Director of Communications

At Mothership, we're building the future of freight. As our Director of Communications, you’ll use communications cleverly to help us grow; here’s how:

What You'll Do

• Drive direct customer acquisition through earned media
• Establish Mothership as a thought leader on current events in logistics by inserting us early and with meaningful content to the audience
• Create narratives around new technologies Mothership is working on that are far ahead of the industry
• Partner with customers and legacy providers to create and promote use cases and collaboration
• Research and arrange tradeshow attendance including talks, firesides, product demos and media meetings
• Work with marketing to draw up press releases on new products, features and services then make sure they get coverage
• Research and arrange podcast and other media appearances for executives and product leaders in the company

Qualifications

• 5 years in external comms with an emphasis on using it for company growth
• A portfolio that is quantifiably responsible for growth at each company
• Track record of building, maintaining, and leveraging a large number of media relationships at top outlets
• Exceptional project management and presentation skills 
• Desire to be on a purely merit-based team, not a family, with no politics and big aspirations
• Naturally a self-motivated, self-managed, nights and weekends kind of work personality
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Journalism, Communications, or English is preferred, but your work portfolio is what’s most important; results over education