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Sr. Mgr, Corporate Media Relations

Employer
Shopify
Location
United States
Closing date
29 Oct 2021

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Function
Technology
Level
Senior Manager

Job Details

In order to inspire more entrepreneurs, the Communications team focuses on storytelling that highlights Shopify leaders, employees, and merchants, speaking to how Shopify democratizes commerce and helps create a world where more people can start and run their own businesses.

As Shopify continues to grow, we are looking for an experienced, dynamic individual to join our Communications team to support our corporate-oriented media relationsefforts in North America

Job Description:

As the Senior Manager for Shopify's corporate media relations, you will help us in creative storytelling and media relationship building in order to (1) make Shopify synonymous with entrepreneurship, (2) position Shopify as a leading global employer and corporate citizen, and (3) protect Shopify's brand reputation.

This individual loves building strategic and long term media relationships, has their finger on the pulse of what's happening not only in the world of technology and businesses, but also of broader cultural conversations. They understand the power of traditional media, but experiment with and are excited by new storytelling opportunities and content formats. In short, they know what it means to be relevant and innovative in a rapidly changing media landscape and also have the foundational craft experience to build and maintain new and existing relationships.
  • Build Shopify's brand awareness as the entrepreneurship company by creating and fostering strong media relationships and storytelling, continuously delivering across broadcast, print, and online outlets; experiment with new formats including podcasts, YouTube shows, and others
  • Drive business media for Shopify, touching on our employer communications, sustainability efforts, and company vision
  • Devise communications strategies surrounding marquee corporate announcements
  • Support on cultural calendar moments, speaking opportunities and awards to position Shopify and its merchants throughout the year; create an always-on storytelling approach while following general corporate news stories
  • Support with building key messages and prepare talking points and briefings, coaching key spokespeople as needed
  • Leverage Shopify data findings to share insights with relevant business and technology media
  • Concept and implement fresh campaigns, partnerships, and other news-driving initiatives to build and sustain buzz
  • Collaborate with agency partners and work cross-functionally across various internal teams including talent, marketing, brand, and others
  • Support broader Communications team in general press office duties including vetting and responding to inquiries


Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:
  • We are looking for someone who is energized by the topics of entrepreneurship, commerce and retail andwith a strong passion for media relations and storytelling. The ideal candidate has:
  • Significant experience in corporate communications, with a strong media relations background and a track record of success in driving coverage across top-tier media North American outlets (broadcast, print, online, and non-traditional communications opportunities), managing large scale projects, working with multiple stakeholders. and driving feature stories
  • Experience in retail or technology and an interest in commerce and entrepreneurship
  • Experience working with leadership and executives on speaking opportunities
  • Thrives on change, able to work in a fast-paced environment and quick to adapt and pivot as required
  • Creative storyteller, able to see opportunities where they may not be obvious; tapped into business and technology news;
  • Ability to operate autonomously, able to get shit done with little supervision
  • Ideally, you are located in EST time zone and if not, are able to support and work EST business hours

Information Alert!!

Since we like to do things a little differently at Shopify, we have some questions we'd like you to answer with your application.

1).What has been your biggest media win and why?

2). Tell me about a time you convinced a journalist to cover a story about a challenging topic (or not obvious news)

Closing date: October 31, 2021 at11:59PM EDT. Successful candidates can expect to hear back from us by the end of day November 7th.

At Shopify, we are committed to building and fostering an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion enables us to truly make commerce better for everyone. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities. Please take a look at our 2020 Sustainability Report to learn more about Shopify's commitments.

How we hire

At Shopify, we put a lot of care and time into who we hire. We believe that in order to build the best products, we need to build high impact teams. Our recruitment process centres around what we call the Life Story interview, a conversational-style interview where we get to learn more about you.
Learn more about our hiring process

Company

With a comprehensive set of industry-leading tools, Shopify has helped over 1,000,000 people in 175 countries take control of where they take their businesses. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify has worked with brands like Unilever, Kylie Cosmetics, Allbirds and countless others that started with nothing but an idea, a passion, or a purpose. We build products that help entrepreneurs around the world start and grow their businesses. As a workplace, we challenge and support you to hone your craft and make an impact. Visit our careers page for opportunities: https://www.shopify.com/careers

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