Head of Communications

The role

You will be the first in-house Comms Lead and editor-in-chief for Slingshot AI. You will tell stories about research, safety work, clinicians, and users through written pieces, videos, and media pitches.

What you will do

• Stay on top of internal and external areas of interest to curate stories.
• Build compelling stories from research, user stories, and safety work.
• Publish consistently and quickly in relevant channels including blog posts, LinkedIn, and press releases.
• Own relationships with existing reporters.
• Make the company approach, people, and evidence visible.
• Support founders, researchers, and clinicians with posting and speaking.
• Own core messages and the safety conversation.
• Own the publishing cadence and write most pieces.
• Manage outside help for pitching, placement, freelancers, editors, or agencies.

Required qualifications

• Can turn deep technical information into accessible stories.
• Can understand complex safety systems or clinical studies and translate them for general readers.
• Writing-forward with the ability to write technical blog posts and video scripts.
• Can manage freelancers, editors, or agencies.
• Impact-oriented and believes in the mission of making mental health accessible.

Nice to have

• Ability to brief a video producer

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (top of personal market)
• Meaningful equity
• Travel between NYC and London offices
• Free lunch and coffee in office
• Generous learning budget
• Personal therapy coverage

About the company

Slingshot AI is the team behind Ash, the first AI designed for mental health. They are a well-funded Series A company with offices in New York City and London.