Press Director, Americas

New York City, NY (Unknown)

$125K/yr – $180K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own Americas PR strategy, lead brand storytelling and media relations, and build scalable processes while advising leadership on narrative, crisis readiness, and measurement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and own Americas PR strategy to strengthen brand visibility, desirability, and authority.
  • Ensure PR narratives ladder seamlessly into broader brand and communication strategies across the US market.
  • Build frameworks, playbooks, and processes that ensure PR excellence and consistency.
  • Act as a strategic advisor to the Founder, and senior leadership on brand narrative and cultural storytelling.
  • Lead and evolve the PR function to set industry benchmarks in storytelling, influence, and thought leadership.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with global editors, key media, creators, and cultural voices.
  • Lead PR for major product launches, brand milestones, founder initiatives, and purpose-driven campaigns.
  • Architect storytelling initiatives that strengthen brand values around innovation, inclusivity, and ethics.
  • Represent Huda Beauty in high-level communications, including founder media preparation, interviews, messaging, and press opportunities.
  • Partner with internal communications to ensure internal narratives align with external brand storytelling.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in public relations, preferably in beauty, luxury, fashion, or lifestyle.
  • Proven success leading large-scale global PR campaigns.
  • Deep understanding of classic and digital media landscapes.
  • Established global network of editors, journalists, creators, and talent reps.
  • Strong crisis communication, storytelling, and leadership skills.
  • Excellent project management and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
  • Multilingual and American market experience is a plus.

Preferred

  • Multilingual and American market experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • Monthly “Self-Love Days” – at company discretion
  • 401(k) matching contributions
  • Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employee plus dependents
  • Monthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach
  • Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products
  • Hybrid working schedules (home & office)
  • Quarterly product gifting
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Huda Beauty

3.0 Glassdoor

Here at Huda Beauty, our Mission is to create a world of beauty where everyone is celebrated, so that we can inspire you to find your magic! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands. As a company, we’re fueled by purpose and not profit, this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness!“ I have been a blogger, I have created social content, I have worked as a makeup artist, I have worked with manufacturers to create products in the lab, and I am the face of a brand. My experience in the industry has allowed me to really appreciate and understand the industry and look at it from different angles.” – Huda Kattan, Founder and Chairwoman. If you would like to join our Huda Beauty family, please find our live vacancies on our Jobs page.

Founded in 2013
Dubai, Dubai, ARE
1.1K employees (209 in marketing)
48% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

$125K/yr – $180K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Public Relations median pay in the United States

$90K/yr

Most pay falls between $70K and $123K. Based on 2,322 salaries.

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Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2017
    Private Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$10K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.5%
Direct
39.9%
Referral
3.7%
Social
2.9%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.1K
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Press Director, Americas

Huda Beauty · New York City, NY · Unknown