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.
