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Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, PR, English or related field., 6+ years of communications experience with a focus on executive and corporate writing., Experience in crisis communications and working with news media., Strong project management skills and ability to create engaging content..

Key responsabilities:

Manage corporate communications strategies that reflect OLIPOP’s vision and culture.

Develop communication narratives for press releases, social media, and newsletters.

Anticipate brand reputation issues and manage crisis communications programs.

Support C-suite leadership in media relations and develop key messaging.

Job description

ABOUT US

OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible. OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals, and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading-edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.

OUR TEAM

At Olipop our values lead the way we create our products, engage with each other, and interact with our community. While we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in personal development. We’re tightly knit, we’re genuine and we’re always pushing the envelope to do a better job than we did the day before. Our team is also fully remote, requiring us to be resourceful, creative and collaborative to support our fast-moving business.

To best serve our diverse community of customers, we also seek to recruit and include people with a diversity of abilities, backgrounds, and cultures.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Working at a start-up can be as much a personal journey as it is a professional one. To succeed at a company like Olipop, you must be comfortable with failing, learning, and adapting. You need to be curious, optimistic, and able to find a way when it seems impossible. You must be confident enough to express your ideas but humble and open to learning from your experiences and from others. If this is the approach you take to life, then we’d love to hear from you.

THE ROLE

OLIPOP’s Corporate Communications Manager is an expert communicator, supporting the development, integration and implementation of a broad range of communications and stakeholder management strategies that support the company’s vision, culture and business plans. Reporting to the Director of PR + Communications, this role will support in translating these strategies into clear, consistent and effective messaging across multiple channels, manage crisis plans and collaborate with internal departments across a variety of key business objectives, as needed.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage corporate communications strategies that proactively support and reflect OLIPOP’s vision, culture, product and brand in internal and external stakeholder communications
Develop and craft reactive and proactive communication narratives across channels to support business objectives including press releases, social media, newsletters, presentations, and more
Anticipate brand reputation issues and manage strategies for issues preparedness; manage and execute a proactive and reactive crisis communications program to respond to important issues and protect the company's reputation
Support C-suite leadership in enterprise-wide media relations; magnifying thought leadership externally and boosting engagement internally through 1:1 key message development, media training, speechwriting, and presentation preparation
Spotlight and drive awareness for key partnerships across the business internally and externally
Partner with department leads to support their communications needs and develop insightful key message guides, strategy memos, briefing documents, creative materials, interview talking points, and other written corporate communication assets
Conduct and analyze competitive brand research to identify trends and present critical findings to wider team
Nurture and leverage internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals
Build and steward relationships between the brand and key community stakeholders to create greater brand advocacy

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree, preferably in Communications, Journalism, PR, English or related business field
At least 6+ years of communications experience including corporate experience with a strong emphasis on executive and corporate writing
CPG experience preferred
Significant experience in crisis communications and fundamental understanding of how to expediently develop plans to address a crisis
Experience in working with news media, notably business and/or investigative journalists
Solid business acumen and analytical skills
Experience in creating engaging, compelling content for business-owned social media channels
Impeccable attention to detail and consistency in daily program execution
Strong project management skills and the ability to create and execute to a plan
Collaborative and energetic working style and enjoyment of working cross-functionally with members of wider organization
Ability to lead and present concepts and recommendations
Must be a self-starter and highly motivated
Must be able to work in a fast-paced, startup environment and be a team player

REPORTS TO:

Director, PR & Communications

COMPENSATION:

$115,000-$120,000 base salary + bonus

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Olipop does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law.

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