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Director of Strategic Communications, Emerging Tech
5 Months ago • 10 Years + • $150,000 PA - $170,000 PA
Job Description
The Director of Strategic Communications, Emerging Technology will lead the strategic communications for emerging technologies such as Generative AI. Responsibilities include developing and deploying communication strategies, creating long-term campaigns, and managing crisis responses. The role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders, preparing communications plans, and leading executive communications strategies. The director will also be involved in rapid response, media relations, and messaging strategies related to The New York Times around emerging technologies. The position requires strong writing and editing skills, experience supporting senior executives, and stakeholder management expertise.
Must Have:
- 10+ years of experience in communications
- Knowledge of tech and media industry trends
- Exceptional writing and editing skills
- Experience supporting senior executives
The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.
About the Role
To help us do this essential work, The Times is hiring a Director of Strategic Communications, Emerging Technology to lead our strategic communications approach to emerging technologies such as Generative AI. We are looking for a communications professional who has experience working with a broad range of executive-level stakeholders to develop and deploy communications strategies and plans on high-profile issues at major brands. You have experience creating compelling long-term campaigns and leading short-term responses to crisis situations.
As a member of our corporate communications team, you will work in partnership with leaders across the company and you will report to the Sr Vice President of External Communications.
Responsibilities:
- Strategic Communications: In collaboration with senior stakeholders and others in the corporate communications team, you will lead the emerging technology communications portfolio including intellectual property / generative AI, gain alignment across leadership, prepare and deliver sophisticated communications plans to convey internal and external initiatives, work with trade associations on legal and policy issues, and updates on new developments.
- Executive Communications: In collaboration with senior leadership and others in the corporate communications team, you will spearhead a comprehensive executive communications strategy and messaging for engaging on emerging technologies internally and externally, creating talking points and identifying and securing impactful speaking engagements. You will provide regular messaging guidance to senior leaders, including making recommendations and advising decisions.
- Rapid Response and Media Relations: In collaboration with the Managing Director for External Communications, Newsroom & Opinion and the corporate communications team, you will work with a rapid response team to help with the management of new issues, articulate and advocate for a course of action, and prepare for issues before they happen.
- Messaging: In collaboration with the Director of Strategic Messaging, you will lead on the core strategic messaging and the messaging strategy for The New York Times around emerging technologies, ensuring that the messaging approach aligns with The New York Times strategy and maintaining messaging consistency across the communications teams working on this portfolio.
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
Basic Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience working in communications, with a preference for a background in technology, intellectual property and other legal communications.
- Knowledge and understanding of trends in tech and media industries, Generative AI developments in recent years, and public, government and stakeholder approaches towards the technology.
- Exceptional writing and editing skills; experience developing and executing communications strategies, from framing and goal-setting to media relations.
- Experience supporting senior executives in high profile external comms opportunities, from planning to execution.
- You have exceptional stakeholder management skills, with experience developing consensus and alignment on a strategic point of view across a diverse and matrixed organization.
- Experience preparing communications plans around high profile litigation, including working on legal issues related to intellectual property, including specifically copyright.
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