Communications Manager, YouTube Music and Premium

Responsibilities

• Shape YouTube Premium’s narrative as a leading streaming platform through proactive public relations campaigns that drive awareness and reinforce the value of the subscription.
• Support feature launches, new formats, and drive momentum across YouTube’s subscription offerings, the YouTube Music app, and podcasts. Drive alignment between Product, Marketing, and Communications teams to ensure consistent messaging and act as a strategic advisor to product leads on go-to-market strategies and feature announcements.
• Support executive platform for speaking events, Tier-1 media opps, bylines, podcasts, creator channels, and more.
• Manage and cultivate partnerships with a broad swath of media, including tech, entertainment, and business press, as well as new media, creators, and podcasters.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks and position YouTube Premium as an indispensable entertainment destination.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in public relations, media relations, or internal and executive communications with technology products or services.

Preferred

• Experience managing product, entertainment or business communications.
• Familiarity with subscription products, online video, and the broader media and entertainment landscape.
• Demonstrated ability to work calmly and maintain good judgment in a changing, high-stress environments; ability to think, plan and execute on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written.
• Strong track record of creative storytelling, proactive press outreach, and building relationships with journalists, influencers and stakeholders.