Sustainability and Infrastructure Communications Specialist
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- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in communications, public relations, or public affairs, with a focus on project execution.
- Experience working on sustainability or technology infrastructure initiatives.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience working on campaigns, large events, and projects that require cross-functional collaboration. Avid user and adopter of AI tools in your work.
- Experience working in various areas of infrastructure, energy, carbon markets, or ability to quickly learn complicated and nuanced spaces.
- Ability to think strategically and develop creative Communication strategies that drive results.
- Well-developed and maintained media relationships across business and technology press.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives and build relationships with key stakeholders.
About the job
As a member of the Global Communications & Public Affairs team, you will work cross-functionally to help communicate with journalists and other thought leaders; devise specific communications materials and campaigns; engage in face-to-face meetings with commentators and other opinion formers; and develop print and web-based material supporting these campaigns. We're looking for great communicators who can understand complex issues and explain them in person and also via well written, simple blog posts, FAQs, video scripts and more.
As a key member of the Google Cloud Communications team and dotted line to our Global Sustainability Team, you will support our sustainability and infrastructure efforts. You will heavily focus on socializing our strategy, ambitions, and progress, while also assisting with key sustainability and infrastructure milestones and providing agile reactive support. Working closely with cross-functional partners, you will help educate the market on the environmental benefits of Google’s initiatives around the world and how we build data centers and other computing infrastructure with sustainability at the forefront, driving stories in local, state, national and global media. Additionally, you will maintain strong relationships with journalists and influencers, develop written materials and messaging, and project-manage announcement execution. A major part of the role is moving fast while collaborating effectively across multiple teams in the organization.
We help inform and educate users, advertisers, partners, opinion leaders--and our own employees--about the benefits of Google's products, our distinctive company culture/values and our approach to the big public policy issues of the day. You are quick-witted, entrepreneurial and intellectually curious. To succeed in this role, you are willing to try new things and can manage numerous projects with tight deadlines. Things happen quickly at Google, and to do great work, you need to be an enthusiastic team player who can work cross-functionally with partners across PR, Communications, Marketing, Product, and beyond.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $116000 - $166000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Drive and execute campaign activities focused on crucial environmental and energy topics, including supporting initiatives and messaging around water stewardship, emissions, environmental impacts, clean energy, and other environment related topics.
- Assist in strategic coordination and messaging for broader sustainability efforts and milestones, including supporting announcements related to Carbon Credits and Removals, Circular Economy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, how AI is enabling positive climate outcomes and cross-company moments like Earth Day, COP, and Climate Week.
- Provide critical, agile support to manage incoming inquiries, and press demands. Anticipate and respond to shifting narratives and public scrutiny.
- Cultivate local, state, and national media relationships to drive awareness about how Google sustainability efforts. Act as a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner to key business partners.
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