Amazon is looking for a PR and communications professional to support its grocery business! You will help drive communications for Amazon’s grocery offering across the US, focused on our online grocery delivery and subscription, everyday essentials, third-party grocery partnerships, and our portfolio of grocery private label brands. We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment with experience in corporate communications, grocery, and/or physical retail. This role demands a strategic communicator who can manage both proactive storytelling and reactive media inquiries, creating cohesive narratives that showcase the convenience, selection, and value Amazon brings to customers' grocery shopping experience.
You will be a self-starter who can clearly formulate and communicate PR recommendations and plans to both peers and executives. You will also be comfortable providing counsel and guidance to a wide variety of counterparts, and have a track record of exercising high-judgment while acting quickly. You will have extensive experience in dealing with national, regional and local news desks on a variety of reactive and proactive topics. To be successful in this role you will need excellent communications skills, exemplary writing ability, exceptional initiative, and a talent for collaboration. You should have experience working with high standards under tight deadlines. Creativity and flexibility are a must. Periodic domestic travel is required.
Key job responsibilities
• Lead proactive PR announcements and related activities
• Manage issues and brand reputation related to the Amazon grocery business
• Work quickly and precisely under tight deadlines, and prioritize and manage multiple projects at one time
• Develop and manage relationships with a range of media contacts, local and national
• Strategize, write and evolve key messaging and plans
• Work closely with marketing, public policy, program management and other internal groups to cohesively approach projects and activities
• Build and execute PR plans, including communicating plans internally and securing leadership approval
• Successfully manage complex, fast-moving and unexpected communications challenges
• Help manage an external public relations agency on strategy and day-to-day matters
• Willingness to represent Amazon as a spokesperson
A day in the life
• Working directly with grocery business field teams and corporate stakeholders to advise on strategies, private brand launches and expansions, and PR needs.
• Developing strategic PR plans for the grocery business as well as press materials for upcoming announcements.
• Fielding press inquiries and developing response strategy on quick turns.
• Driving proactive momentum storytelling for the grocery business with key corporate, consumer and local/regional press contacts.
About the team
This role sits on the Worldwide Grocery Stores Comms team, focused on Amazon's grocery efforts across delivery and stores. The grocery Comms team is responsible for managing the grocery press narrative, driving proactive initiatives for the grocery business, and advising day-to-day across the grocery organization.
This role will work with many Comms teams including corporate communications, consumer campaigns, physical retail technology, and community engagement.
