Communications Lead

Responsibilities

• Own Earned Media: Build relationships with energy, climate, technology, and business reporters, pitch stories, manage embargoes, and run every interview from briefing book to follow-up
• Write and own press releases, announcements, fact sheets, and the key messages document every spokesperson works from
• Prepare and media-train relevant members of the team sit in on interviews, and provide post-interview feedback to interviewees
• Own our social channels (LinkedIn, X): strategy, content calendar, writing, posting, community management, and metrics
• Get the technical story right. Work with engineering to make sure every public claim about our technology, our sites, and our results is accurate before it goes out
• Build and run our crisis and incident communications plan, including environmental, safety, and deployment scenarios, with clear owners and approval paths
• Write and enforce our PR and public statement guidelines: what employees can share, who approves what, and how we handle inbound and outbound media
• Own internal communications: all-hands agendas and run of show, company-wide announcements, leadership updates, and onboarding content on mission and strategy
• Support financing announcements, partner and customer announcements, and conference and event appearances
• Support External Affairs on community relations, public comment periods, and stakeholder outreach

Requirements

• 5+ years of communications experience, with a mix of in-house and agency or newsroom work
• Excellent writer and editor who can turn a complex technical result into a clear, accurate story in a rapid paced environment
• Experience media-training, preparing, and partnering with executives for interviews, panels, and press events
• Experience owning company social channels and building a content calendar
• Experience handling a crisis or sensitive issue in public, with sound judgment about what to say, when, and who signs off
• High ownership mindset and comfort working independently
• Able to work on-site in Seattle, with occasional travel to deployments, events, and partner sites

Preferred

• Previous experience in energy, government affairs, climate tech, hardware, aerospace, or deep tech
• Experience at a startup through a major financing round or launch
• International communications experience, especially in APAC

Benefits

• Benefits : Health, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
• Time Away: Flexible PTO including 12 paid company holidays
• Global Fieldwork : Travel to fascinating deployment sites along oceanic ridges in locations like the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, and the Azores
• Hands-on Experience : Participate in sea trials and deployment operations in partnership with leading oceanographic institutions
• Cutting-edge Development : Work with technology that spans high-power electronics, marine systems, and clean energy
• Impactful Work : Help solve one of the world's most pressing challenges
• Dive Certification : Company-sponsored recreational dive certification
• Other Perks: Access to the company boat, free meals and snacks, and the list goes on!
• Equity is granted to every full-time employee as a meaningful piece of ownership
• Final base salary will be determined by an array of factors including internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and work experience