Director, Corporate Communications (Part Time, Fixed-Term)

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$210K/yr – $240K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expPart time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and harmonize external narrative and analyst relations for a B2B SaaS platform, turning launches and big moments into credible media coverage and trusted analyst engagement.

  • Narrative ownership: shapeCulture OS, AI, and people science stories for media, executive speaks, and analyst reviews.
  • Analyst and media acumen: convert complex product and research stories into differentiated coverage across regions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Bring Culture Amp’s corporate narrative (CultureOS, performance, AI, and people science) to life through media, analyst, and executive comms programs.
  • Partner with executives and product/people science leaders to shape and refine key messages, talking points, and storylines for major launches, announcements, and tentpole moments (e.g., Culture First Forums, product launches like PCQ and AI Coach).
  • Ensure our external stories are consistent, differentiated, and tightly aligned to the company’s strategic priorities.
  • Own the global PR strategy and newsroom calendar across North America, EMEA, and APAC, spanning product launches, campaign narratives, customer stories, and corporate milestones.
  • Lead and manage our regional PR agencies (NA, EMEA, APAC), providing clear briefs, prioritization, and feedback while holding them accountable to outcomes.
  • Oversee press releases, media pitches, opinion pieces, award entries, and media events (e.g., pre‑Forum media dinners, briefings at key conferences).
  • Equip and brief key spokespeople (executives, people scientists, customers) for interviews, podcasts, panels, and keynotes.
  • Partner with brand, campaigns, and social to ensure earned coverage, thought leadership, and hero assets are amplified across owned and paid channels.
  • Own Culture Amp’s analyst relations program and strategy, including memberships, evaluations, and ongoing engagement with key firms.
  • Plan and execute briefings, inquiries, and analyst days that connect analysts to our platform vision, product roadmap, and customer outcomes.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in corporate communications, PR, and/or analyst relations in B2B SaaS or technology, including experience owning global programs.
  • Proven track record leading PR and AR for complex, research‑or product‑led launches (e.g., new platforms, AI features, data reports) and converting them into meaningful coverage and analyst outcomes.
  • Experience managing and getting results from PR agencies across multiple regions and time zones.
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills across formats: press releases, media pitches, briefing docs, thought‑leadership bylines, executive talking points, and analyst materials.
  • Strong media and analyst relationships mindset, you understand what makes a story newsworthy, how to tailor it by outlet or persona, and how to build long‑term trust.
  • Comfort working with data, research, and people science narratives, turning complex ideas into clear, compelling stories.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and pace, juggling planned launches (e.g., Culture First Forums, campaign moments) with fast‑moving opportunities and issues.
  • High degree of collaboration and stakeholder management, including direct work with executives and cross‑functional marketing leaders.

Nice to have

  • Experience in HR tech / future of work or adjacent categories.
  • Previous ownership of global AR programs (memberships, waves/quadrants, briefing programs).
  • Experience supporting large-scale events and conferences (e.g., customer or thought‑leadership forums) from a comms and media perspective.

Benefits

  • Equity through our Employee Share Option Program, so you can share in our long-term success
  • Learning programs and coaching to help you thrive and grow
  • Quarterly refresh days, an extended end-of-year break and a monthly allowance to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
  • Inclusive parental leave from day one
  • A MacBook and budget to set up your home workspace, enabling flexibility
  • Five annual social impact days to to give back to causes that matter to you
  • Medical insurance coverage for you and your family (Available for US & UK only)
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Culture Amp

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Culture Amp is the world’s leading employee experience platform, revolutionizing how 25 million employees across more than 7,500 companies create a better world of work. Culture Amp empowers companies of all sizes and industries to transform employee engagement, drive performance management, and develop high-performing teams. Powered by people science and the most comprehensive employee dataset in the world, the most innovative companies including Canva, On, Asana, Dolby, McDonalds and Nasdaq depend on Culture Amp every day.Culture Amp is backed by leading capital venture funds and has offices in the US, UK, Germany and Australia. Culture Amp has been recognized as one of the world’s top private cloud companies by Forbes and most innovative companies by Fast Company.For more information visit cultureamp.com.

Founded in 2010
Cremorne, Victoria, AUS
1K employees (85 in marketing)
58% recommend to a friend
85% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
796.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$133.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.3%
Direct
64.3%
Referral
5.2%
Social
1%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
55 (5% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$257.5M
Last Raise
$100M
Series F, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2021
    Series F • $100M
  • Sep 2019
    Series E • $81.2M
  • Jul 2018
    Series D • $40M

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