Community + Brand Manager

About Helion

We are a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone. Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised $1.5 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors including Thrive Capital, LightSpeed Venture Capital, SoftBank, and others to propel us forward. Our current prototype, Polaris, has reached record-breaking plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius (13 keV). Helion is continuing to iterate and on the path to the world's first fusion power plant, Orion. This is a pivotal time to join Helion. You will tackle real-world challenges with a team that prizes urgency, rigor, ownership, and a commitment to delivering hard truths – values essential to achieving what no one has before. Together, we will change the future of energy, because the world can't wait.

What You Will Be Doing

Helion is seeking a Community + Brand Manager to shape how people experience Helion externally through tours, events, and other public-facing brand experiences. This role will help bring Helion’s story to life by creating engaging experiences that strengthen awareness of our mission and technology. You will work across communications, creative, and cross-functional teams to coordinate public-facing programs and engagement opportunities that connect external audiences with Helion’s work and people. This is a highly collaborative role that combines event execution, program coordination, relationship management, and creating branded creative materials in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. As Helion continues to grow, you will play an important role in shaping how visitors, partners, perspective employees, community members, and other external audiences experience and engage with Helion. This is an onsite role that reports to Helion’s Content Lead and our Everett WA, office.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in experiential branding, communications, events, marketing, or related fields
• Experience leading events, tours, or audience engagement initiatives that strengthen brand awareness or public engagement
• Experience creating branded materials in Adobe Suite
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Able to represent Helion professionally and confidently in external-facing environments with strong attention to detail and audience experience
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families
• 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days)
• 10 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break
• Up to 5% employer 401(k) match
• Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
• Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)
• Annual wellness stipend

Compensation Range

$128K - $164K