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Director, Corporate Communications

Bellevue, Washington, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
Graphic DesignStrategic CommunicationsLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • This role will shape how TPCi communicates internally and externally.
  • Based in Bellevue, Washington, this leader will:
  • The position will work in in close partnership with the President and the Executive Leadership team, while collaborating cross-functionally with leaders across Marketing, PR, Legal, People and other business functions.

Responsibilities

  • Operations & Quality: Establish the editorial standards, governance, and operating rhythm that enable the function to deliver high-quality, on-time work at scale. Implement review processes, measure performance, and continuously iterate to improve impact.
  • Readiness & Response: Lead crisis communications planning and response.
  • Partner with People, Legal, Marketing/PR, and the executive team to establish protocols, decision-making frameworks and messaging approaches that enable clear, timely and coordinated communication during critical events for both internal and external audiences.
  • Build the Team: Recruit, develop, and lead a small, high-performing team across Bellevue and London. Set a clear quality bar, provide ongoing coaching, and build a scalable function to support our growing global communications needs.
  • Business Immersion and Understanding of Historical and Business Nuances: Build a strong working understanding of TPCi's business, the Pokémon franchise, the global organization, and the Pokémon ecosystem that has contributed to its global success.
  • Develop a clear view of what the President, executives, and key business leaders need from corporate communications, including the historical, business, and organizational nuances that shape decision-making and how TPCi operates.
  • Drive employee engagement, organizational alignment, and clarity through thoughtful and impactful communications.
  • Partner directly with the President, executives, and business leaders to translate strategic priorities into messages that resonate with and mobilize employees, not just inform them.
  • Own how TPCi presents itself externally as a company - across corporate brand, employer brand, social responsibility narrative, and business storytelling, distinct from Pokémon brand and product marketing.

Nice to have

  • Platform Builder -

Skills

  • Lead crisis communications planning and response.
  • Build the readiness, not just the response.
  • Team & Leadership

Benefits

  • Enhance the channels, formats, and operating rhythms that connect Pokémon employees across regions to TPCi's mission, vision, business priorities, and values.
  • Ensure messaging across owned channels is consistent with company leadership and reflects TPCi's mission, vision, and values.

Company info

  • Get to know The Pokémon Company International
  • The Pokémon Company International manages the Pokémon property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing and marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website.
  • Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children's entertainment in the world.
  • Learn more online at corporate.pokemon.com and pokemon.com.
  • Get to know the role
  • Recruit, develop, and lead a small, high-performing team across Bellevue and London.
  • Set a clear quality bar, provide ongoing coaching, and build a scalable function to support our growing global communications needs.
  • The Impact you'll make
  • Within 3 months - Listen, Diagnose, Earn Trust
  • Proven track record of taking corporate communication platforms, channels, and capabilities meaningfully beyond where you found them.
  • You don't just steward what exists - you redesign, modernize, and elevate it.
  • We are looking for someone who will leave our communications materially stronger than they are today.
  • This team sits in the President's Office and operates with an enterprise-wide perspective, rather than focusing primarily on People/HR communications, where internal communication function often resides.
  • We are seeking a leader with strong cross-functional business acumen who naturally connects Finance, Marketing, Brand, Legal, Product, and operating functions across TPCi.
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