Policy Communications Manager
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Job Description
About YouTube
YouTube is the world’s most popular online video platform, with over 2 billion active users. Every minute, over 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube. The platform is used by individuals, businesses, and organizations to share a wide variety of content, including entertainment, news, education, and marketing.
About the job
The Policy Communications Manager is responsible for managing YouTube’s communications related to elections, child and teen safety, legislation, and litigation. The ideal candidate will have 7 years of experience in public relations, media relations, or communications, and experience of the policymaker and regulatory environment in the United States.
Responsibilities
• Manage US communications related to elections, child and teen safety, legislation and litigation.
• Provide leadership and support to regional communications teams on these issues.
• Build relationships with key press and third-party stakeholders to advance YouTube’s reputational efforts and support legislative priorities of the Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team.
• Partner with cross-functional teams in public policy, legal, Alphabet Regulatory Response, Investigations and Strategy (ARRIS), and marketing to manage press coverage, events, public testimony, and reporter briefings.
• Support executive communications teams for speeches, KOF briefings, public policy engagements, etc.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Global Communications and Public Affairs (GCPA) on core files that impact both YouTube and Google.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in public relations, media relations, or communications.
• Experience of the policymaker and regulatory environment in the United States, or relevant international experience.
• Experience driving policy-focused media campaigns within organizations.
• Experience with communications related to company, operational, or reputational issues.
Preferred qualifications
• Experience driving policy-focused media campaigns and communications related to company, operational, or reputational issues.
• Experience planning and executing integrated and scalable media campaigns.
• Understanding of the policymaker and regulatory environment in the United States.
• Excellent writing skills and an ability to translate the complex into simple, clear, and intuitive communications.
• Excellent cross-functional partnership skills and ability to independently manage projects with multiple stakeholders.
• An established network of relevant media contacts, influencers, and other stakeholders and an awareness of the digital influencer landscape.
