Director of AI & Tech Communications

LexisNexis Legal & Professional group; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional seeks a Director of Communications to shape global corporate, AI, and technology leadership narratives. In this senior role, you will provide strategic counsel, lead high-profile communications, and manage the detailed work required to deliver impact.

You will develop global strategies, advise executives, craft press materials, and coordinate employee communications under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive corporate communications and public relations experience.
• Significant experience leading corporate, technology, and product communications programs.
• Proven ability to independently lead complex PR initiatives from strategy and messaging through content development, media execution, and measurement.
• Strong experience communicating AI, emerging technology, and other complex subject matter in clear, compelling, customer-focused ways.
• Advanced practical experience using generative AI in professional communications work; experience with AI agents, skills, automations, or AI-enabled processes strongly preferred.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and message-development skills, with the ability to produce high-quality work quickly and accurately.
• Extensive experience advising C-suite and senior executives.
• Strong media relationships and a deep understanding of what makes a compelling story.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute corporate communications strategies that strengthen LexisNexis’s reputation and advance business priorities.
• Shape and drive the company’s external narrative around AI, technology, innovation and product leadership, with a focus on customer outcomes.
• Lead media strategy for major company announcements, product launches, partnerships, acquisitions, research, executive thought leadership and industry events.
• Create and manage a disciplined communications and content calendar focused on sustaining the company’s leadership position in AI, technology and legal innovation.
• Lead internal communications for LexisNexis Legal, connecting employees to business strategy, priorities and company direction.
• Lead the strategy, planning and execution of global employee town halls, including agenda development, CEO remarks and scripts, speaker coordination and presentation content.
• Use AI as an integral part of daily communications work, including research, drafting, editing, content review, analysis and planning.
• Operate as a senior communications leader who can independently lead complex initiatives with limited supervision.
• Build strong relationships throughout a large, matrixed global organization and develop the internal network necessary to understand the business deeply.
• Prioritize competing requests based on business importance, reputational impact, audience value, and communications opportunity.
• Manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously against aggressive deadlines without losing attention to detail.

Skills

Media relations

Strategic counsel

AI in communications

C-suite advisory

Writing/editing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, or English

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional seeks a Director of Communications to shape global corporate, AI, and technology leadership narratives. In this senior role, you will provide strategic counsel, lead high-profile communications, and manage the detailed work required to deliver impact.

You will develop global strategies, advise executives, craft press materials, and coordinate employee communications under tight deadlines.