Director of Brand Communications

Join our amazing team as our Sr. Director/VP of Brand Communications!

We are looking for someone to help us with our mission to connect every entity in cyberspace easily by providing an ID-based connectivity and access control solution. 

Powered by the most adaptive, simple, and secure zero trust solution on the market, we are on a mission to connect every entity in cyberspace. 

In addition to our strong belief in the zero-trust architectural principles for Enterprise IT (never trust, always verify), we also believe there’s nothing more important than building and maintaining trusted relationships with our current and prospective customers and partners. 

What’s in it for you? 

• A fresh, dynamic startup environment 
• The opportunity to join an early stage, make a difference, and grow your career alongside the company 
• Early-stage stock options 
• The opportunity to impact and shape the future of the company 

This role is responsible for helping shape and execute consistent, compelling, and impactful proactive brand visuals and communications that support Cyolo’s evolving enterprise brand platform and position the company on its accelerated journey to market leadership. This individual will assist in proactively identifying opportunities to promote our narrative; build/maintain relationships with target media; liaise with target media, analysts, industry groups and other key partners to place and shape stories and secure speaking engagements that elevate the brand; leverage our brand sponsorships and partnerships in new and innovative ways; and ensure that our key messages in various channels, inclusive of social media, are aligned with our brand platform.

As our Directo of Brand Communications, you will: 

• Collaborate across the company to ensure participation and adoption of Brand communications planning and opportunities; assist with ensuring synergistic messaging and consistency across all channels and bringing innovative ideas to the table that will help drive earned media and social buzz.
• Public Relations: Help to execute a proactive public relations program to favorably position the Brand and our sponsorships, partnerships, etc., and create surround sound within the trade, business, financial, and security press through high impact, breakthrough campaigns, activations and external storytelling.
• Anticipate and identify communication opportunities while mitigating communications and reputation risk.
• Executive Positioning: Help position senior executives and researchers as thought leaders in the field and support presentations, speech writing, media briefings, etc.
• Content Creation: Contribute to the development of key materials inclusive of press releases, media pitches & collaborate on social media language and award submissions to build brand awareness and engage new audiences through associations and organizations.
• Analyst Relations: Lead relationships with all analyst firms. Plan briefings ad inquiries with relevant analysts and company spokespeople to establish Cyolo as a leader for identity-based access in the minds of analysts, influencing their likelihood to position Cyolo favorably in their research reports and recommend it to clients. 
• Prioritize and manage inbound requests for information, speaking engagements, and customer references. The successful candidate will have a bachelor's degree and appropriate experience in marketing and communications. This will be a high-energy, enthusiastic team player with exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, who can position Cyolo effectively. A demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work across multiple projects simultaneously is instrumental.

The successful candidate will have a bachelor's degree and appropriate experience in marketing and communications. This will be a high-energy, enthusiastic team player with exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, who can position Cyolo effectively. A demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work across multiple projects simultaneously is instrumental.

As our Director of Brand Communications, you must have: 

• Experience developing and executing comprehensive communication, content and messaging, media, social media, and public relations programs across a variety of deliverables and audiences. Proven experience with creative storytelling and executing activation programs that breakthrough into the mainstream media and shift perceptions of a brand.
• A skilled writer and editor with outstanding attention to detail; experience crafting and editing high-quality strategic communications for key target audiences.
• Strong relationship management skills and experience working with stakeholders cross-functionally and in global markets.
• Experience/knowledge of techniques for creating and driving reputation and brand in addition to advancing messaging in the market.
• Creative thinker who can disseminate Cyolo’s message in new and innovative ways.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity is preferred.