Marketing & Communications Specialist (Mid‑Senior)

About the role

As the Marketing & Communications Specialist for ICEYE Portugal, you will be the voice of the company in the Portuguese defence, space and policy ecosystem. You will support the launch of the Portuguese Air Force programme, build the brand from the ground up in Lisbon, and act as the bridge between the Helsinki headquarters and the local market.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and execute local communications, including press events, social media, videos, customer storytelling and joint communications with partners.
• Create day‑to‑day content such as press releases, blog posts, executive briefing materials, LinkedIn updates, video scripts, photography and case studies.
• Develop and run a defence/tech PR programme with a local agency, managing reactive media, owned‑media calendars and executive thought‑leadership for the CEO.
• Coordinate ICEYE’s presence at key Iberian and EU events (Eurosatory, Web Summit, NATO Industry Forum, EUMETSAT, university partnerships).
• Localise global campaigns into Portuguese and act as brand guardian for the subsidiary.
• Support employer branding and recruitment marketing in partnership with People & Operations.
• Collaborate with ICEYE Spain and Helsinki HQ to ensure narrative consistency across regions.
• Maintain the local marketing CRM, event budget and KPI dashboard, reporting quarterly outcomes to global Marketing.

Required profile

• 5+ years of B2B/B2G marketing and communications experience, with at least 2 years in defence, aerospace, GovTech, deep‑tech or scale‑up environments in Portugal.
• Excellent written communication in both Portuguese and English, comfortable ghost‑writing for senior executives.

Required skills