
Senior Manager, Public Relations
ALSO.
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 - $215,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Partner with communications leadership to help define ALSO’s global PR strategy, messaging, and narrative.
- Translate global priorities into clear, actionable plans across the Americas, owning end-to-end execution and results across the region, ensuring high-quality, consistent output.
- Lead a steady drumbeat of announcements, including funding, partnerships, product launches, and company milestones.
- Run an efficient always-on press office—including product seeding, product reviews cycles, seasonal/cultural PR moments, and signature story placements.
- Lead media events, tailoring for cultural fit while leveraging global toolkits. Oversee logistics including spokesperson prep, supplier management, guest list curation, and agency coordination.
- Cultivate strong relationships with media and cultural stakeholders across the Americas to maximize earned opportunities.
- Optimize agency and vendor mix, ensuring resourcing is efficient and fit for purpose across the region.
- Manage the regional budget—allocating resources effectively and tracking spend against plan.
- Track, measure, and report results, working with global teams to demonstrate clear ROI and apply learnings.
- Stay ahead of media, cultural, and industry trends, making proactive recommendations to increase ALSO’s visibility and differentiation and keep ALSO culturally relevant.
Requirements
- 8–10+ years of experience spanning top-tier PR agencies and in-house roles at high-growth or category-defining companies.
- You’re comfortable contributing to strategy while owning execution and outcomes end-to-end.
- You can distill complex ideas into clear, compelling narratives that resonate externally.
- Experience working with top-tier business, tech, and/or policy media and know how to generate meaningful coverage.
- You build strong relationships cross-functionally and can effectively support and advise cross-functional partners and key stakeholders.
- You bring sound judgment and a calm, solutions-oriented mindset in fast-moving or ambiguous situations.
- You care deeply about quality and elevate the work of those around you.
- You move quickly, take ownership, and consistently find ways to deliver results.
- You’re excited about shaping a new category and helping define the future of autonomy and urban mobility.
- Ability to build relationships cross-functionally and across different time zones.
- Balance critical thinking with tactical execution.
- Proficient in Google Suite of services (sheets/drive/slides, etc.) and Microsoft Office.
- Passion For personal enthusiasm and/or professional experience working for brands that include small EVs, cycling, outdoors, health and wellness is a plus.
Benefits
- Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options.
- One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
- Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny.
- Flexible time off.
- 401(k) match.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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