# West Coast Communications Manager

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Communications
**Salary:** $150k – $190k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** corporate communications, Media Relations, ai communications, technology communications, writing, media pitches, media briefs, talking points, event coordination, press coverage tracking
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> Manages communications operations, media relationships, announcement launches, executive preparation, and press tracking for a technology and AI company. Requires a bachelor’s degree, 5–7 years of relevant communications experience, strong writing skills, and familiarity with the San Francisco media landscape.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day communications priorities in partnership with the Head of Communications.
- Build and maintain communications calendars, trackers, and agendas for announcements, media moments, and events.
- Coordinate workflows across announcements, media opportunities, speaking engagements, and events with Product, Marketing, and Executive stakeholders.
- Develop relationships with technology reporters, AI beat reporters, newsletter writers, Substack authors, podcast hosts, creators, and other emerging voices.
- Support announcement launches end-to-end, from strategy through post-launch follow-up.
- Draft pitches, media briefs, talking points, and preparation documents.
- Coordinate interviews, briefings, podcast appearances, and speaking opportunities, including logistics and preparation.
- Maintain coverage trackers covering press mentions, sentiment, and share of voice across key narratives.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related or adjacent field.
- 5–7 years of experience in technology, AI, or corporate communications.
- Strong understanding of the technology, AI, startup, and San Francisco media landscape.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent writing and communications skills.

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