Corporate Communications Strategist

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$90K/yr – $115K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Earned Media: Drive earned media across tech, AI, business, and entertainment press. Pitch stories, build and maintain reporter relationships, prep spokespeople for interviews, and track coverage.
  • Agency Management: Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for our PR agency. Set priorities, review deliverables, keep the pipeline moving, and hold the agency accountable to results.
  • Executive Thought Leadership: Own the LinkedIn and X presence for our CEO and C-suite. Ghostwrite posts, build content calendars, spot moments to join the conversation, and grow our executives' voice and following.
  • Corporate & AI Comms: Develop messaging, narratives, and press materials for company milestones, AI product launches, partnerships, and industry commentary.
  • Consumer & Entertainment Comms: Support launches and campaigns across Inkitt Galatea, Inkitt CandyJar, and Inkitt Ironblood, turning hit stories and product moments into press and social moments.
  • Press Materials: Draft press releases, briefing docs, talking points, executive bios, FAQs, and award and speaking submissions.
  • Measurement & Reporting: Track coverage, share of voice, and executive social performance, and turn results into clear recaps and recommendations for leadership.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Marketing, Growth, Product, Content, and Community teams to keep messaging aligned across every channel.
  • Rapid Response: Stay on top of the news cycle in AI, tech, and entertainment, and move quickly on reactive opportunities and emerging issues.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in PR or communications, in-house, agency-side, or both
  • Proven track record securing earned media in top-tier tech, business, and/or entertainment outlets
  • Established relationships with reporters across tech, AI, business, or entertainment media
  • Experience ghostwriting executive thought leadership on LinkedIn and X
  • Experience managing a PR agency, or working agency-side with in-house clients
  • Exceptional writing skills. You can move from a crisp press release to a punchy X post to a founder's voice on LinkedIn in the same afternoon
  • A driven self-starter who takes ownership and doesn't wait to be told what's next
  • Genuine passion for AI, technology, storytelling, and entertainment
  • Ideally startup experience
  • Location: 5x onsite in San Francisco, CA

Preferred

  • Autonomous
  • Comfortable operating and speaking about AI
  • Bring solutions instead of problems
  • Data driven
  • Quick to action
  • Able to quickly switch between high priority tasks

Benefits

  • 401k plan, designed to help you save for the future
  • Health benefits tailored to your needs, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Professional coaching for everyone
  • Team-building events, including our annual Tulum trip
  • Unlimited access to all of our apps
  • Unlimited budget for self-development books
  • Charity donation of your choice at your one year anniversary
  • Free lunch in office everyday
  • Class Pass membership for US based employee and gym access for Berlin employees
  • Dog friendly offices
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Inkitt

3.9 Glassdoor

Inkitt is building the Disney of the 21st century - the most data-driven, the most AI-driven company in the world of entertainment. Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks and selling directly to consumers through its Galatea app. Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers. Recently raising a Series C and backed by some of the top VC’s such as: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA Ventures. Most recently, we launched CandyJar TV, where we’re turning the million-dollar hits into actual TV series and directly selling them episode by episode.

Founded in 2014
San Francisco, California, USA
262 employees (175 in marketing)
69% recommend to a friend
72% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $115K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
160 (61% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
2.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$117M
Last Raise
$37M
Series C, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2024
    Series C • $37M
  • Mar 2022
    Series Unknown
  • Oct 2021
    Series B • $59M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.6M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.9%
Direct
49.6%
Referral
3.8%
Social
3.4%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~262

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Corporate Communications Strategist

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