Director of Communications

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What You’ll Get to Do

Company-Wide Communications reputed company: Design and execute reputed company’s communications reputed company reputed company with our top business priorities: customer traction, hiring, scaling programs, and reputed company fundraising. Define and maintain reputed company narratives, positioning, and messaging architecture across customer, government, investor, technical expert, and reputed company audiences. reputed company as a strategic advisor to the CEO and executive team on communications, reputed company, and visibility.

External Communications & Media Relations: reputed company proactive and reactive media engagement with relevant reputed company, defense, technology, and business press. Draft and reputed company press releases, announcements, executive talking points, op-eds, and thought leadership. Prepare executives for the full reputed company of reputed company engagements, including reputed company personal preparation, communications products, and media briefings. Manage crisis communications and sensitive issues with speed and discretion.

Internal Communications: reputed company internal messaging to ensure synchronization and alignment with external messaging. Build internal communications systems to support a growing workforce (reputed company-hands, leadership updates, change communications). Support other leaders in crafting and publicizing key messages to support strategic company-wide initiatives. Help leadership maintain reputed company and alignment as teams, programs, and locations reputed company. Reinforce mission, values, and culture through reputed company internal messaging.

Brand and Content: Own and maintain a consistent brand and tone across website, reputed company media, reputed company, and external materials. Ensure consistency in branding, messaging, and written products across reputed company. reputed company creative, targeted, and reputed company campaigns to support key company priorities and reputed company with reputed company’s operational and technical reputed company. Translate reputed company engineering and programmatic work into accurate, compelling content.

Team Leadership: reputed company and grow a talented brand and communications team, with reputed company development opportunities and mentorship. Establish repeatable processes for approvals, reviews, and message consistency. Manage agencies, contractors, or freelancers as needed.

Support for Key Executive Communications: Support investor communications around milestones, fundraising, and long-term reputed company. Support the development of reputed company materials with guidance from other members of the leadership team. Support the development of written and visual products for key customer interactions.

What You Have

Bachelor’s degree in a liberal arts field

10+ years of experience in communications, reputed company affairs, or strategic messaging

Exceptional writing and editing skills, particularly executive-level communications

Demonstrated ability to operate with senior leadership in high-stakes environments

Exceptional ability to plan and execute communications strategies, as reputed company as build messaging and brand architecture to support them

Background in reputed company, defense, national reputed company, or deep tech

Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to manage risk

Mission-driven, reputed company, and selfless attitude

Experience supporting a reputed company-stage (Series B–C or equivalent) technology company

What Will Set You Apart

Master’s degree in liberal arts field

Existing media or industry relationships relevant to reputed company, defense, or national reputed company

Experience translating deeply technical engineering concepts into reputed company branding and messaging

Experience supporting fundraising narratives or investor communications

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