Description
Compensation
Ontario Pay Transparency Range: CA$98,600 – CA$135,520
Meet Benevity
Benevity is the way the world does good, providing companies (and their employees) with technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups, and micro-actions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good.
About the job at Benevity
As our External Communications Manager, you'll be the AVP of Brand & Communications' right-hand person on everything Benevity says to press, clients, and the market , assisting with media relations, crisis communications, and the executive voice that carries our point of view into the sector.
What you'll do
- Media Relations: Assist in media pitching and build lasting relationships with journalists and outlets that help Benevity reach new audiences.
- PR Agency Management: Assist in managing the PR agency alongside the Director of Brand & Communications, keeping the agency focused on high-value work and holding it accountable to Benevity's standards.
- Executive Visibility: Lead the strategy for securing meaningful speaking opportunities for Benevity's executives, prioritizing platforms and stages that build the company's authority and visibility in the sector and with new audiences.
- Executive POV Development: Develop Benevity's executives' points of view alongside the brand and editorial lead, ensuring every POV is distinctive, well-argued, and grounded in the brand narrative and Impact Labs data.
- Executive Ghostwriting: Ghostwrite articles, speeches, and presentations for Benevity's executive leaders, translating their points of view into polished, delivery-ready material in their own voice.
- Thought-Leadership Alignment: Partner with the brand and editorial lead to ensure executive and thought-leadership content aligns with Impact Labs data and research, bringing an external, market-facing lens to how that content is planned and released.
- Crisis Preparedness: Build and maintain a crisis communications playbook with clear escalation paths to the Director and executive leadership, so the team is ready before it's tested by a live situation.
What you'll bring (Experience)
- Experience: 7+ years of experience in external communications, PR, or corporate communications, with at least 3 years leading media relations or crisis communications for a B2B brand (SaaS experience a plus).
- Media & Speaking Relationships: A track record of securing high-quality media placements and speaking opportunities, with relationships across journalists, editors, and event organizers who matter to the business.
- Executive Communications: Demonstrated experience developing executive point-of-view content and ghostwriting speeches, articles, or presentations that sound authentically like the leader delivering them.
- Writing & Storytelling: Sharp, provocative writing and editorial judgment, with the ability to push messaging beyond safe and generic and toward genuinely distinctive points of view.
- Collaborative & Adaptable: A collaborative mindset, with the flexibility to adapt quickly across press, client, and executive audiences in a fast-paced environment without losing sight of message discipline.
Discover your purpose at work
We're not employees, we're Benevity-ites. From all locations, backgrounds, and walks of life, who deserve more … Innovative work. Growth opportunities. Caring co-workers. And a chance to do work that fills us with a sense of purpose.
Where We Work
At Benevity, we embrace a flexible hybrid approach to where we work that empowers our people in a way that supports great work, strong relationships, and personal well-being.