Communications Associate
Do you ever wonder what happens inside the cloud?
Headquartered in New York but based around the world, DigitalOcean is a dynamic, high-growth technology company that serves a robust and passionate community of developers around the world. Our mission is to simplify cloud computing for every developer. We are working on solving some of the most challenging and interesting technology projects around, on a scale unmatched by most.
We want people who are passionate about sharing our message.
We are looking for an ambitious communications associate to help facilitate, manage, and advance internal and external communications at DigitalOcean. Reporting to the Director of Corporate Communications, the communications associate will support various internal and external communications initiatives. As a member of the communications team, you will contribute to ensuring the right messages reach the right audiences at the right times.What You’ll Be Doing:
- Support facilitation of internal and external communications, including All Hands meetings, roundtables with executive leadership, media relations, and tracking and reporting of results.
- Contribute to internal and external strategic communication planning for the company.
- Create new and improve existing communications channels for driving messaging to reach employees and external audiences.
- Build and maintain relationships with key internal communications stakeholders.
- Work with stakeholders to brainstorm and contribute new engaging communication campaigns or opportunities that support various internal and external initiatives.
- Support the measurement and evaluation of internal and external communication efforts.
What We’ll Expect From You:
- 1-2 years experience in a communications role.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- An excitement to work on high-visibility projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Creative mindset with a strong attention to detail.
- A passion for technology, development, and the cloud.
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field.
Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:
- We value development. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging ourselves to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship, LinkedIn Learning tracks, and other internal programs. We also provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
- We care about your physical, financial and mental well-being. We offer competitive health, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their dependents, a monthly gym reimbursement to support your physical health, and a commute or internet allowance to make your trips to your office or your desk easier. We offer generous parental leave with transition time built-in upon return to work. We offer competitive compensation and a 401k plan with up to a 4% employer match.
- We support our remote employee experience. While we have great office spaces in NYC, Cambridge and Palo Alto, we’re very distributed—we use a number of communication tools to connect across the company—and all remote employees have the opportunity to visit our offices and meet their teams face-to-face at team offsites. We also have an annual company offsite, Shark Week, to get quality in-person time with the entire company at least once a year. We also allow employees to outfit their workstations to meet their needs—whether remote or in office.
- We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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