CEO Executive Communications and PR

16 Jun 2024

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Company Description

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose and passion, irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, our communities and our business.

Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. We do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering affordable, quick to implement, and designed software for the end-user. More than 50,000 companies from startups to public companies worldwide use Freshworks software-as-a-service to enable a better customer experience (CX, CRM) and employee experience (ITSM, HRSM).

Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshworks has a dedicated team operating from 13 global locations to serve customers, including Bridgestone, Chargebee, DeliveryHero, ITV, Klarna, Multichoice, OfficeMax, TaylorMade and Vice Media.

Freshworks transforms the way world-class organizations collaborate with customers and co-workers. The suite includes Freshdesk (omnichannel customer support), Freshsales (sales automation), Freshmarketer (marketing automation), Freshservice (IT service desk), Freshteam (HR management system).

The Director of CEO Communications & PR at Freshworks will be responsible for the strategy and execution of PR programs that showcase the Founder's vision and the company's growing family of products and platform innovation This newly created role will partner closely with Freshworks CEO and Chief Product Officer to create narratives and news stories that win the hearts and minds of investors, customers and employees.

You'll report to the Senior Director, Corporate Communications and work alongside a global band of PR, executive and employee comms gurus - plus a bunch of agencies - as you build an all-encompassing product PR strategy.

Job Description

  • Support the CEO and his internal and external communications including press interviews and keynotes, and written content including employee emails, bylined articles, and earnings scripts.
  • Sniff out the next big tech trends that could fit our CEO and CPO, brand and product slate, and craft top notch press releases and pitches that tell a meaningful story in that context.
  • Partner closely with Product Leadership and Product Marketing teams to develop a comms strategy for amplifying the innovation and vision of Freshworks products in three huge markets.
  • Build, maintain new relationships with global business, tech and industry reporters.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years PR/Comms experience, ideally with roles at both agency and in house.
  • Proven superhero-like ability to near-instantly grok and reformulate the value of enterprise software products in a gripping way for buying audiences and non-technical humans.
  • A team player energized by swapping ideas with others and the confidence to pitch it to our CEO, working with him to turn great ideas into even better stories.
  • Hustle mindset to track down and synthesize technical information and to piece together stellar stories from offhand mentions in conference calls, field events, water cooler talk with execs, customer interviews, and Slack fragments with, heck, the whole company.

Additional Information

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose and passion, irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, our communities and our business.

Summary of Freshworks Benefits:

Freshworks offers multiple options for dental, medical, vision, disability and life insurances. Flexible PTO + paid time off, flexible spending, commuter benefits, work from home, and wellness benefits are also offered. Freshworks also offers adoption and parental leave benefits.

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.

I'm interested

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.

  • ID: #43108375
  • State: Washington Seattle-tacoma 98101 Seattle-tacoma USA
  • City: Seattle-tacoma
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-06-16
  • Deadline: 2022-08-14
  • Category: Et cetera