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Director of Communications, Careers

Handshake · San Francisco

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In brief

Handshake is hiring: Director of Communications, Careers in San Francisco.

Duties

  • We're looking for a communications lead to own the story of our Careers business: the network 30 million students, graduates and professionals start…
  • You'll report to the Chief Communications Officer and work directly with the President and COO, who runs Careers, and with our Chief Education and…
  • You'll be the single owner of how Careers shows up in the press, in our executives' voices, in our research, and with the universities, employers…
  • Own the Careers communications strategy integrated with the company-wide comms calendar and set the priorities each quarter, tied to the business…
  • Run media relations for Careers: build relationships with reporters covering careers, workplace, higher education, workforce policy and AI's effect…

Excerpt from the ad

ABOUT HANDSHAKE Handshake was founded on a simple belief: everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today Handshake is the career network for the AI economy…

Source: ad by Handshake, published on Careers pages (ATS). MakeYouFirst summarises this ad; the advertiser remains responsible for its content.

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