Director, Corporate Communication & Branding

About this role

The world still has coverage blind spots. You could help eliminate them at Skylo.

Skylo has pioneered a standards-based approach to satellite connectivity. We connect smartphones and IoT devices directly to satellites. No special hardware, no entirely new networks. Just billions of existing devices, suddenly reachable anywhere on Earth. We're not building toward this future. We're already in it.

Our direct-to-device service is live on millions of activated devices across five continents, covering more than 72 million square kilometers, in partnership with leading satellite operators, mobile network operators, Tier-1 chipset makers, and OEMs worldwide. And we're just getting started.

At the heart of it all is Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN: a 3GPP standards-based, cloud-native platform that seamlessly bridges terrestrial and satellite networks. It's the infrastructure that makes true anywhere, anytime connectivity possible.

When you join Skylo, you'll work at the intersection of three markets reshaping how the world stays connected: mass-market consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT. Enabling people outdoors and critical workflows in the world's most remote places.

This is a rare chance to work on technology that matters, at a company that's already proving it works

This role is located in Mountain View, CA where we are onsite 3 days a week in office.

SUMMARY OF HOW YOU WILL IMPACT SKYLO

Skylo is hiring a Director, Corporate Communication & Strategy to develop and drive our company's narrative and brand across all of stakeholders internally and externally.

This is a foundational role responsible for defining the direct-to-device satellite category, building our reputation, driving thought leadership, and ensuring consistent, compelling messaging that supports our enterprise brand with consumer flare. You will position Skylo as an indispensable innovator in the market, both as an essential ingredient and as a standalone brand. You will be the team's leader, overseeing marketing, communications and PR and design to ensure all brand touch points are cohesive and impactful to support sales and revenue.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

- Team Leadership & Alignment: You will oversee and align the Marketing and Design functions. You will ensure a cohesive strategy and execution across all brand touch points, from public relations and content to digital design and co-marketing campaigns.

- Category Creation & Thought Leadership: You will drive conversation shaping activities, creating moments and thought leadership to drive the industry conversation and news. This includes securing speaking engagements for executives at top-tier forums such as CES, MWC, TED, Aspen Ideas, SXSW, and the World Economic Forum.

- Strategic Communications: Develop and lead a comprehensive communications strategy that builds awareness, enhances reputation, and drives understanding of our unique value proposition for both enterprise partners and end-consumers. This includes promoting the "Powered by Skylo" and “Skylo Certified” elements and fostering a strong, independent consumer brand identity.

- Internal Agency: You will be the internal brand and communications agency; to support the clearly defined needs of partner marketing and sales enablement; building efficient processes for clear hand-offs.

- Narrative Stewardship: You will be the narrative steward, ensuring that everyone in the company is equipped and empowered to tell the same powerful, consistent story. You will create simple, repeatable narratives and messages for employees, partners, press/influencers, investors, government regulators, and consumers.

- Media Relations & PR: Build and maintain strong relationships with key journalists, analysts, and influencers in both business/tech and consumer/lifestyle media. You will be an influence builder, focused on building deep, authentic relationships with key journalists, analysts, and influencers who can validate Skylo's tech, making it the "standard consumers seek."

- Content Strategy & Narrative development: Collaborate closely with Marketing and Partner teams to ensure a consistent, compelling, and differentiated brand voice across all external communications, including press announcements, thought leadership articles, website content, and social media. This will encompass both "Powered by Skylo" messaging and direct consumer brand storytelling.

- Executive Communications: Develop and execute communication plans for executive visibility, including speaking engagements, media interviews, and internal communications, framing their thought leadership to support both partner and consumer narratives.

- Crisis Communications: Develop and implement robust crisis communication plans, serving as the lead strategist “to see around the corner” to anticipate sensitive situations to protect and maintain brand reputation.

- Social Media & Community Engagement: Oversee the company's social media strategy, ensuring engaging content and fostering a vibrant community around our brand and partner ecosystem, with a clear differentiation between co-branded and standalone consumer content.

- Team Building & Agency Management: Over time, build and mentor a small in-house brand and communications team and manage external PR agencies and freelance contractors to maximize impact and efficiency.

- AI-Enabled Content Operations: Build and maintain a prompt library for recurring comms formats — launches, exec voice, crisis holding, and co-marketing briefs.

- Media Intelligence: Use AI-assisted monitoring to surface coverage trends, competitor moves, and story opportunities weekly.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

- 8-10 years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, or a related field, with at least 2-4 years in a management role at a high-growth technology company.

- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English,…