Communications Specialist, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon is seeking a motivated, creative, and mission-driven communications professional to support Amazon Leo. This is a unique opportunity to shape the comms strategy for one of Amazon’s most ambitious new initiatives, and to have a positive, lasting impact on customers and communities around the world. Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite internet network. Its mission is to provide fast, reliable internet to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. The system is built around a constellation of thousands of satellites in orbit around the planet, and will serve a wide range of customers globally, from individual households and small businesses to large enterprise and government customers. As a member of the Amazon Leo team, you will develop comms strategies and tactics to advance critical business, product and reputational priorities for the program. You will be responsible for developing messaging and content, engaging directly with media and other key stakeholders, executing successful announcements and campaigns that span earned, owned, and social channels, and scaling programs for global audiences. You will work closely with business, product, marketing, engineering, legal, public policy, and regulatory teams to shape this strategy. As a key advisor to the business, you must demonstrate excellent judgment, an ability to earn trust with various internal stakeholders, and a willingness to dive deep into complex topics. You must also be able to clearly articulate ideas in both written and verbal communications, anticipate potential issues and headwinds for the business, and effectively advocate for decisions that protect the long-term interests of Amazon and its customers. Along the way, you will have a chance to shape the long-term vision for one of Amazon's most exciting new ventures, and have a direct impact for tens of millions of customers around the world.

Requirements

• 5+ years of recent professional communications or public relations experience
• Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

• Experience in technology, aerospace, public affairs, and/or corporate communications

Responsibilities

• Support communications campaigns and announcements, especially around key business, product and program milestones
• Lead internal communications, both within the Leo organization and with the wider Amazon workforce
• Support executive communications for primary business leaders
• Support media, analyst and influencer engagement, including prep for interviews and other executive engagements
• Monitor and track relevant coverage across media and other external channels
• Anticipate and manage potential reputational issues
• Develop and manage mechanisms to help scale team and program operations

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level