PR Specialist, Devices & Services Communications

Amazon • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon is seeking a highly organized, self-motivated, high-judgement, and creative professional to join our Devices & Services Comms team in Seattle. As a PR Specialist, you will work with the Comms team and key business leaders to design and execute programs that support our cross-team launch strategy, including building mechanisms that benefit the entire Comms team and executing major launch moments. In this role, you will work across many of our core businesses, including Echo, Alexa, Fire TV, Ring, Kindle, and more. You will also lead the D&S Industry Intelligence Program, delivering insights that inform our communications strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience coordinating cross-functional inputs, meeting deadlines, and effectively managing competing priorities
• Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience engaging and influencing senior executives
• 5+ years of experience in PR, communications, event management, or a related field.
• Proven track record managing large-scale, multi-workstream events or programs end-to-end.
• Experience building, maintaining, and measuring communications or project management mechanisms.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of project management tools and software
• Can work proactively and independently, meet deadlines, and deliver on projects and tasks
• Can show excellent decision-making capabilities under pressure
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
• Experience working in consumer technology PR, marketing communications, events, or a closely related field.
• Experience working with global or international teams on global events or campaigns to reach consumer and tech media, creators, influencers, and analysts.
• Outstanding attention to detail and a track record of successfully juggling competing priorities.
• Familiarity with industry intelligence practices in consumer technology.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute programs that support our cross-team launch strategy.
• Build mechanisms that benefit the entire Comms team.
• Execute major launch moments.
• Work across many of our core businesses, including Echo, Alexa, Fire TV, Ring, Kindle, and more.
• Lead the D&S Industry Intelligence Program, delivering insights that inform our communications strategies.

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