Aurora Innovation

Aurora Innovation

Staff External Communications Manager

Dallas, Texas · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$115k-$184kDetected 8 days ago
Strategic CommunicationsBusiness DevelopmentLogisticsLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge.
  • For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.
  • Through our stories, we show and tell, advance business goals, and strengthen our market position.

Responsibilities

  • The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.
  • Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all.
  • Cultivate and maintain a robust network of regional and national reporters covering transportation, technology, business, and policy.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders across communications, government relations, marketing, operations, and executive leadership to develop and align on announcements, messaging, and timing.
  • Develop media materials including press releases, briefing documents, Q&As, and talking points tailored to specific audiences.
  • Experience working cross-functionally to align on announcements and manage multi-stakeholder communications processes

Requirements

  • Experience serving or acting as a company spokesperson, working with and media training C-Level executives
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex, technical topics into clear and compelling narratives
  • Experience in autonomous vehicles, transportation, logistics, or technology
  • Crisis communications experience in a high-scrutiny industry
  • Our Careers page provides insight into what it is like to work at Aurora, and you can find all the latest updates in our Newsroom.

Nice to have

  • These ranges may be modified in the future.

Compensation

  • The base salary range for this position is $115,000-$184,000 per year.

Benefits

  • Own Aurora's media strategy in Texas, developing and executing plans that drive proactive coverage and build long-term credibility with regional and national press.
  • 7+ years of communications - either at an agency or inhouse - with a track record of driving earned coverage in high-stakes environments
  • Aurora's mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
  • At Aurora, our mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.

Company info

  • At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.
  • Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. At Aurora, our mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. We are storytellers, blending data-driven insights, product innovation, and unique voices to shape the public narrative, differentiate our brand, and inspire external audiences. Through our stories, we show and tell, advance business goals, and strengthen our market position.
  • We are storytellers, blending data-driven insights, product innovation, and unique voices to shape the public narrative, differentiate our brand, and inspire external audiences.
  • Texas is central to Aurora's DNA: it's where our trucks are running today and where our story is being written in real time.
  • As Media Relations Manager, you will own Aurora's media presence in Texas, build and sustain relationships with the reporters, outlets, and editorial voices that shape how the public understands autonomous freight.
  • You'll be embedded in Dallas, work with our operations team to develop and facilitate engaging onsite media experiences.
  • You'll also stay deeply connected to the regional and national media landscape and be responsible for ensuring Aurora tells a compelling, accurate, and proactive story.
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