Communications Lead

Endurance Energy • Seattle, WA

4d • $160,000 - $225,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Endurance is hiring its first in-house Communications professional to help shape and communicate the company’s story internally and externally. The Communications Lead will collaborate closely with the Head of Creative and company leadership, lead communications strategy and PR relationships, develop key messaging, and build systems that enable the team to communicate clearly and consistently.

The role combines hands-on communications work—including writing press releases, pitching reporters, preparing leaders for interviews and speaking events, and drafting internal and external materials—with creating foundational communications infrastructure. This includes key messages, talking points, a media list, content calendar, public statement guidelines, and crisis plans. The position is important to explaining Endurance’s first-of-a-kind energy technology accurately and confidently, helping the company build trust, raise capital, earn community support, and recruit talent. The role is based on-site in Seattle and includes occasional travel to deployments, events, and partner sites.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of communications experience, with a mix of in-house and agency or newsroom work.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, including the ability to turn complex technical results into clear, accurate stories in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience media-training, preparing, and partnering with executives for interviews, panels, and press events.
• Experience owning company social channels and building a content calendar.
• Experience handling a crisis or sensitive public issue, with sound judgment about what to say, when to say it, and who approves it.
• High ownership mindset and comfort working independently.
• Ability to work on-site in Seattle and travel occasionally to deployments, events, and partner sites.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in energy, government affairs, climate tech, hardware, aerospace, or deep tech.
• Experience at a startup through a major financing round or launch.
• International communications experience, especially in APAC.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with energy, climate, technology, and business reporters; pitch stories, manage embargoes, and manage interviews from briefing through follow-up.
• Write and own press releases, announcements, fact sheets, and the key messages document used by company spokespeople.
• Prepare and media-train relevant team members, attend interviews, and provide interviewees with post-interview feedback.
• Own the company’s LinkedIn and X channels, including strategy, content calendar, writing, posting, community management, and metrics.
• Work with engineering to verify that public claims about the technology, sites, and results are accurate.
• Build and run crisis and incident communications plans for environmental, safety, and deployment scenarios, including clear owners and approval paths.
• Write and enforce PR and public statement guidelines covering employee communications, approval responsibilities, and inbound and outbound media.
• Own internal communications, including all-hands agendas and run of show, company-wide announcements, leadership updates, and onboarding content about the mission and strategy.
• Support financing, partner, and customer announcements, as well as conference and event appearances.
• Support External Affairs with community relations, public comment periods, and stakeholder outreach.
• Partner with the Head of Creative on photo, video, and website content, and with the People team on employer brand and recruiting content.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and generous equity package for full-time employees; equity is granted to every full-time employee.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Flexible PTO, including 12 paid company holidays.
• Travel to deployment sites along oceanic ridges, including locations such as the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, and the Azores.
• Opportunity to participate in sea trials and deployment operations with leading oceanographic institutions.
• Company-sponsored recreational dive certification.
• Access to the company boat, free meals, and snacks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed