Head of PR & Communications - Remote

Communications Manager
We're looking for a Communications Manager to share Opal's story to the world.
Key Cross-Functional Collaborators: our marketing team (socials, brand) and leadership
Remote, East Coast, USA (with bi-annual travel to Europe)
Mission-Driven Impact: We are on a mission to help 1Bn people to focus better every day. We've empowered our community to save 500M+ hours and counting.
Structure your work to foster creativity and productivity.
Work with a small, high-impact team that gathers bi-annually for meetups and learning. Growth & Recognition: Join a top-30 US productivity app with competitive compensation and early equity. We are in the middle of a civilization-scale shift in how humans interact with technology, in how we work, learn, focus, and build relationships.
Media coverage is accelerating. Regulators around the world are paying attention, and conversations about digital wellbeing now reach parents, students, professionals, educators, and policymakers alike.
The largest technology companies Apple, Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, recognize the importance of this space and are increasingly positioning themselves around healthier technology use. Apple just made Screen Time one of the headline features of its upcoming OS release.
Opal is uniquely positioned to become the defining brand of this generation in digital wellbeing and intentional technology use. We've built one of the largest communities in the category, with more than 10 million users, including world-class artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, and creators. We have a product people genuinely love, recognized as an Apple Design Award finalist, backed by exceptional investors who have supported us with more than $10 million in funding.
At the same time, partnership, media, and communications opportunities are arriving faster than we can capitalize on them. Inbound requests come from journalists, creators, schools, companies, researchers, and organizations that want to work with us.
We need an exceptional person to own these opportunities, build meaningful relationships, and help shape Opal into the leading global brand for healthier technology use. You'll work at the center of it: Directly with Kenneth, with our brand and growth teams, and with the journalists, creators, and voices shaping how people think about focus and technology.
As our Communications Manager:

Deploy and own Opal's PR and media strategy end-to-end: the right stories, the right outlets, the right moments, across tech and lifestyle press, Substacks, podcasts, and wherever our audience actually pays attention
Seek out and build high-profile partnerships with media brands and organizations that align with Opal's mission
Develop a program of high-profile Opal ambassadors from our community: artists, athletes, creators, and builders who genuinely use and believe in the product
Track, amplify, and grow Opal's share of voice across media and social: owning our mentions and presence as a core metric
Work closely with our marketing team to surface and spread incredible stories from our community
3 to 5 years in PR, communications, or media relations: you've built something from early, you know how to move fast, and you have the results to show for it

• You know what it means to build a communications function when there's no template and high expectations
• A builder, not a maintainer: you're energized by building up new things
• You adapt to a brand's tone quickly and you'd never sign off something that reads like a press release
• Bonus

Experience building ambassador or creator programs
Experience managing or briefing external PR agencies
Bilingual English/French