Chief of Staff to CEO

The role

You will serve as a trusted editorial partner to the CEO, reviewing and sharpening the executive office's most important written materials before they reach the company, press or customers. You will also guard the company's brand narrative and partner with marketing on major announcements.

What you will do

• Serve as the final editorial check on press releases, bylines, media Q&A, and board and leadership presentations.
• Guard project44's brand narrative and messaging framework across launches and announcements.
• Partner with Product Marketing and Marketing leadership on the story behind major product and company announcements.
• Build and manage the CEO's external thought-leadership presence, including bylines, keynotes, panels, press interviews and social platforms.
• Partner with the Executive Leadership Team to capture decisions, drive alignment and track follow-through on communications and brand priorities.
• Triage inbound requests for the Office of the CEO and decide what needs the CEO's direct attention.
• Build AI workflows and prompts to accelerate content drafting, narrative development and triage.
• Manage the CEO's most sensitive, time-critical communications and brand projects from start to finish.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in communications, product marketing, brand strategy, corporate communications, or a previous Chief of Staff role within a fast-scaling B2B environment.
• Exceptional writing skills, with the ability to adapt style and draft content in the CEO's voice across formats from keynotes to customer-facing bylines.
• Sharp instincts across brand, product marketing and go-to-market storytelling.
• Fluency with modern AI tools, including building workflows, writing prompts and evaluating output.
• Strong command of modern presentation and content tools.
• Impeccable judgment and absolute discretion with sensitive or confidential information.
• Proven record of executing quickly in a fast-paced executive office environment.
• A Bachelor's degree is required.
• Direct, hands-on experience in logistics, supply chain, freight or transportation technology.

Nice to have

• Experience operating within a complex, technical B2B SaaS ecosystem.
• Background in journalism, corporate communications or product marketing, with a portfolio of executive or brand narrative work.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving outcomes when executive priorities shift.
• Exceptional emotional intelligence and executive presence.
• Direct experience partnering with product marketing or brand teams on major launches.

Before you apply

• Candidates must be willing to be on-site in the Chicago office 4 days per week.
• Leveraging AI is a company-wide expectation.

About the company

project44 has been transforming how the global transportation and logistics industry does business since 2014. Its Advanced Visibility Platform is used by leading brands to track shipments and improve supply chain operations.