Senior Communications Manager, Brilliant Black Minds

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Karat's purpose is to unlock opportunity, and we built the world's first Interviewing Cloud to conduct predictive, fair, and enjoyable technical interviews 24/7. Karat helps companies expand interviewing capacity, unlock developer time, and raise engineering quality so they can hire smarter and grow faster, and create more opportunities for software engineers. From our industry-leading solutions to Karat's Brilliant Black Minds program, the work we do here matters. We're a team of passionate, focused, human-centric team, and we want you to join us!
Come join our Brilliant Black Minds team!
Our Brilliant Black Minds team is committed to doubling the number of Black software engineers in tech over the next ten years. As our company's flagship purpose program, this team amplifies the brilliance found in the software engineering community of underrepresented minority developers through exposure, access, and fairness. As the only program of its kind, Karat enables its global network of Interview Engineers to make technical interviews more accessible, and the interview experience itself more equitable.
What you will do
As the Senior Communications Manager for Brilliant Black Minds, your mission will be to engage and activate the Black software engineering community in support of the expansion of the Brilliant Black Minds program.

• Create an annual communications plan and quarterly strategies for the Brilliant Black Minds program inclusive of reporting on key success metrics
• Develop candidate communications strategy based on insights and needs from the program. This includes:
• Oversee candidate newsletter distribution, content creation, and measurement. Review and approve content for publication
• Develop and publish user testimonials and Partner of Brilliance case studies
• Partner with Karat's social media team to share meaningful and engaging content for the Brilliant Black Minds community
• Drive partner-specific communication plans to reach software engineers via 3rd party industry partners like the National Society for Black Engineers , Inroads , and /dev/color , as well as corporate partners like Prime Video, Citi, and Indeed
• Lead cross-partner communication strategy for key program moments
• Coordinate partner comms reviews and approvals
• Oversee the strategic development of partner workshop programs
• Develop and maintain partner guidelines and toolkits for communications and social media
• Lead external communications for the program in partnership with corporate communications partners
• Support communications opportunities with our Champion of Brilliance, Serena Williams, partnering with Karat leadership and corporate communications teams
• Support the executive platform of Karat's Vice President of Brilliant Black Minds (media opportunities, social media presence and speaking engagements)
• Build relationships with key media contacts and influencers to expand coverage of the program with relevant audiences and manage engagements
• Develop a speaking program; identify where Brilliant Black Minds leaders should attend, pitch speakers, and manage communication needs for these events
• Build and maintain a program press kit that aligns with Karat brand guidelines
• Manage digital asset creation and agency/vendor support for the program and partner with other teams across Karat on communications strategies as needed

The experience you will bring

• 10+ years of work experience in communications, journalism, or marketing
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience engaging and influencing senior executives
• Strong experience across key communications disciplines: PR, social media, executive platforms, writing, etc.
• Passion for driving more diversity in tech, and deep understanding of the early-career Black and/or URM engineering audience
• Experience working with the HBCU community, STEM industry organizations, or software developers is a strong plus.
• Ability to empathize with partner needs and drive alignment excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience engaging and influencing senior executives
• History building large-scale communication plans, as well as successfully executing against them
• Strong ability to multi-task and work across a variety of projects at one time
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, prioritizing clarity and brevity
• Experience working successfully in ambiguity - you are able to create clarity through quick change and partner effectively and collaborate cross-functionally

This is a full-time, salaried position. Immigration sponsorship is not available.
Karat's HQ is based in Seattle, Washington, but our core team is distributed throughout the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom. For this position, we are considering candidates who are located within the greater United States and have posted this job description broadly with that in mind.
Benefits of joining Karat
Karat strives to offer everything you need to best support you today, tomorrow, and beyond. We're proud of our current offerings, and highlight some of our team's favorites below. There are more, just feel free to ask!
Compensation / Time Off:

• Highly competitive salary and stock options
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid PTO (see below) and Sick Leave (10 days per year)
• Flexible Time Off Policy for salaried positions
• Three weeks accrued per year for hourly positions
• Global Parental Leave (16 weeks paid with additional 8 weeks transition back to work in part-time capacity)
• 20 paid Company Holidays for 2022

Benefits / Wellness:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance via Cigna or Kaiser (for CA-based employees)
• 100% premium covered for employees
• 70% premium covered for dependents
• FSA, STD, LTD, Standard Life Insurance, and Optional Life Insurance
• Mental Wellness offerings such as Calm, Happify, Talkspace, Modern Health, and more
• $150 per month contribution to miscellaneous benefit/wellness of employee's choice

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In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on "protected categories," we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Karat.
We value a diverse workforce: people of color, womxn, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
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