Sr. Manager, Public Relations and Communications
Knix
New York City, NY (Remote)
In-houseFull-timeSenior level7+ years exp.
10 hrs ago
Communications Consultant
San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)
Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time
Posted 2 months ago
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Job Summary
Own strategic advisory work and reputation shaping for tech-focused clients, weaving AI-driven insights into high impact counsel across investors, policymakers and media.
- Reputation strategy and strategic counsel across audiences using AI-enabled insights
- Client work delivery and media strategy with advisory relationships
- Business development and internal collaboration to scale advisory capabilities
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Shape reputation strategy
- Advise with strategic judgement
- Use AI to drive better outcomes
- Drive and deliver client work
- Contribute to business development
- Build a collaborative environment
Requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- At least 3 years of corporate communications experience, either in consultancy or in-house roles with exposure to the technology industry
- Demonstrable ability to take a strategic approach to communications challenges and opportunities
- Understanding of different audiences (investors, policymakers, media, employees) and channels that make up the communications landscape
- Experience building advisory relationships with stakeholders to deliver strategic counsel
- Experience developing media strategies and working with journalists
- Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) effectively, safely and critically in a professional setting
- Project management experience - planning and delivering work against agreed goals, timelines and budgets
- Experience managing teams and delegating effectively
- Intellectual curiosity to develop subject matter expertise in new topics and share that knowledge with colleagues
Preferred
- Experience in research, policy, media relations or campaigns
Benefits
- Competitive, transparent pay with open salary bands, plus twice-yearly bonuses
- 401(k) with company match, eligible from day one
- Robust healthcare options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus dedicated mental health support
- 26 days PTO, 10 sick days, and 10 public holidays
- Two-week company-wide winter break
- Paid parental leave
- Sabbatical leave
- $100/month commuter benefit
- Hybrid working model with three days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
- Structured career development with clear progression pathways and a defined career framework
Milltown Partners
Milltown Partners is a global advisory firm working with influential organisations and individuals on the communications and public policy challenges that define their reputations.Our clients are leaders in their field: groundbreaking technology companies and their founders; global businesses and their CEOs; prominent individuals and renowned institutions. Technology and innovation are at the heart of our business and problem-solving approach, and we root our strategies in data insights and research on the audiences that matter, messages that work, and communications channels that deliver.We work as one team to ensure our clients can draw on our collective experience. The advice of our teams in London, Brussels, Dublin, San Francisco and New York is informed by everyone from our accomplished analysts to the founding partners, including leaders who have joined us from respected advisory firms as well as senior positions at Google, WhatsApp, The Royal Household, Uber, the British Government, Airbnb, the Financial Times, Manchester United or the BBC. By combining our breadth of experience, deep sector-specific knowledge and a research-driven approach, we help our clients analyse and solve their most important communications challenges.We are an Employee Ownership Trust. The people that work here own the company and share in its success. We're fully independent and will remain so. That means we can continue to do what we've always done: take the long view, build a business aligned to our values, invest in our people and their development, and innovate to improve the quality of our advice.
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1.9K
Traffic Source Mix
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41.7%
Direct
40.2%
Referral
10.1%
Social
6%
Paid
1.4%
Headcount Trend
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Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
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