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Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.
As a member of the Communications team, you'll be on the cutting edge of bringing autonomous driving technology to the public, developing strategies that will increase understanding, acceptance, and adoption of this life-saving technology. We work with reporters, editors, bloggers, and other influencers to tell stories about Waymo and the potential of our technology to change how we move and live. We partner with the engineering, business, policy, marketing, and product teams to create messaging for new products and other initiatives, counter misinformation, and shape our reputation.
In this remote role, you will be based in the Bay area and report into our Head of Public Relations.
You will:
- Help tell the Waymo story and help communicate corporate, business, safety, and some new market news to external audiences.
- Lead communications strategy for crisis comms and response. Support additional comms announcements around new markets, business news, and safety comms. Includes narrative development, writing, and execution.
- Build and maintain key relationships with media, conference organizers, researchers, and other external industry stakeholders.
- Collaborate closely with the rest of the PR team as well as key cross functional teams including Safety, Legal, Partnerships, Public Affairs, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and other internal teams.
- Be responsible for some executive communications, including developing talking points, FAQs, and presentations.
You have:
- 10+ years experience in communications/public relations.
- Experience developing and executing on communications strategy for crisis response, business news, safety comms.
- Very strong writing and communication skills.
- Experience in a fast paced and highly collaborative environment and ability to multi-task with a high bar for detail.
- Existing relationships with business, tech media and event organizers.
We prefer:
- Experience in the technology or automotive industries (in-house or agency).
- Experience in Corporate or Crisis PR roles specifically at tech companies or agencies.
- Experience launching and building communications strategy for new products or new markets.
- Bachelor's degree, focus in marketing, communications, journalism.
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.
Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
Waymo Mountain View, California, USA Office
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA, United States, 94043
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