PR & Communications Manager

About the Role

Manna is launching drone delivery operations in the Tulsa area and needs a dedicated media, PR, and content lead to manage press relationships, draft external messaging across channels, and protect the company's reputation through a high-visibility launch. This role is focused on media, PR, content drafting, and public-facing reputation management. Grassroots community engagement will be owned by the Community Engagement Manager. This role works closely with our regional PR/Media consultancy firm.

Objective: protect and build Manna's public reputation in Tulsa through expert media handling, consistent content and messaging across every external channel, and reactive support during high-pressure moments.

Responsibilities

• Media Relations & PR Campaigns
  • Serve as the primary day-to-day media contact in Tulsa, managing traditional and digital press relationships.
  • Execute PR campaigns in coordination with external PR firm.
  • Manage the press list, campaign timelines, outreach, and media placements.
• Content & Messaging Drafting (All Channels)
  • Draft copy and content for the website and blog.
  • Draft content for the Manna global LinkedIn page.
  • Draft social media copy for local channels.
  • Draft copy for billboard and out-of-home advertising.
  • Ensure all external messaging reflects Manna's core pillars: safety, benefit, innovation, local commitment.
  • Support communications around commercial partnership announcements and launch milestones.
• Press Office Function (Day-to-Day)
  • Support responding to inbound media queries.
  • Draft press responses for approval.
  • Coordinate interviews and briefings.
• Reputation & Issues (Media-Facing)
  • Provide advisory input on crisis and issues management from a media perspective.
  • Lead reactive, media-facing response and message shaping under pressure.
  • Stress-test messaging before release and support countering negative narratives from a media/PR angle.

Requirements

• Strong writing and messaging instincts across multiple formats and channels; comfortable operating under time pressure.
• Experience managing press strategy alongside an external PR agency.
• 5+ years in media relations, PR, content, or communications, ideally in a regulated, infrastructure, or consumer tech industry.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

What Success Looks Like

• At 6–12 Months
  • Strong, functioning relationships with Tulsa and Oklahoma media.
  • A clean track record of fast, accurate press response with no missed cycles.
  • Consistent, on-brand content flowing across website, blog, LinkedIn, social, and advertising.