Responsibilities

• Own relationships with tier-one and trade press, driving proactive story pitching and managing the full press cycle from planning through to coverage and follow-up.
• Work closely with the executive team to build a consistent public presence, supporting content creation and putting simple systems in place for employees to share what they are building.
• Lead communications for product and company launches, ensuring messaging, press outreach, internal alignment, and social amplification are well coordinated.
• Manage Fonoa’s company social channels, setting the tone, publishing content, and adjusting based on what performs.
• Use events as communication moments by shaping speaking narratives, preparing executives, and extending impact through press and social.
• Own internal communications, including all-hands and company updates, ensuring messages are clear, timely, and aligned with the external narrative.
• Partner with Product Marketing to carry the core narrative across all channels, maintaining consistency and using market and competitor signals to refine messaging over time.

Requirements

• 6–10 years in B2B communications, with at least one stint in-house at a high-growth company.
• Direct experience operating a founder-led or employee-amplified comms motion.
• Proven ability to draft a press release, a tweet, an all-hands script, and an op-ed — all in the same week.
• Build and run a consistent system for executive communication, including content planning, drafting support, and performance tracking to ensure regular, high-quality output.
• Create simple tools and templates that enable employees to share what they are working on and drive natural engagement.
• Develop and manage a forward-looking media plan that aligns company milestones with the right journalists and outlets.
• Leverage events and speaking opportunities to drive clear communication moments for not just presence or visibility but for impact.
• Experience advising and coaching senior leaders on communication strategy and help adjust messaging

Preferred

• Experience operating at a company in the middle of a major repositioning — where messaging, press, and social all had to change at once.
• Prior experience briefing analysts or navigating category-creation moments.