Director, Communications

Santa Monica, CA (On-site)

$115K/yr – $173K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

3 years Own regional communications leadership with a clear mandate to shape media planning, budget, and cross‑team influence to push earned coverage and the region’s strategic pillars.

  • Own regional media planning and earned coverage through the communications team, coordinating with the Media Network and Marketing.
  • Drive team growth, budget stewardship, and strategic pillar activation using industry networks and audience insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Establish, grow, and lead the Communications team – setting the team up for success for the next 3 years and beyond.
  • Ensure the team builds a strong bond with all marketing departments in the region.
  • Lead, motivate and coach the team on how to drive programming strategies that deliver high impact EMO results, day in and day out.
  • Bring new ideas to the table by leveraging industry knowledge, networks and experience.
  • Actively share knowledge, resources, and experience with the media network team, across regional teams and RBMN leadership team.
  • Develop, manage and oversee the communications budget across the region.
  • The development of the media business plan for the region in partnership with the Head of Media for the region.
  • The communication team provide inputs to help develop what is the best business plan to support our marketing colleagues.
  • What has the most media value?
  • What activity will drive the strategic pillars?

Requirements

  • Has 10+ years’ experience in a Senior Communications role for a major brand.
  • Bachelor of Business, Communications or Journalism is preferred.
  • Track record of delivery results against tight deadlines.
  • Experience working with media executives on executing communication strategies.
  • A strong creative and project management background.

Preferred

  • Bachelor of Business, Communications or Journalism is preferred.
  • 10+ years’ experience in a Senior Communications role for a major brand.
  • Experience working with media executives on executing communication strategies.
  • A strong creative and project management background.
  • Proven success in thinking strategically about how to build audience engagement.
  • Exceptional leadership qualities and exceptional presentation skills.

Red Bull Media House

Red Bull Media House is an award-winning, globally distributed multi-platform media company on a mission to inspire with ‘beyond the ordinary’ stories - both direct-to-consumer and through partnerships. With a focus on sports, culture and lifestyle content, Red Bull Media House offers a wide range of premium media products across TV, mobile, digital, audio, and print. Red Bull Media House produces and licenses a broad selection of global live broadcast events, compelling and inspirational local storytelling with original short and long-form programming as well as feature films from around the world.

Founded in 2007
Elsbethen, Salzburg, AUT
1.1K employees (616 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
173.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.3%
Direct
46.2%
Referral
21.2%
Social
1.4%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
411 (37% of company)

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 8 months ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2025
    Series Unknown