Senior Manager, Corporate Communications & PR

About the role

Flix North America is seeking a Senior Manager, Corporate Communications & PR to drive external communications for FlixBus and Greyhound. Reporting to the Head of Corporate Communications, this role involves building and executing media strategies, translating business priorities into narratives, managing social channels, and handling issues and crises.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute proactive media strategies to enhance visibility and credibility for FlixBus and Greyhound, securing coverage in top-tier national, business, consumer, and trade outlets.
• Develop and implement integrated communications plans for launches, announcements, and key news moments.
• Create and edit content across various formats including press releases, pitches, talking points, op-eds, speeches, social posts, and web content.
• Manage corporate social channels (LinkedIn, X) focusing on relevance, engagement, and thought leadership.
• Support executive visibility by preparing leaders for media interviews, speaking engagements, and public appearances, and identify strategic platform opportunities.
• Lead issues management and crisis communications, monitoring news and social conversations to anticipate risks and respond quickly.
• Drive communications innovation by staying ahead of shifts in audience discovery and piloting tools that expand reach and team effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in corporate communications or PR, with a strong track record supporting consumer brands.
• Exceptional writing skills and sharp journalistic instincts; ability to tell compelling stories across various formats.
• Proven media relations experience, including established relationships with journalists and a history of securing meaningful earned coverage.
• Experience in executive communications, including coaching and preparing senior leaders for media and public appearances.
• Sound judgment and experience in issues and crisis management.
• Proficiency with editorial calendars, media monitoring tools, and analytics to measure impact and inform strategy.
• Strong content creation skills across written, digital, and visual formats; photography, video, or design experience is a plus.
• Highly proactive, entrepreneurial, and self-directed; ability to spot opportunities, take ownership, and see ideas through to execution.
• Comfortable operating across functions and levels, with the business acumen to connect communications strategy to broader company goals.

Qualifications

• Exceptional writing skills and sharp journalistic instincts.
• Proven media relations experience.
• Experience in executive communications.
• Sound judgment and experience in issues and crisis management.
• Proficiency with editorial calendars, media monitoring tools, and analytics.
• Strong content creation skills.
• Highly proactive, entrepreneurial, and self-directed.
• Comfortable operating across functions and levels.

Skills

• Exceptional writing and editing skills.
• Sharp journalistic instincts.
• Proven media relations experience.
• Executive communications experience.
• Issues and crisis management skills.
• Content creation across various formats.
• Highly proactive and entrepreneurial mindset.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellness coverage, including medical, vision, dental plans, and multiple FSAs. 401(k) matching, flexible time off, paid parental leave, company-paid life insurance, lifestyle spending account, tuition support, 24/7 employee assistance program, and work from anywhere options are available based on your role and location.

Pay

Competitive compensation package tailored to individual performance and experience.

Schedule

Full-time position with standard business hours.