Amazon is seeking a high-judgment and self-motivated communications professional to join our Sustainability & Community Impact team. This team amplifies positive stories on how Amazon is using its scale for good, and innovating to strengthen communities around the world. Specifically, this person will oversee the Community Impact team, managing three direct reports, and focusing on Amazon's initiatives around Housing, Disaster Relief, Food Security and Education.
Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
-Set and drive strategy, create processes and mechanisms to work as a team, and collaboratively across Amazon, and support executing external campaigns for these pillars.
-Act as the day-to-day executive counsel for our Amazon Community Impact leadership, and also serve as a key contact for press and mediaboth nationally, and hyper-locally in Seattle and DC.
-Play an important role identifying trends, working across business leaders as well as across the communications and public policy organizations to drive storytelling in this area.
-Be someone who can think big, is a self-starter and highly proactive, has a bias for action and consistently insists on high standards.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
-10+ years of recent professional communications or public relations experience
-Bachelor's degree
-Experience managing people as well as external agencies
-Media relations experience and working with press
-Excellent written and oral communications skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
-Outstanding attention to detail
-Customer-service oriented with strong people skills
-Demonstrated experience building trust and influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders
-Ability to think strategically and implement ideas from ideation to measurement/evaluation
-Flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $149,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $246,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
