Director of Communications

New York, USA (On-site)

$163K/yr – $245K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive product communications and earnings storytelling for a high-growth tech company.

  • Own end-to-end product narratives from roadmap to launch and momentum.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in product or corporate/financial communications at a tech company.
  • Standout: Experience partnering with IR/Finance and preparing executives for high-stakes moments.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own how we communicate product progress and company performance—connecting what we ship to how we grow (DAUs, engagement, revenue).
  • Lead comms for earnings and major company moments: shape the narrative, partner with IR and Finance, and ensure consistency across press, exec messaging, and owned channels.
  • Drive product communications end-to-end: from shaping the story to landing the launch to sustaining momentum after.
  • Turn complex product areas (AI, efficacy, monetization) into simple, credible narratives with clear proof points.
  • Partner deeply with Product and Data to identify what’s actually interesting, differentiated, and worth talking about—and what’s not.
  • Build repeatable systems for how we show up across launches and earnings (messaging frameworks, proof points, story arcs).
  • Prepare executives to speak clearly and consistently about product and business performance in high-stakes moments.
  • Anticipate and manage issues tied to product changes, AI, efficacy, and monetization—balancing transparency with clarity.
  • Define what “good” looks like and measure it—focusing on message pull-through, narrative clarity, and impact on trust and growth.
  • Manage agencies and partners to execute at a high bar.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in communications, with strong experience in product comms and/or corporate/financial comms at a high-growth tech company.
  • A track record of turning product work into clear, differentiated stories that get picked up—and understood.
  • Experience supporting earnings or working closely with Finance/IR to shape external narratives.
  • Strong instincts for what matters: you can quickly identify the signal in a roadmap, dataset, or result—and build a story around it.
  • Excellent writing and editing skills; you can make complex ideas simple without losing credibility.
  • Experience preparing executives for high-stakes moments (earnings, launches, major interviews).
  • Comfort working cross-functionally with Product, Data, Marketing, and Finance.
  • Ability to operate in a fast-moving environment and build structure where it doesn’t exist.
  • Experience managing agencies and holding a high-quality bar.

Preferred

  • Experience in a product-led, experimentation-heavy company.
  • Strong intuition for product storytelling, especially around AI or technical systems.
  • Direct experience leading or owning earnings communications.
  • Experience connecting product metrics to business narratives in a credible way.
  • Background in education, edtech, or consumer subscription products.
  • Strong relationships with business, tech, and financial media.
  • Writing samples that show range: product launches, earnings narratives, executive messaging.

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Duolingo

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Our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store and in 2019 became the top-grossing education app worldwide. We set out to do something altogether different in the learning space. Learning a new language is hard; we believe it should be fun. We use bite-sized lessons that feel like playing a game to keep our learners motivated. Learning a new language can also be expensive, and because we believe it should be free, we made it so. Duolingo has been named to: BuiltIn's Best Places to Work (2023), Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators (2022), Fast Company 10 Most Innovative Education Company (2022), among others.

Founded in 2011
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1.9K employees (313 in marketing)
77% recommend to a friend
83% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
53.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$342
Traffic Source Mix
Search
24.6%
Direct
73.4%
Referral
1.5%
Social
0.3%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
170 (9% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
3.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$183.3M
Last Raise
$35M
Series H, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2020
    Series H • $35M
  • Apr 2020
    Series G • $10M
  • Dec 2019
    Series F • $30M

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