Associate, External Communications

About the role

The Associate, Global Communications plays a foundational role on Tapestry's external communications team, helping bring our corporate narrative to life through compelling content, sharp storytelling, and thoughtful measurement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with global business units to ensure storytelling is clear, credible, and consistently aligned to Tapestry's broader reputation narrative.
• Help develop and maintain proof points, briefing books, case studies, and create written and multimedia content that bring our values, impact, and priorities to life across external channels.
• Support the development and day-to-day execution of Tapestry's external communications measurement framework. Produce regular, digestible reports and dashboards that give leadership clear visibility into what's working and where to course-correct.
• Monitor daily coverage of Tapestry, its brands, and the broader competitive set. Surface trends, white-space opportunities, and reputational signals that inform planning and prioritization. Translate raw data into actionable recommendations the team can act on.
• Help bring discipline and consistency to the team's day-to-day work by maintaining editorial calendars, story pipelines, and post-moment learnings. Support the team in moving cohesively by ensuring stories, content, and key moments are well-planned, tracked, and followed through.
• Serve as a key day-to-day point of contact with measurement and agency partners on data inputs, dashboards, and reporting cadence. Ensure consistency and quality of measurement inputs across partners.
• Work closely with colleagues across Executive Communications, Employee Communications, Narrative & Storytelling, Brand, and Investor Relations to surface organic storytelling opportunities and ensure consistency of messaging across paid, owned, earned, and internal channels.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in communications, public relations, journalism, or a related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, English, Marketing, or related field required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tell compelling stories and pull-out clear headlines from complex information.
• Comfortable with data including building reports, working in Excel, and synthesizing media monitoring or analytics outputs into clear takeaways.
• AI-literate and tech-curious: comfortable experimenting with AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini) to accelerate research, drafting, and analysis, and eager to explore how emerging technologies can elevate the craft of communications.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, project management instincts, and ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to collaborate confidently across functions and levels.
• Sound judgment and discretion when working with sensitive or confidential information.
• A proactive, multi-tasking self-starter who is eager to learn the craft of external communications.
• A passion for our brands.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401 (K)
• Paid Paternity and Maternity leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Disability insurance
• Tuition assistance