Senior Director of Communications (United States)

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$200K/yr – $220K/yrSenior Level15+ years exp

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and drive Karat's global communications function, aligning external, internal, and executive communications with product and business strategy while guiding media relations, executive presence, and crisis readiness.

  • Build journalist relationships and secure high-quality earned coverage
  • Develop narratives connecting strategy, product, and industry conversation
  • Lead executive platforms and media readiness

Job Description

Requirements

  • 15+ years of progressive communications experience spanning media relations, corporate, executive, and internal/change communications
  • Significant in-house experience at a high-growth technology or B2B company navigating rapid growth
  • A track record of building journalist relationships and securing high-quality earned coverage
  • Demonstrated success developing narratives and campaigns that connect strategy, product, and industry conversation
  • Experience building executive platforms and coaching executives for media, speaking engagements, and high-stakes moments
  • Exceptional writing and editorial judgment, from executive social content to all-hands remarks
  • Experience guiding communications through periods of growth or high-stakes change, with discretion and sound judgment
  • Experience managing PR agencies or communications partners to measurable outcomes
  • Immigration sponsorship is not available
  • This position is only available to candidates residing in the following U.S. states: CA, FL, IL, MA, MO, NY, OR, TX, and WA. While our team operates 100% remotely, we are currently limiting hiring to these specific locations.

Preferred

  • Fluency in how AI is reshaping hiring, talent assessment, and workforce planning, a plus
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Karat is the talent elevation partner that helps technical leaders transform their workforce as AI reshapes essential skillsets. We help companies like Citi, PayPal, and Duolingo evaluate and benchmark engineering talent rigorously, consistently, and at scale. Our system then turns those evaluations into insights that help leaders build a more capable and competitive workforce. Karat’s interviews are designed with best-in-class methodologies and live AI-native scenarios, consistently delivered by experienced Interview Engineers. With intelligence from more than 600,000 technical evaluations, leaders gain deep understanding of their workforce capabilities, competitive perspective, and confidence that standards are being met to thrive in the Human + AI era. Learn more at karat.com.

Founded in 2014
Seattle, Washington, USA
402 employees (18 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$200K/yr – $220K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Communications median pay in the United States

$93K/yr

Most pay falls between $70K and $138K. Based on 5,779 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
10 (2% of company)
Median Tenure
3.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$169.1M
Last Raise
$110M
Series Unknown

Funding History

  • Apr 2022
    Series Unknown
  • Oct 2021
    Series C • $110M
  • Oct 2020
    Series Unknown • $17.5M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
56.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
53.6%
Direct
32.4%
Referral
5.6%
Social
4.2%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~405

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