What you’ll do:

We’re looking for a Communications lead to join the WITHIN team with a passion for media, VR / AR, and being in the right place at the right time with the right story to win. The Head of Communications must be a dynamic force, who thrives on driving measurable results. This role is for a dedicated, passionate communicator who knows how to get the most out of every opportunity. The ideal candidate needs to be an experienced, digital-media communications professional with proven ability to think strategically and rapidly process information to form an analysis. This position reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

The impact you’ll make:

• Develop, implement and manage communications plans to broaden the exposure of WITHIN's products, services, and mission across consumer, business and creator community channels
• Serve as internal communications, planning and production lead for all-employee communications, company meetings, and events
• Create and execute publicity campaigns to support content launches, major product releases, and other key initiatives
• Serve as the POC for outside vendors and agencies
• Own and drive ongoing press engagement, serving as a collaborator, matchmaker, and evangelist for the emerging immersive media industry
• Organize and execute WITHIN's live presence at events, festivals and more, serving as the lead publicist on the ground and providing project management as needed to support execution
• Constantly looking for synergistic promotional opportunities both with and for WITHIN's content and business partners
• Oversee WITHIN's ongoing community service and charitable programs with major partners. Ensure meaningful execution that has a real impact on behalf of WITHIN.
• Oversee a rigorous media monitoring and rapid-assessment pipeline to monitor trends and identify where we can have an impact
• Maintain an expert’s perspective for the leading edge of industry evolution, key trends and important events in immersive media. Serve as the eyes and ears for the company across all media channels in partnership with Marketing
• Work collaboratively with executive management in a high-velocity, results-oriented culture

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years experience across Public Relations, Corp-Com, Mar-Com and/or Publicity
• Experience in both small and large company settings
• Prior experience overseeing outside vendors and agencies
• Prior experience producing events: internal, industry and consumer-facing
• A passion for bringing people together, fostering opportunity and achieving targets
• Proven ability to lead strategy, mobilizing others to succeed towards a shared vision
• Strong individual leadership skills and the ability to balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail
• Must be a driven self-starter who consistently goes over-and-above to ensure excellence
• Strong analytic and critical thinking skills, ability to interpret, synthesize and re-communicate both quantitative and qualitative data
• Familiarity and/or prior experience in VR / AR a plus