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External Communications Lead (United States)
Karat
USA (Remote)Part time$84K/yr – $126K/yr
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External Communications Lead (United States)
USA (Remote)
$84K/yr – $126K/yrSenior Level12+ years expPart time
Posted 1 day ago
Job Summary
You will own Karat’s external narrative and executive visibility, orchestrating end-to-end media strategy, high-level campaigns, and the CEO’s public presence across multiple channels.
- Own media presence and secure coverage for the CEO and company.
- Ghostwrite executive content and prepare speaking and media materials.
- Lead speaking strategy and manage agency partnerships to outcomes.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Serve as the CEO's trusted communications advisor, shaping strategy and channel decisions that carry across the whole company.
- Own Karat's media presence end to end, securing and converting press, podcast, and broadcast interest into coverage as the single point of contact.
- Architect campaigns that put Karat's thought leadership, corporate milestones, and product launches in front of the industry and customers.
- Build and run the CEO's public platform, from LinkedIn to the company blog to third-party bylines.
- Ghostwrite the words that get said out loud: talking points, bylines, keynote content, and full media and speaking prep for the CEO.
- Set the CEO's speaking strategy, deciding which stages are worth Karat's time and landing the ones that matter.
- Run point on our PR agency, holding the partnership accountable to outcomes, not just activity.
Requirements
- 12+ years of communications experience spanning PR, media relations, and executive communications, including in-house time at a high-growth tech or B2B company
- A track record of securing earned media and building executive platforms for senior leaders
- Experience ghostwriting for executives, with sharp editorial judgment and storytelling instincts
- A history of developing narratives and campaigns that break through with target audiences
- Experience managing PR agency partners to measurable outcomes
- Comfort coaching executives for media interviews, external events, and employee-facing meetings
- A self-starting, proactive approach, with the ability to operate independently across parallel workstreams
Preferred
- B2B communications experience with exposure to CIO/CTO audiences and developer technologies, a plus
Karat
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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
$84K/yr – $126K/yr
Taken straight from the job posting.
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
10 (2% of company)
Median Tenure
3.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1
Funding
Total Funding
$169.1M
Last Raise
$110M
Series Unknown
Funding History
- Apr 2022Series Unknown
- Oct 2021Series C • $110M
- Oct 2020Series 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