marketing Associate. The position is full-time and on-site in Los Angeles, CA.

The Marketing Associate will be responsible for helping on campaigns and strategies projecting Varda's mission and image. This role is optimal for someone looking to grow technically and professionally while working on impactful projects critical to the company's success. You will be working on a collaborative team in a startup environment while being able to learn from some of the most accomplished and experienced aerospace professionals in the world. We're dedicated to providing an experience that will let your decisions and contributions help drive Varda's success.

Varda is scaling pharmaceutical manufacturing beyond Earth's gravity; the story is every bit as bold as the engineering. As our first dedicated Marketing Associate you'll be the connective tissue linking brand, product, and exec teams—making sure every launch, announcement, and meme lands with consistency, energy, and precision. You'll love it here if you thrive on high ownership, rapid iteration, and a culture where no problem is too great and no detail too small.

Story & Content:

• Ship social posts, threads, shorts, and long-form pieces multiple times per week that translate complex science into share-worthy narratives.
• Maintain a rolling 90-day content calendar and jump on real-time opportunities around launches, policy news, and cultural moments.
• Seamlessly weave and coordinate Varda's narrative between Pharma, DoD and Civil Space.
• Own branding, design, and copy across Varda's digital properties, including web, social, and online store.

Visual Design:

• Assist in managing and coordinating external design consultants.
• Turn raw flight footage, lab shots, and CAD renders into crisply edited videos, motion graphics, and infographics.
• Own and evolve the brand template library.
• Design and operationalize Varda's regular swag and merch.

Events & Experiential:

• Coordinate end-to-end logistics for trade shows, investor demos, and STEM outreach.
• Become an expert at timeline management, vendors, lead capture, and post-event reporting.

Analytics & Optimization:

• Track channel KPIs (engagement, reach, CPC, share-of-voice) and benchmark against peers in aerospace, defense, and life sciences.
• A/B test creative, iterate quickly, and publish insights company-wide.

Ops & Knowledge Management:

• Build and maintain a searchable Airtable/Confluence media vault for photos, b-roll, keynote decks, and press kits.
• Spin up lightweight Jira boards to keep cross-functional stakeholders unblocked.

You Might Be a Fit if You...

• Basic Requirements and Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, communications OR a Bachelor's degree in an engineering field related to Varda's business and a proven track record for excellent science communication.
• 1+ years of marketing experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Extensive experience in creating and curating social media content on multiple platforms using photography, motion graphics, and video.
• Expert knowledge of relevant software for video and photo editing.
• Familiarity with relevant software for scheduling, tracking analytics and social listening.
• Some experience in events management or project management is preferred but not required.
• Proven ability to interact and work effectively with many levels of personnel across the organization.
• Proven ability to handle many projects at once, be unfazed by context switching, and be unafraid to speak up and execute big ideas.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in aerospace, defense, biotech, or another hardware-heavy, regulated sector.
• Familiarity with product-led B2B growth tactics
• Event-marketing chops—booth design, on-site AV, sponsorship negotiations.
• An eye for motion graphics

Pay Range: $75,000- $90,000 per year

This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA. Leveling and base salary is determined by job-related skills, education level, experience level, and job performance. You will be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards. Offer compensation also includes the ability to receive stock options under the Company's Equity Incentive Plan.