Head of PR & External Communications

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$200K/yr – $250K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end corporate narrative and executive voice; run AI-native PR workflows and dashboards; align cross-functional teams and media to protect reputation and steer the category conversation.

  • Corporate narrative and audience-specific messaging across a fast-moving company.
  • Editorial system, media strategy, social strategy, campaign planning, content production, and measurement.
  • AI-enabled workflows to speed up PR, dashboards, coverage tracking, and competitive intelligence while preserving editorial standards.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Corporate narrative and positioning: message architecture, audience-specific narrative tracks, and the discipline to hold consistency across a fast-moving company
  • The communications system: editorial calendar, media strategy, social strategy, campaign planning, content production, agency management, and performance measurement
  • Maximizing for positive reach and positioning across the press and media channels we care about most
  • Executive communications: building a durable CEO voice across LinkedIn, X, podcasts, speaking, and long-form writing, as a repeatable system rooted in genuine conviction
  • Audience translation: distinct narrative tracks for developers, consumers, enterprise buyers, press, and recruits, each tuned in depth and frame of reference without diluting the substance
  • Understanding and building a targeted relationship with emerging media: podcasts, newsletters, streaming shows, creators that blur the lines between influencers and media
  • Leverage AI to rethink / speed up conventional PR workflows, reporting, dashboards, coverage tracking, competitive intelligence, etc.
  • Cross-functional partnership: embedded communications input in product launches, investor narrative, and partnership strategy
  • Competitive intelligence: a standing practice that informs narrative planning and keeps Wispr Flow ahead of the category conversation
  • Reputation and issues management: proactive scenario planning, rapid response, and the judgment to make the right call under pressure

Requirements

  • 10 or more years of communications experience, with meaningful time building programs and teams at high-growth technology companies
  • Range across narrative craft and distribution mechanics: you write well, you think in systems, and you do not outsource either
  • Demonstrated ability to translate technical complexity across multiple distinct audiences without losing substance for any of them
  • Business and financial fluency: you understand how positioning, growth narrative, and investor perception connect to communications strategy
  • Strong media relationships built on trust over time and a proactive news sense
  • Proven issues management judgment: you have handled something that mattered, under pressure, and made the right call
  • High agency, low ego: you ship, you give direct feedback, you are accountable for outcomes not outputs
  • AI-native in practice: you use AI tools to move faster and better while maintaining high editorial standards
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Wispr Flow (available on Mac, iPhone and Windows) lets you speak naturally and see your words perfectly formatted—no extra edits, no typos. It’s the easiest way to write 4x faster across all your apps.

Founded in 2021
San Francisco, California, USA

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Marketing Team

Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$56.6M
Last Raise
Series A, 9 months ago

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