Corporate Communications Manager, EMEA
Microsoft
Marketing & Communications
United Kingdom
Posted on Oct 18, 2024
About GitHub
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
Locations
In this role you can work from Remote, United Kingdom
Overview
GitHub is looking for a communications expert to join the Corporate Comms team to lead EMEA communications.
The overall goal of the Communications Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), will be to coordinate all public relations activities across the region and develop a comprehensive PR and communications plan including strategy, goals, budget and tactics. This individual contributor role will also be in charge of developing media relations strategy across the markets, partnering with local PR agencies and US and APAC Corporate Comms teams, seeking high-level placements in print, broadcast and digital media. This person will also support a wide range of existing communications activities—across Internal Communications, Analyst Relations, Customer Evidence, Content, and Social Media teams—and also have the opportunity to build and manage dedicated programs.
The Communications Manager will have a good understanding of the market dynamics and media landscape across EMEA and will be responsible for driving proactive storytelling; partnering with the local engineering, marketing and sales teams to drive and support local campaigns; executing event PR programs including local PR events and flagship global corporate events; engaging with regional PR agencies.
The right person for this role thrives in a fast paced environment and enjoys that every day is different. A high performer with a growth mindset, who is both collaborative and autonomous, the ideal candidate will have strong relationships with key media, and an excitement to be part of a global Communications team that represents GitHub as the home for all developers.
This role will report to the Head of Corporate Communications.
Location: UK
Responsibilities
Public Relations & Vendor Management
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 100 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
Locations
In this role you can work from Remote, United Kingdom
Overview
GitHub is looking for a communications expert to join the Corporate Comms team to lead EMEA communications.
The overall goal of the Communications Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), will be to coordinate all public relations activities across the region and develop a comprehensive PR and communications plan including strategy, goals, budget and tactics. This individual contributor role will also be in charge of developing media relations strategy across the markets, partnering with local PR agencies and US and APAC Corporate Comms teams, seeking high-level placements in print, broadcast and digital media. This person will also support a wide range of existing communications activities—across Internal Communications, Analyst Relations, Customer Evidence, Content, and Social Media teams—and also have the opportunity to build and manage dedicated programs.
The Communications Manager will have a good understanding of the market dynamics and media landscape across EMEA and will be responsible for driving proactive storytelling; partnering with the local engineering, marketing and sales teams to drive and support local campaigns; executing event PR programs including local PR events and flagship global corporate events; engaging with regional PR agencies.
The right person for this role thrives in a fast paced environment and enjoys that every day is different. A high performer with a growth mindset, who is both collaborative and autonomous, the ideal candidate will have strong relationships with key media, and an excitement to be part of a global Communications team that represents GitHub as the home for all developers.
This role will report to the Head of Corporate Communications.
Location: UK
Responsibilities
Public Relations & Vendor Management
- Lead EMEA public relations strategy, including vendor/agency management and budget oversight.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on key regional events and communications strategies for product, engineering, security, and policy topics.
- Develop and execute PR strategies with minimal oversight, ensuring consistency across channels and audiences.
- Leverage data to craft stories that enhance GitHub’s reputation and address issues proactively.
- Create communication materials (e.g., briefing documents, decks) for initiatives, ensuring alignment with broader strategies.
- Manage stakeholder relationships, embedding diversity and inclusion in all communications.
- Identify opportunities to enhance GitHub’s reputation, addressing risks and ensuring messages align with company values.
- Track communications impact using KPIs and adjust strategies based on data insights.
- Prepare executives for external engagements and manage leadership communications.
- Support internal communications, aligning messaging with company policies and external guidance.
- Oversee EMEA public relations strategy and execution
- Manage regional vendors/PR agencies in the EMEA
- Manage EMEA PR budget
- Collaborate with communications team and cross functional stakeholders on strategy around key regional events and press activations
- Proactively anticipate, identify, and resolve issues quickly and efficiently to ensure positive brand positioning
- Assist in writing/localising/PR strategy on a variety of complex and technical topics, including product, engineering, security, and policy communications as needed
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
- Many years of experience in internal communications, executive communications, public relations (in-house or agency), or related field
- o OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field AND some experience in internal communications, executive communications, public relations (in-house or agency), or related field
- o OR Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field AND experience in internal communications, executive communications, public relations (in-house or agency), or related field
- o OR equivalent experience
- Proven experience in tech PR, including media relations, crisis communication, storytelling, product launches, vendor management, and engagement with open source communities
- Expertise in developing and executing strategic communication plans in collaboration with internal teams and stakeholders
- Strong background in working with tech, business, and trade media outlets
- Ability to travel across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the US to support media activities
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong organization and project management skills, and excellent attention to detail
- Deep understanding of/with GitHub and/or software development landscape
- Background in working with tech policy, open source communities, and/or software developers
- In addition to English, working proficiency in languages such as French, German, and/or Spanish
- Customer-obsessed
- Ship to learn
- Growth mindset
- Own the outcome
- Better together
- Diverse and inclusive
- Model
- Coach
- Care
- Create clarity
- Generate energy
- Deliver success
GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 100 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.