Integrated Communications Director

BLUE ORIGIN

Integrated Communications Director responsible for internal and external communications strategies for Blue Origin. Managing high-profile news and crisis communication within the high-tech space industry.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeArlington • Florida, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the embedded communications partner and integrated comms beat lead for determined beat, building deep relationships with program leadership, engineers, and operations teams to become the go-to communications resource for all related activities and announcements.
Develop and implement comprehensive and innovative media relations launch strategies, messaging, and appropriate tactics for rocket launches and crises that reflect effective news management, message delivery, and internal stakeholder management.
Develop and execute integrated internal communications for your beat, ensuring employees are informed, engaged, and aligned with program objectives, milestones, and company messaging.
Discover and create proactive story ideas and pitches that showcase your beat area's achievements, innovations, and mission impact for both internal and external audiences.
Arrange and oversee media events, press conferences, and briefings, and serve as the primary point of contact and occasional spokesperson for media inquiries related to your beat.
Establish, fine-tune, and maintain crisis communication policies and protocols. This includes developing messaging, preparing spokespersons, and coordinating with sales, customer experience, internal, social, and marketing teams to ensure consistent and timely communication.
Lead, manage, and execute crisis communications responses, ensuring readiness to handle a variety of potential crises related to launches, Blue Origin offices, factories, and other unforeseen events, coordinating both internal and external messaging.
Cultivate and grow relationships with critical media outlets, journalists, and industry influencers.
Write and copy-edit content from press releases, social media, internal communications, submitted articles and opinion pieces, captions, internal memos and plans, and related multimedia assets.
Ensure compelling and accurate narratives that align with and drive sales and brand growth, while keeping employees informed and engaged.
Leverage media monitoring and analytics tools as both an alert system and to measure impact and adjust execution based on critical insights and continuous improvement and optimization.
Work closely with, propose, and write compelling stories and content for your beat area for the social media and digital marketing teams to share Blue Origin’s mission and accomplishments.
Partner closely with the larger Internal, Marketing, Sales, and related teams to ensure messaging alignment and brand voice consistency across both internal and external channels.
Stay informed about industry developments, competitor activities, emerging high-tech and news technology, macro news trends, and digital platforms to identify new opportunities for engagement or productivity.
Be familiar with the latest AI and digital marketing trends, related usage models, and privacy and legal restrictions.
Work day-to-day with various external vendors, agencies, customers, and partners in a way that optimizes results and drives down budget.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in journalism, Communications, or Public Relations is strongly preferred.
10+ years of experience in public relations, integrated communications, or journalism.
A proven track record of managing high-profile and highly integrated brand and sales campaigns, PR efforts, and crisis communications, preferably at larger corporations in the high-tech sector.
Experience and comfort in leveraging data and actionable analytics that drive stories, investment, and results.
A passion for space exploration, commitment to Blue Origin's mission to benefit Earth, and thirst to constantly seek and learn about cutting-edge industry trends and tools.
Deep understanding of the ever-changing journalism, marketing, and social media fields and the intersection of the space exploration and high-tech industries.
A passion for communicating complex technical concepts and launching rockets.
A strong network of contacts within the media and relevant industry organizations.
Excellent communications and leadership skills, with the ability to navigate high-pressure situations and effectively lead crisis response at any time and at all company levels.
Expert – world-class – writing and editing skills.
A detailed, thoughtful, and clear narrative writer who delivers “defect-free” content for both internal and external audiences.
Ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion.

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Hard Skills & Tools

media relationscrisis communicationscontent writingcopy-editingdata analyticsstorytellinginternal communicationsexternal communicationsdigital marketingsocial media management

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationrelationship buildingmultitaskingprioritizationadaptabilitynarrative writingproblem-solvingcreativitystrategic thinking

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in JournalismBachelor's degree in CommunicationsBachelor's degree in Public Relations