Corporate Communications Specialist

Apply; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) match

Disability and life insurance

Parental leave

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Helion in Everett, WA is seeking a Corporate Communications Specialist to drive internal and external communications during a period of rapid progress. You will manage high-visibility programs, including our weekly newsletter and monthly town halls, while supporting executive communications, media relations, and major company announcements.

This role requires an excellent writer who can adapt to different voices and audiences, strong organizational judgment, and the ability to move complex

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in corporate communications or related field.
• Excellent writing and editing across executives, audiences, and channels.
• Experience managing recurring communications programs and complex projects with multiple contributors and deadlines.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills to build practical systems.
• Strong judgment with sensitive information and escalation when needed.
• Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute major internal communications programs, including Helion’s weekly newsletter and monthly town halls.
• Own the internal communications calendar and coordinate inbound requests across teams.
• Draft and edit communications for executives, adapting to different voices, audiences, and channels.
• Maintain Helion’s external speaking engagement calendar and coordinate speaker preparation.
• Partner with science, engineering, manufacturing, operations, policy, and People teams to identify stories and develop communications.
• Track communications performance and use feedback and results to improve programs.

Skills

Corporate communications

Writing & editing

Project management

Stakeholder management

Confidentiality & judgment

Autonomous work

Job description

About Helion

We are a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone.

Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised $1.5 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors including Thrive Capital, LightSpeed Venture Capital, SoftBank, and others to propel us forward. Our current prototype, Polaris, has reached record-breaking plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius (13 keV). Helion is continuing to iterate and on the path to the world's first fusion power plant, Orion.

This is a pivotal time to join Helion. You will tackle real-world challenges with a team that prizes urgency, rigor, ownership, and a commitment to delivering hard truths – values essential to achieving what no one has before. Together, we will change the future of energy, because the world can't wait.

Helion is seeking a Corporate Communications Specialist to help execute internal and external communications during a period of rapid progress. You will manage high-visibility communications programs, including our weekly company newsletter and monthly town halls, while supporting executive communications, speaking engagements, media relations, and major company announcements.

This role requires an excellent writer who can adapt to different voices and audiences, strong organizational judgement, and the ability to independently move complex, cross-functional work forward. You will help create the systems and structure that keep communications initiatives coordinated, timely, and aligned across the company. This is an onsite role based at our Everett, WA headquarters, reporting to the Director of Communications.

What You Will Do

• Manage the planning and execution of major internal communications programs, including Helion’s weekly newsletter and monthly company town halls
• Own the internal communications calendar and serve as air traffic control for inbound communications requests, helping teams align timing, audiences, channels, and priorities
• Draft and edit communications for executives, adapting to different voices, audiences, and channels
• Maintain Helion’s external speaking engagement calendar, research opportunities, manage submissions and deadlines, and coordinate speaker preparation
• Partner with teams across science, engineering, manufacturing, operations, policy, and People to identify stories and develop accurate, compelling communications
• Track communications performance and use employee feedback, engagement data, and media results to improve programs over time

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in corporate communications, internal communications, public relations, journalism, or a related field
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with demonstrated experience adapting content for different executives, audiences, and communications channels
• Experience independently managing recurring communications programs and complex projects with multiple contributors and deadlines
• Strong organizational and project-management skills, with an ability to build practical systems that improve team coordination and execution
• Strong judgment when working with sensitive or confidential information and the ability to recognize when issues should be escalated
• Ability to operate autonomously, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

Our total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families
• 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days)
• 10 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break
• Up to 5% employer 401(k) match
• Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
• Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)
• Annual wellness stipend

Helion is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.