Head of Creator and Community Product Communications, YouTube

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team responsible for communications related to YouTube’s products for creators of all sizes.
• Devise and execute public relations campaigns that drive casual creation on YouTube and reinforce YouTube’s leading role in the creator economy.
• Design and execute a proactive executive platform for executive leadership, identifying and securing placements across speaking events, Tier-1 media, bylines, podcasts, creator channels, and more
• Manage and cultivate partnerships with a broad swath of media, including tech, consumer, and business press, but also new media, creators, podcasters, and more.
• Take a leading role in Made On YouTube, our annual event where we unveil YouTube’s latest innovations. Develop comms strategies, narratives, blog posts, pitches, FAQs, social plans, etc. Manage crisis comms. Brief spokespeople and staff interviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 14 year of experience in public relations, media relations, or internal and executive communications with technology products or services.
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written.
• Strong track record of creative storytelling, proactive press outreach, and building relationships with journalists, influencers and stakeholders.
• Team-player who can divvy up difficult projects and work well with a number of cross-functional teammates.
• 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.

Preferred

• Professional experience managing product, creator or business communications.
• Familiarity with creators’ mindset, online video, and the broader media landscape.