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Amazon is seeking a highly-organized, self-motivated and high-judgment professional to join the Amazon Prime Communications team. This individual will help lead high visibility public relations initiatives for Prime in the U.S. and around the world. Key job responsibilitiesThis role will be responsible for tracking, managing, and organizing workflow across the Prime Communications team—and in some cases across Amazon and/or with third-party companies—in the U.S. and worldwide. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated expertise in writing, media relations, project management, influencer relations, and social media. The ideal candidate is able to work autonomously as well as cross-functionally; have experience communicating across multiple teams and/or external agencies; a proven track record identifying efficiencies, reducing siloes, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration; is able to identify and track industry trends and coverage, circulating it with the appropriate stakeholders. This individual should be a self-starter, have an eye for details, and enjoy wrangling multiple people and projects. They'll display poise and sophistication in rapid-moving situations and become fast friends with a number of internal teams throughout Amazon. Key Responsibilities • Act as a PR business partner with the WW and U.S. Prime business• Collaborate with internal stakeholder teams across Amazon to drive successful programs • Successfully manage complex, fast-moving and unexpected communications challenges• Develop workback timelines for tactics•Help drive proactive coverage for U.S. Prime initiatives by pitching and securing top media, including print, broadcast and online outlets; build excellent relationships with key media• Manage reactive media inquiries in the U.S. when necessary • Support strategic launches for U.S. Prime• Serve as a global liaison for Prime with communications leads in other countries and other Prime benefit businesses• Write key messaging, press releases, briefing documents, and other external and internal materials for PR• Manage external PR agency on monitoring and reporting guidelines, coverage reports, and end-of campaign metrics• Identify key industry trends and announcements, drafting an analysis, and circulating with the appropriate stakeholdersBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor’s degree- 5+ years of experience in public relations (in-house and/or agency). ...

The Amazon Public Relations team is seeking a driven, detail-oriented, and savvy PR professional for the role of Public Relations Specialist, Seller Experience. The person who fills this role will be responsible for proactive PR activities and storytelling around the many tools and services Amazon offers independent sellers to help them grow their business and thrive selling in Amazon’s store. This person will work with numerous stakeholders within the Selling Partner Services business to mine for new story angles, identify data and insights to support seller-focused narratives, and drive communications programs and announcements for launches of new tools and services, with a particular focus on AI innovation and support for small businesses. This person will work closely with business partners to provide PR counsel and guidance, drive PR strategy for key business announcements, work in close collaboration with business leaders, and drive messaging and narrative development. The role will also support issues management related to seller experience narratives as needed, helping to manage media escalations while looking around corners to plan ahead for potential issues.This role can be located in Seattle, WA or the Washington, D.C. area.The successful candidate will be a self-starter who can clearly formulate and communicate PR recommendations and plans to both peers and executives, drive collaborative decisions, build relationships internally and externally, and deliver results. He/she will also be comfortable providing counsel and guidance to a wide variety of counterparts crossing a number of disciplines, and will be an expert in clearly communicating complex programs. Additionally, this role will consistently work with a range of media contacts across ecommerce trade and national business publications, and must have strong media relations chops. The ideal candidate will have strong B2B PR experience, a track record of successfully managing proactive announcements with coverage results, and media relations expertise in both pitching proactive stories on a national scale and managing issues and reactive storylines. Key job responsibilities• Lead PR strategy and programs related to the many ways we support seller success• Provide counsel to executives and cross-functional teams on PR approaches and messaging • Manage and guide proactive PR announcements, launches, and narratives • Develop and manage relationships with a range of top-tier media contacts • Write and evolve messaging and talking points in a thoughtful and strategic way • Build, guide, and execute PR plans, including communicating plans internally and securing leadership approvals • Successfully manage complex, fast-moving and unexpected communications challenges, both proactively and reactively • Proactively seek out opportunities to create news moments, and pull together strategic recommendations • Help manage a third-party agency to support PR activities • Willingness to represent Amazon as a spokespersonBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of recent professional communications or public relations experience- Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, or a related field ...

