Senior Communications Specialist, Executive Communications

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Senior Communications Specialist supporting executive communications and leading communication strategies at Pinterest. Engaging with C-suite and executives to ensure clear messaging aligns with company goals.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $98,561 - $202,918 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead executive and internal communications workstreams for senior leaders and priority initiatives, developing clear, high-quality messaging aligned to company priorities, established policies and communications best practices.
Draft and edit a range of materials including leadership messages, presentations, talking points, org updates, event remarks and communications for high-visibility and sensitive moments.
Partner with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders across Marketing, ABPs, Chiefs of Staff, HR and Communications teammates to align messaging, drive execution and support thoughtful decision-making.
Build communications plans for internal moments including org updates, leadership engagements, change-related communications and company or team-wide events.
Support communications planning and project management for major internal and external events, including executive visibility opportunities involving senior leaders.
Establish and improve processes, templates, planning mechanisms and review workflows that increase consistency, quality and speed across executive and internal communications.
Use AI and automation opportunities to improve team operations, reduce repeatable work and strengthen communications planning and execution at scale.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as communications or public relations.
6+ years of experience working on an in-house communications team or PR agency. Tech experience preferred but not required.
Experience in executive communications, internal communications or strategic communications in a fast-moving environment.
Experience working with C-suite executives or other senior leaders, including supporting high-visibility communications with sound judgment, discretion and attention to detail.
Experience leading cross-functional work and building effective partnerships across teams such as Marketing, ABPs, Chiefs of Staff, HR and Communications.
Experience project managing complex communications workstreams or events with multiple stakeholders, shifting timelines and high standards for execution.
Experience supporting large-scale internal events or external events involving senior leaders, such as industry conferences, leadership summits or similar tentpole moments.
Experience in media relations or external communications, including partnering with PR teams to support media prep, executive visibility or externally facing messaging.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

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Hard Skills & Tools

executive communicationsinternal communicationsstrategic communicationsproject managementmedia relationscommunications planningevent managementmessaging developmentcontent draftingautomation

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationattention to detaildiscretionjudgmentleadershippartnership buildingadaptabilityorganizational skillsproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in communicationsBachelor’s degree in public relations