Duolingo

Communications Manager (Contract)

New York, NY · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 5 days ago

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About the role

Coordinate cross-functional logistics with People, Legal, Finance, and IT/AV, ensuring approvals, clearances, and distribution are handled on time.
Excellent writing and editing skills; able to translate complex topics into clear talking points, memos, and follow-up notes for broad employee audiences.

You will bring rigor to live-forum production, tighten workflows and documentation, and help presenters and leaders land clear, consistent messages-while also rolling up your sleeves on writing, research, slide design, and team systems that keep our comms engine running smoothly.
This contract role sits within Global Communications and partners closely with People, IT/AV, Legal, Finance, and executive offices to ensure our most visible internal forum runs smoothly-and that employees and stakeholders know what matters, why, and what's next. 🧠 You will...
run the planning calendar, manage run-of-show, coordinate presenters, and oversee day-of execution with IT/AV to ensure a smooth experience every week.
Partner with presenters to clarify key messages; draft or review talking points, FAQs, and follow-ups to drive clarity and consistency across sessions.
Build and maintain lightweight templates, checklists, and operating rhythms for internal forums (briefs, slide guidance, rehearsal norms, recording/distribution workflows).

Track and report simple effectiveness metrics for internal forums and select comms initiatives (reach, clarity signals, Q&A themes) and turn learnings into improvements over time. ✔️ You have...
5-7 years of experience in communications, events/production, or program operations supporting executive or company-wide forums in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work effectively with teams based in Pittsburgh, PA and New York City and to align with U.S. business hours. ⭐️ Exceptional candidates will have...

High attention to detail and operational rigor; comfort creating templates, checklists, trackers, and documentation that teams actually use.
Sound judgment and discretion; experience supporting sensitive or high-visibility internal moments.
Hands-on live event production experience for executive communications (run-of-show, stage/AV coordination, and presenter coaching).
Familiarity with Slack-at-scale and live forum norms, including channel governance and content distribution workflows.

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available.
You'll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds - while doing work that's both meaningful and fun.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role We're looking for a contract Communications Manager to lead production for Parliament (Duolingo's weekly all-hands) and provide day-to-day communications and operational support across the Global Communications team.
We're looking for a contract Communications Manager to lead production for Parliament (Duolingo's weekly all-hands) and provide day-to-day communications and operational support across the Global Communications team.

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