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About the Role

Exa is seeking a Director of Communications to build the public voice of the company and its leaders. This role focuses on developing and expressing founders' and executives' public points of view through ghostwriting essays, posts, and op-eds. It also involves managing the speaking pipeline, press relations (including agency management), social and owned channels, company announcements, crisis communications, and leveraging AI in practice.

Responsibilities

Develop and express leaders' public points of view through essays, tweets, op-eds, and interviews.
Ghostwrite content at volume and high quality, ensuring it aligns with the leader's voice.
Manage the pipeline for conferences, podcasts, panels, and industry events, including sourcing, evaluation, securing, prepping, and coaching.
Own media strategy and results, managing the press agency and building an in-house function.
Manage launch coverage, reactive and inbound press, and relationships with key AI infrastructure reporters.
Own company social presence and editorial cadence, including voice and amplification of engineering work.
Coordinate employee engagement to amplify company social media.
Own the narrative and calendar for company announcements, launches, and milestones.
Develop the crisis and issues readiness playbook, including escalation paths, holding statements, and spokesperson prep.
Utilize AI in research, drafting, and measurement while maintaining human authenticity in public statements.

Requirements

8+ years in communications, PR, or editorial roles, with experience within a high-growth technology company.
Exceptional writing craft, specifically ghostwriting, with samples and permission to discuss.
Proven track record of building an executive's public profile and social followers, with evidence of growth drivers.
Demonstrated press results in technology or enterprise media.
Experience securing meaningful speaking placements and prepping individuals for them.
Experience managing an agency effectively, including setting briefs and holding them to results.
Sound judgment under pressure, with experience handling at least one difficult public moment.
Sufficient technical literacy to write credibly about AI, search, and infrastructure.

Skills

Ghostwriting
Executive Branding
Public Relations
Media Relations
Content Strategy
Social Media Management
Crisis Communications
Speechwriting
AI Literacy
Agency Management

Location

San Francisco HQ

Work Type

In-person

Experience Level

8+ years

Benefits

Premium medical, dental, and vision coverage
Monthly wellness benefit
Monthly commuter benefit
Reimbursement for eligible egg freezing and related medical expenses up to $15,000 lifetime maximum
16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
Lunch and dinner served daily
Office stocked with snacks, coffee, and health supplements
Fresh bread deliveries
Weekly milk tea deliveries
Monthly picnics
Parties to celebrate wins
Visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates

About the Company

Exa is building a search engine for the AI era, with its Search API powering Agents, Fortune 500s, and AI labs.
The company has raised $250M in Series C funding, led by a16z, with participation from Benchmark, Lightspeed, and YC, valuing Exa at $2.2 billion.
Exa aims to transform an industry that has not been disrupted since the 90s.
The team consists of approximately 100 members, primarily based in San Francisco, with backgrounds from institutions like Harvard and MIT, and companies like Meta and Google Research.
Exa is characterized by high agency, low ego, and a shared mission to solve a significant problem.
The company is rapidly developing the most intelligent search engine in history.

Equal Opportunity

Exa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related conditions, criminal histories consistent with applicable law, or any other basis protected by applicable law.