Senior Communications Manager

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TL;DR: we're looking for a Senior Communications Manager to take our thought leadership to the next level. If that could be you, keep reading!

Role details below 👇 but first, some context about generative AI.

Why generative AI matters

All emerging technologies start small and slow. At the beginning, not many notice, and the tech is still clunky.

Then, exponential growth kicks in, and things start to move quickly. All of a sudden, it just works.

That's where we're at:

Over the past 100 years, media production has gone through cycles of innovation that have impacted the way content is produced, distributed and consumed. Generative AI is the latest paradigm shift in this continuum – and its impact is growing exponentially.

Using AI tools like Synthesia, we can now generate video without cameras or microphones – in minutes. Pretty cool, if you ask us 😎

We believe that the future of media is synthetic, and we're on a mission to make video creation easy for everyone. If this sounds exciting, come and join us.

About this position

As our Senior Comms Manager you'll take end-to-end ownership of thought leadership at Synthesia. To succeed, you should be extremely curious and knowledgeable about the emerging generative AI space. Your experience in data analysis and research, combined with your storytelling skills, enables you to identify great stories and craft them into engaging content. You have pristine writing skills and your experience in a newsroom or agency means you can quickly shape up any angle into a piece.

You have a point of view on generative AI and are happy to share it. You can hold a conversation on the topic, be it on ChatGPT and text generation; or Synthesia and AI video. While you bring a strong point of view, you are not dogmatic. You can work with senior leaders and integrate their knowledge into your story. You are great at questions and teasing out interesting angles from domain experts. You will also help articulate the PoV of our internal experts. 

You will write and edit not only about Synthesia, but the emerging industry as a whole. Through your established media network you are in tune with the stories that grab the attention of the public and journalists alike. Through our network, you will connect with the leading experts of generative AI, using these occasions to ever evolve Synthesia's take on generative AI.

As our client cases show, we focus on driving real business value through AI video. You'll help us bring further colour to those points.

Responsibilities

• conduct original research by crunching both our proprietary and publicly available datapoints
• identify the most engaging stories to tell about Synthesia and generative AI
• follow the ever evolving news on generative AI and use new insights to evolve our point of view
• work with internal experts, teasing out the knowledge in their head
• write content that captures people's attention and shows how exciting generative AI is
• create videos end-to-end
• ability to visualise and communicate how generative AI might change content creation and specific industries

Required skills

• pristine spoken and written English
• 5+ years of research experience
• 7+ newsroom, agency or other editorial experience
• deep understand of technology
• curiosity for generative AI
• video production experience a plus
• growth-stage startup experience a plus

Benefits 🤩

Alongside this, we have a generous benefits package below….

🏢 Flexible WFH

📈 Generous stock option plan

💰 Discretionary based bonus

🧓 Pension

🌴 25 days of annual leave + Public holidays

😍 4 week paid sabbatical after 4 years at the company + $10,000!!

🎉 Fun culture with regular socials and company retreats

📨 Referral scheme

⌨ WFH set up