Regional Communications Specialist, U.S. Field Communications Team

About the role

The U.S. Field Communications Team is a high-performing unit of local media experts embedded across the country in key priority locations. The team is tasked with protecting and enhancing Amazon’s corporate reputation in local communities across the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the execution of external earned storytelling in cities with Amazon sites, such as high-visibility operations and corporate building milestone events, community donations with local elected officials, news media facility tours, and other media relations activities.
• Collaborate with communications teams across Amazon to support their local news announcements.
• Develop and write news releases, media advisories, reporter and content creator pitches, fact sheets, spokesperson talking points, and related media materials.
• Successfully manage complex, fast-moving, and unexpected communications challenges, and deliver communications counsel to internal executives for both short- and long-term challenges and opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with key traditional and non-traditional media members including social media influencers, podcasters, and bloggers.
• Solid ability to work collaboratively with multiple-stakeholder teams.
• Effectively represent Amazon as a spokesperson via print, radio, TV, and podcast interviews.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recent professional communications or public relations experience
• Bachelor's degree
• High acumen and experience with PR crises management (preferred)
• Research and integrate industry news, trends and compelling angles into PR programs (preferred)
• Acute awareness of the local socio-political landscape, and keen insights into local community concerns/issues (preferred)
• Bilingual speaking ability in Spanish is a bonus

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.