Senior Manager, Corporate Communications

Wrike is the most powerful work management platform. Built for teams and organizations looking to collaborate, create, and exceed every day, Wrike brings everyone and all work into a single place to remove complexity, increase productivity, and free people up to focus on their most purposeful work.   Our vision:  A world where everyone is free to focus on their most purposeful work, together.   

Ready to become a Wriker?

Ready to make some serious waves in a high-growth SaaS category many consider pivotal to the future of work? Love working with the press, reading up on the latest news in tech, and looking for interesting pitch angles? Passionate about storytelling in new, creative ways? This is your chance to help us go toe-to-toe with other leaders in one of the hottest software categories: collaborative work management. We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Corporate Communications with a keen eye for trends, an agile and bold approach to getting things done, and passion in their purpose.  

Wrike is the most intelligent CWM platform that’s redefining how teams and companies collaborate and succeed together in a new hybrid world. We have been ranked as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Collaborative Work Management Tools report four consecutive times and have received several AI awards for recent breakthroughs in the latest technology driving productivity. 

We’re out here doing the best work of our lives by helping employees everywhere do the best work of theirs. Join us!

More about Your team:

Reporting to the Director of Corporate Marketing, this position will play a crucial role in implementing the strategy for planned and proactive communication initiatives in the Corporate Communications team within Corporate Marketing. You will also work alongside colleagues in customer marketing, content marketing, analyst relations, social media, corporate events, design, and more to uplevel and support ongoing projects. This is an ideal role for someone who has a strong background in media relations and is resourceful, quick on their feet, self-motivated, creative, analytical, and collaborative.

How we work:

• Slack, Zoom, Google Workspace
• Ability to work well with dispersed teams, from San Diego to Dublin to Tokyo and everything in between

How You'll make an impact:

• Work closely with the Director of Corporate Marketing to ensure strategic corporate communications initiatives are successfully executed and results track back to OKRs. 
• Coordinate with the Director of Corporate Marketing on the planning and roll-out of major brand awareness campaigns.
• Oversee the press release calendar of upcoming announcements, making recommendations for news that will allow Wrike to stay fiercely competitive and resonate with the media. Craft and distribute on-brand releases.
• Work closely with the Product and Product Marketing teams to ensure we are maintaining a strong cadence of product news that demonstrates innovation and underscores leadership in the space.
• Collaborate with agency partners to build a robust media presence that produces ongoing coverage tied to thought leadership, product innovation, third-party validation, and more.
• Work closely with Wrike’s executive leadership team to build out robust thought leadership campaigns. 
• Analyze platform and third-party data to create new and unique storylines for the media. 
• Keep up with the latest trends in the CWM space, as well as themes relevant to the brand, such as Future of Work, collaboration, and workflow automation, and - from those - make smart, fast recommendations for trend-jacking or rapid response.
• Work with Customer Marketing to ensure external facing stories hit the mark with what we want to say externally/tell the market.
• Make recommendations for new tactics that will help our brand and influence reach new heights.
• Track and optimize toward objectives and key results.

You'll achieve your best if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, or a related field
• 8 years of experience in communications with at least 5 years of experience in the technology industry and familiarity with the SaaS / Cloud sector
• Intelligent, passionate communicator and storyteller who can take our corporate narrative and apply it to initiatives that drive brand awareness
• Keen eye for spotting trends and making smart, actionable recommendations 
• Deep understanding of the media landscape, including approaches and tactics and established relationships with contacts at business and tech outlets
• Strong interest in ensuring product leadership and innovation shine through in the corporate communications program with the ability to navigate product roadmaps and identify top tier product updates
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