Senior Director, Communications & Brand Narrative

Chicago, IL (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale Coveo's enterprise storytelling and cross functional narrative to align product, sales, and executives around a single AI powered market narrative.

  • Global earned media: build the engine, manage agencies, and land top tier coverage across business and tech outlets.
  • Customer storytelling: turn marquee customers into repeatable, memorable proof points.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The narrative. Shape a differentiated story connecting our product vision, the market shift, and what our customers achieve - and make it land with enterprise buyers.
  • A global function, built in stages. Deploy the US and Canada agency budget now, prove what works, then expand into Europe and Australia.
  • Getting us on the map. Build the earned-media engine from the ground up - top-tier business and tech press, podcasts, and the channels where our buyers pay attention - and lead the agency partnerships that scale it
  • Customer storytelling. Turn our marquee customers into compelling, repeatable proof points - not buried case studies, but stories people remember.
  • Social and brand voice. Own our social presence and give Coveo a voice that's confident, credible, and worth following.
  • Cross-functional narrative leadership. Align marketing, product, and sales behind one story - and arm our executives to tell it well.
  • The big moments. Drive integrated communications around product launches, Gartner MQs, partnerships, and major announcements.

Requirements

  • Are genuinely curious about AI and excited to explain how it's reshaping the enterprise.
  • Are a creative storyteller who can translate complex technology into a narrative people care about.
  • Have built communications programs - you're energized by a blank canvas, not waiting for a playbook to inherit.
  • Work fluidly across product, sales, and marketing rather than operating in a “PR” silo.
  • Can balance strategy with execution - you'll set the vision and get the placements.
  • Bring deep experience in enterprise B2B technology or SaaS communications, and know how to direct agencies and budget toward real outcomes - not just brief them.

Nice to Have

  • A track record of taking a strong-but-underexposed company and meaningfully raising its profile.
  • Experience launching narratives in emerging or fast-defining categories.
  • Comfort coaching C-level executives and building thought-leadership platforms.
  • Range across earned, social, and paid - with an instinct for where attention is moving next.
  • You move fast - you know trying new things means failing, and you're fine failing quickly because that's how we get better.

Benefits

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    Coveo

    4.2 Glassdoor

    Coveo is the leader in AI-Relevance, delivering best-in-class AI-search and generative experiences that maximize business outcomes at every point-of-experience.

    Founded in 2005
    Montreal, Quebec, CAN
    828 employees (84 in marketing)
    86% recommend to a friend
    87% CEO approval

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    197.8K
    Monthly Google Ads Budget
    $36.7K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    39.2%
    Direct
    44.9%
    Referral
    11.7%
    Social
    2.6%
    Paid
    1.5%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~822

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    63 (8% of company)
    Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
    1

    Funding

    Total Funding
    $357.8M
    Last Raise
    $3.3M
    Post IPO Equity, 8 months ago

    Funding History

    • Jul 2025
      Post IPO Equity • $3.3M
    • Sep 2024
      Grant • $15.2M
    • Nov 2019
      Private Equity • $172.2M

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