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Corporate Communications Manager
| Company | Lyft |
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| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $108000 – $135000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 5+ years of communications experience.
- Demonstrated focus on corporate communications at large companies.
- Ability to fluidly navigate between strategy and execution (can develop high-level strategic plans and also ensure high-quality execution).
- Proven success building strategic communications plans across external channels including owned, earned, social, and emerging media.
- Unusually strong writing and business communication skills.
- A track record of building strong relationships across organizational boundaries.
- Experience working directly with national and local media to shape stories proactively and reactively.
Responsibilities
- Drive proactive corporate announcements from strategy to execution, working cross-functionally to ensure compelling framing and secure media coverage of company news.
- Own and maintain our corporate messaging library, incorporating latest data, framing, and product updates.
- Organize and maintain a list of regular beat reporters, taking ownership of relationships with local media contacts.
- Work closely with peers on the external (and internal) communications team to ensure integrated planning and execution.
- Serve as a company spokesperson on high stakes and high profile issues.
- Collaborate with the Senior Communications Manager to support media relations on reactive issues across the United States and Canada, including drafting statements / responses and providing background information to help reporters understand Lyft’s policies, features, and positions on safety.
- Partner with the corporate, product and consumer communications teams to create pitches relating to advance Lyft’s overall narrative.
- Provide strategic communication support to senior executives, including preparing talking points and other key communications to effectively represent the company in public forums.
- Work in partnership with functions across the company – including operations, legal/compliance, insurance, product, and customer experience – to ensure stories are reported accurately.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
