Responsibilities - Own the company's overarching communications agenda and translate business priorities into a clear, consistent external voice. - Develop and execute a comprehensive corporate communications strategy that supports business objectives, enhances brand reputation, and drives market visibility. - Oversee internal and external communications frameworks to ensure clarity, consistency, and alignment across all stakeholders. - Lead strategic messaging for executive communications, product milestones, corporate news, and high-stakes announcements. - Define and maintain the company's core narrative and the AI data infrastructure story. - Build the visibility of the CEO and key leaders through bylines, keynotes, speaking slots, podcasts, and social presence. - Position executives as credible voices in the AI infrastructure conversation. - Coordinate launch moments end to end alongside product marketing. - Partner with product marketing to develop and maintain a messaging architecture that spans the full portfolio, from AIStor to emerging products, ensuring consistency from analyst briefings to sales conversations - Drive media relations strategy, securing high-impact coverage in top-tier outlets through proactive storytelling and reactive management. - Cultivate and manage strong relationships with industry analysts; coordinate briefings and support analyst report inclusion. - Develop and oversee executive and corporate social media strategies aligned with brand voice and communications goals. - Guide social content development to drive thought leadership, engagement, and influence across platforms. - Monitor and manage the company’s digital reputation; leverage analytics to optimize performance and audience reach. - Lead comms involvement in MinIO’s GEO/AEO and SEO efforts across owned content: blogs, the MinIO website, executive social platforms, newsletters, YouTube, and third-party channels including Wikipedia and Reddit and more. - Develop an integrated plan that improves MinIO's brand mentions across AI search environments and ensure MinIO earns prominent placement in AI-generated search responses and traditional search results alike - Build and inspire the team and partnerships that bring communications to life. - Collaborate closely with Product, Sales, People Operations, and other departments to align messaging across the business. - Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on strategic communications and messaging priorities. - Implement scalable systems and processes to support long-term communications and brand success.