Remote External Communications Lead (Part-Time)

Remote Genie; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 126,000; Part time

Job summary

Karat is the world’s largest interviewing company seeking an External Communications Lead for the United States. This part-time role partners directly with the CEO to execute an external comms strategy and build a strong executive platform across media and public channels.

You will shape strategy, own media presence end to end, and architect campaigns that elevate Karat’s thought leadership and product milestones. Remote, with overlap with Seattle-area executives.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of PR, media relations, and executive communications experience.
• Track record securing earned media and building executive platforms for senior leaders.
• Experience ghostwriting for executives with strong editorial judgment.
• History of developing narratives and campaigns that break through with target audiences.
• Experience managing PR agency partners to measurable outcomes.
• Comfort coaching executives for media interviews, external events, and employee-facing meetings.
• Self-starting, proactive approach with ability to operate independently across parallel workstreams.
• B2B communications experience with exposure to CIO/CTO audiences and developer technologies, a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the CEO’s trusted communications advisor, shaping strategy and channel decisions that carry across the whole company.
• Own Karat’s media presence end to end, securing and converting press, podcast, and broadcast interest into coverage as the single point of contact.
• Architect campaigns that put Karat’s thought leadership, corporate milestones, and product launches in front of the industry and customers.
• Build and run the CEO’s public platform, from LinkedIn to the company blog to third-party bylines.
• Ghostwrite the words that get said out loud: talking points, bylines, keynote content, and full media and speaking prep for the CEO.
• Set the CEO’s speaking strategy, deciding which stages are worth Karat’s time and landing the ones that matter.
• Run point on our PR agency, holding the partnership accountable to outcomes, not just activity.

Skills

12+ years comms experience

Earned media

Executive platforms

Executive ghostwriting

Narratives & campaigns

PR agency management

Media interview coaching

Self-starter

B2B comms with CIO/CTO

Job description

Karat is the world’s largest interviewing company seeking an External Communications Lead for the United States. This part-time role partners directly with the CEO to execute an external comms strategy and build a strong executive platform across media and public channels.

You will shape strategy, own media presence end to end, and architect campaigns that elevate Karat’s thought leadership and product milestones. Remote, with overlap with Seattle-area executives.