Communications Senior Manager, Yahoo Home Ecosystem

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

Position Overview

Yahoo is looking for a communications professional work across the Home Ecosystem group, including Yahoo Mail, Search, Commerce, and other exciting new areas. This individual will play a critical role in shaping the way the products are perceived by key audiences around the globe, from consumers to advertisers to partners. This role is responsible for helping to define our leadership in the space and ideation, while driving positive sentiment and amplification in the media.

This individual will be responsible for the development, execution and measurement of PR communications strategies, initiatives and tactics; drives the day-to-day activities; and ensures that metrics/results capture the goals and effectiveness of all campaigns and programs. They will also be responsible for fostering collaboration with internal stakeholders across the Home Ecosystem group and various areas of the business as required.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a leading role within a world-class public relations discipline, mainly focused within the Home Ecosystem portfolio 

• Spearhead and activate product launches and creative consumer campaigns that map to business objectives and earn media coverage

• Oversee concept creation and execution of consumer communications strategies and ensure they work cross functionally with corporate and internal communications

• Provide strategic direction and help develop an annual plan that ladders up to business objectives

• Involved in all stages of the communications initiatives -- from concept formulation, to execution of projects

• Provide PR counsel and messaging and positioning guidance to key stakeholders, internally and externally

• Keep a pulse on industry, audience trends, and stories

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of relevant experience in an agency or in-house role 

• Ideal candidates will have consumer and/or corporate communications experience coupled with deep experience launching consumer tech products

• Candidates will likely have a BS/BA and ideally also have an advanced degree in communications

• The ideal candidate will have either managed an agency with successful results and/or represented a top consumer brand with successes in a cross-functional role

• Must have proven success working together with marketing functions

• The ideal candidate will have the ability to work gracefully with senior executives, engineers, product teams, marketing and business units, locally and internationally

• Strong organizational skills; clear and strategic thinking with the ability to develop and execute multi-platform communications strategies

• Must work well under deadlines and understand budget constraints

• Clear, concise communication skills, particularly written communication, are a must

Ideal Candidates

We are looking for someone who is full of energy and new ideas. This person is interested in technology and media and they want to get breakthrough thinking out in the world.

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