Since 2006, AWS has changed the way that organizations acquire and use technology by providing a highly-scalable, cost-effective, and flexible technology solutions in the cloud. AWS is growing rapidly around the world with millions of active customers using the platform every month ranging from startups to Fortune 500 corporations.Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading provider of cloud computing services, providing IT infrastructure offerings ranging from on-demand compute capacity to storage, content delivery, and database services, to machine learning, Internet of Things, server less technologies, and more. The AWS Communications team is at the forefront of shaping communications around the most advanced technologies on the planet and helping customers and AWS Partner Network (APN) Partners maximize the benefits of cloud computing.To support this rapid growth, AWS is looking for a self-motivated and experienced public relations professional to join its U.S. Public Sector Communications team. The purpose of this role is to drive awareness around the positive work AWS does supporting government, academic, health, nonprofit, and aerospace customers. The right candidate possesses strong media relations and PR experience, is an expert at translating complex technology concepts into concise and well-written narratives, has experience supporting public sector customers, and has a demonstrated ability in working on cross-functional teams.The ideal candidate enjoys diving deep into technology, understanding how it is shaping and redefining the world we live in and engaging business, inside-the-beltway, and technology media. They are motivated by a dynamic, highly creative culture where the challenge of breaking new ground and redefining best practices is welcome. In this role, the candidate will have the ability to work alongside a variety of internal teams and also support AWS customers. The candidate must have excellent writing skills, have experience driving proactive campaigns and have a track record of utilizing good judgement in high pressure situations.This role will be based in Arlington, VA and may require periodic travel.Key job responsibilitiesResponsibilities- Work closely with customers to help them tell their stories about success with AWS and how cloud technology is helping them innovate more and increase mission success- Provide communications counsel to business leaders- Work alongside colleagues around the world to share best practices and execute global campaigns- Work cross-functionally to plan and execute PR campaigns- Develop communications plans to support the development and execution of events and media engagementsBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 7+ years of recent professional communications or public relations experience- Bachelor's degree- Experience with B2G and B2B work- Experience working with cloud computer, cyber security, and emerging technologies ...

Amazon is seeking an Executive Communications Manager to join its Amazon Business Communications team in Seattle, WA. This role will support the Global Vice President and head of Amazon Business with external media engagements, event participation, speaking opportunities, and internal communications. This person will build out a proactive program for the leader that focuses on Amazon Business’ innovation and operational excellence, and how Amazon Business – one of the fastest-growing ventures in Amazon’s history reaching $35 billion in annualized sales in 2023 – helps customers save time and money. The successful candidate will be a strategic, high-judgement, and opportunistic professional who can work across teams to tell compelling stories via the most effective media and channels. This individual will have very high standards, be a team player, and will have the demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic organization, and be able to manage multiple internal and external priorities at once. The successful candidate will have experience working with and providing counsel to senior leaders, and will have the confidence and know-how to guide their communications activities and write high-quality, digestible content.Key job responsibilities• Experience developing executive level content and communications in a variety of formats (e.g., media interviews, press releases/blogs, internal communications, presentations, whitepapers, etc.) • Exceptional copywriting and editing skills, with the ability to articulate a clear point of view in clear, concise communications. • Partner with various teams to build content strategy for events, speaking opportunities, and internal communications in alignment with business goals and priorities, and brand messaging• Manage a communications content calendar inclusive external and internal opportunities that highlight how Amazon Business supports its customers. • Demonstrated executive presence, excellent interpersonal skills, and a proven ability to influence others. • Collaborate across internal teams and agency partners to drive strategies to deliver on objectives and measure the impact of communications programs. • Engage and build relationships with reporters from key media outlets. • Experience leading communications for senior executives.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 7+ years of recent professional communications or public relations experience- Bachelor's degree ...