Head of Communications – PR

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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🎙️ Public Relations (PR)

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Amira Learning

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

📚 Education

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

💰 $20M Venture Round - Amira Learning on 2022-04

Education • Artificial Intelligence • SaaS

Amira Learning is an education technology company that develops an AI-driven reading tutor and assessment platform for young learners. Its product uses speech recognition and automated scoring to provide individualized practice, real-time feedback, and actionable reading analytics for teachers and schools, helping improve early literacy outcomes.

📋 Description

• Define and own Amira's communications strategy, core narrative and messaging architecture • Translate complex research, the Science of Reading, AI, growth data and efficacy studies into clear stories for non-technical audiences • Set annual and quarterly communications plans with measurable goals and report results • Support policy and government affairs communications for state agencies, legislators and coalitions • Build and maintain relationships with education, technology, business and policy reporters • Lead announcements for product launches, research findings, partnerships, state approvals, funding and leadership news • Pitch and place stories, op-eds and features positioning Amira as a leader in AI for reading • Manage PR agency partners, budget and press materials • Coordinate awards, speaking submissions and the newsroom • Build Amira's public profile through bylines, podcasts, conference keynotes and media interviews • Prepare stakeholders for interviews, panels and testimony with briefing documents and media training • Shape Amira's point of view on AI in education, literacy policy and responsible AI • Own crisis management involving student data privacy, AI safety and accuracy, and policy controversies • Maintain crisis playbooks, holding statements and approval workflows with legal, security and policy teams • Monitor media and social coverage and advise leadership on emerging risks • Partner with marketing and sales to amplify district success stories, growth data and educator voices • Grow Amira's Community Hub and equip Champions to tell their stories through case studies, webinars, social content, conference sessions and media interviews • Turn community insight into feedback for product, research and marketing teams • Set and report goals for community growth, engagement and advocacy • Lead internal communications, including all-hands content, leadership messages and change communications • Lead a small, high-performing communications team and agency bench • Report to the COO and work closely with marketing, research, product, success and sales leadership

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in communications, PR or journalism, including 3+ years leading communications for a company, agency practice or mission-driven organization • A track record of earning top-tier coverage in national business, technology or education media, with relationships to show for it • Experience building thought-leadership programs that moved a company's reputation • Hands-on crisis management experience, ideally on sensitive topics such as data privacy, children or public funding • Exceptional writing and editing ability, including press releases, op-eds, company-wide memos and crisis statements • Ability to make research and technical ideas accurate, simple and compelling, without overstating them • Sound judgment, discretion and comfort advising executive leadership directly • Builder's mindset; comfortable doing the work yourself while scaling a team and agency partners • Genuine belief that every child should learn to read, and curiosity about how AI can help • Preferred: experience in K–12 education, edtech, literacy or education policy, including knowledge of the Science of Reading movement • Preferred: communications experience in AI or another emerging technology facing public debate • Preferred: experience building an online community, ambassador or advocacy program • Preferred: relationships with state education agencies, legislators or education coalitions • Preferred: experience supporting a company through fundraising, M&A or rapid growth • Preferred: Spanish fluency or experience reaching bilingual and Spanish-speaking families and educators • Preferred: familiarity with media monitoring, measurement and social listening tools • Mission-driven, evidence-first, educator-centered, AI advocate, builder at heart, sense of urgency, collaborative and low-ego, candid and trustworthy, inclusive

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary • Medical, dental, and vision benefits • 401(k) with company matching • Flexible time off • Stock option ownership • Cutting-edge work • The opportunity to help children around the world reach their full potential

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