Based in New York, DigitalOcean is a dynamic, high-growth technology company that has built a global infrastructure platform to enable developers around the world to seamlessly deploy, manage, and scale their applications. With more than 750,000 registered customers and over 30,000 teams, DigitalOcean has become one of the fastest growing cloud platforms in the industry. Our mission is to create a portfolio of cloud products and services that teams of developers love.

The Director of Communications will drive our thought leadership engine and create a world-class communications plan for DigitalOcean, directly managing communications activities that promote, enhance, and protect the organization's brand reputation. The Director of Communications will be working closely with the Head of Marketing to develop, integrate, and implement a broad range of public relations activities relative to the strategic direction and positioning of the organization and its leadership and promote the DO brand with both developers and potential employees. This individual will be an ambassador for the organization and will amplify programs, product launches, and build our thought leadership position in the developer community. DigitalOcean is one of the premier tech companies in NYC and we are looking for someone to help us tell that story!

• Develop and implement a strategic communications plan to advance DigitalOcean’s brand identity, broaden awareness of its vision, and amplify the visibility of new products
• Educate users, press, bloggers, analysts and influencers about core DigitalOcean products and initiatives
• Work closely with leadership team and departments to recognize internal and external communications opportunities and solutions, and define and execute a holistic communications strategy to support them
• Serve as a spokesperson and lead point person on media interactions that help promote the brand within the developer community
• Actively engage, cultivate and manage press relationships to ensure maximum coverage surrounding DigitalOcean’s products, events, and programs.
• Partner with the Director of Talent Acquisition to promote and enhance our employer brand
• Manage DigitalOcean’s relationships with agencies and other external communications providers.
• Exercise judgment to prioritize media opportunities, and prepare talking points, speeches, presentations and other supporting material for the leadership team
• Organize and present supporting data and success metrics from driving ongoing external communication initiatives (e.g. impressions, traffic, etc.)
• Create all press materials

• 7-10+ years relevant experience in public relations and communications, external and internal
• Demonstrated skill and comfort in proactively building relationships with top tier reporters and editors, and in successfully positioning subject matter with the media to achieve high-impact placements
• Extensive successful writing and editing experience in digital media
• Creative and thoughtful on optimal usage of new media and digital technologies
• Demonstrated experience and leadership in managing a comprehensive strategic communications, media relations, and marketing program to advance an organization’s mission and goals
• A strong technical background and understanding of the tech startup industry
• A strong-sense of teamwork and ability to both manage AND execute programs
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field and, an advanced degree is preferred

• Because we have amazing people. We can promise you will work with some of the smartest and coolest people in the industry. We work hard but we always have fun doing it. Archery classes, DJ lessons, and office pie fights are a thing. We care deeply about each other and take our “no jerks” rule very seriously.
• Because we value development. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging ourselves to continuously grow. That means we maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development. You’ll need to be great to get hired here and we promise you’ll get even better.
• Because we care about you. We offer competitive health, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their dependents, a monthly gym reimbursement to keep you fit, and a monthly commute allowance to make your trips to and from work easier.
• Because we invest in your future. We offer competitive compensation and a 401k plan with up to a 4% employer match. We also provide all employees with Kindles and reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
• Because we want you to love where you work. We have a great office space located in the heart of SoHo NYC and offer daily catered lunches to keep your hunger at bay. We’re also very remote-friendly—we use Slack to communicate across the company—and all remote employees have the opportunity to take an all-expense-paid trip to our HQ to get quality in-person time with the team at least once a year. We also allow employees to customize their workstations to meet their needs—whether remote or in HQ.
• Because 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.