# Corporate Communications Lead
**Company:** [WorkWhile](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/workwhile)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Skills:** Media Relations, Content Strategy, Data Analysis, Storytelling, Academic Partnerships, News Monitoring, Social Media Influencers, Economic Reporting, Press Pitching, Rapid Response
**Posted:** 2026-01-20
> Leads corporate communications by building Workwhile as the go-to source for labor market intelligence through data-driven content, media relations, academic partnerships, and rapid news response. Requires media savvy, data fluency, storytelling, and self-starting hustle.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Build the "CNBC of Main Street": Develop and execute a content strategy that positions Workwhile as the primary source for labor market intelligence. Publish "breaking news" on the state of the hourly workforce.
- Be the mouthpiece for Workwhile Econ Lab: Serve as editor-in-chief, work with data science team to extract trends (e.g., real-time wage inflation in logistics, impact of gig work on holiday supply chains) and package into reports for top-tier media.
- Manage Academic Relations: Leverage relationships with labor professors and economists to facilitate op-eds.
- Humanize the Data: Find and tell individual worker stories to connect reporters with real voices in the economy.
- Newsjacking & Rapid Response: Monitor news cycle and pitch unique angles or data points for coverage.

## Requirements
- Self-Starter with Hustle: Identify trends and connect dots immediately without waiting for briefs.
- Storyteller at Heart: Translate complex economic concepts into punchy, mainstream headlines.
- Media Savvy: Existing relationships with business/tech reporters (or ability to build them); understand media needs; build relationships with major social media influencers.
- Data Fluency: Data-literate, able to ask right questions to find story hooks.
- Ambition: View role as stepping stone to Chief Communications Officer or industry voice.

## Benefits
- Hybrid work culture in San Francisco or New York
- In-person company off-sites
- Medical, dental, & vision coverage
- Flexible time off
- 401(k) with employer match
- WFH stipend
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