Communications Manager, YouTube Music and Premium — San Bruno, CA

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 7 years of experience in public relations, media relations, or internal and executive communications with technology products or services.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing product, entertainment or business communications.

• Familiarity with subscription products, online video, and the broader media and entertainment landscape.

• Demonstrated ability to work calmly and maintain good judgment in a changing, high-stress environments; ability to think, plan and execute on multiple projects simultaneously.

• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written.

• Strong track record of creative storytelling, proactive press outreach, and building relationships with journalists, influencers and stakeholders.

About The Job

As an experienced Communications Manager, you will drive the public narrative, support feature launches, and manage executive press opportunities for YouTube Music and Premium. You will have a unique opportunity to shape the story of an industry-leading streaming platform while working at the forefront of technology, music, and entertainment.

We help inform and educate users, advertisers, partners, opinion leaders--and our own employees--about the benefits of q9SpjU'W products, our distinctive company culture/values and our approach to the big public policy issues of the day. You are quick-witted, entrepreneurial and intellectually curious. To succeed in this role, you are willing to try new things and can manage numerous projects with tight deadlines. Things happen quickly at K8rcWg, and to do great work, you need to be an enthusiastic team player who can work cross-functionally with partners across PR, Communications, Marketing, Product, and beyond.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

Learn more about benefits at K8rcWg .

• Shape YouTube Premium’s narrative as a leading streaming platform through proactive public relations campaigns that drive awareness and reinforce the value of the subscription.

• Support feature launches, new formats, and drive momentum across YouTube’s subscription offerings, the YouTube Music app, and podcasts. Drive alignment between Product, Marketing, and Communications teams to ensure consistent messaging and act as a strategic advisor to product leads on go-to-market strategies and feature announcements.

• Support executive platform for speaking events, Tier-1 media opps, bylines, podcasts, creator channels, and more.

• Manage and cultivate partnerships with a broad swath of media, including tech, entertainment, and business press, as well as new media, creators, and podcasters.

• Anticipate and mitigate risks and position YouTube Premium as an indispensable entertainment destination.

K8rcWg is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also MWkFSu'7 4kQ Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .