Brand & Communications Manager
This role develops and executes communications strategies for AI companies, translating complex technical capabilities and business initiatives into compelling narratives for distinct audiences—whether media, executives, policymakers, or enterprise buyers. Day-to-day work spans writing keynotes and bylines, building journalist relationships, managing product launches and crisis moments, and shaping how leadership communicates their vision. What sets these roles apart is their strategic focus on connecting what the company actually builds to what external audiences care about, often serving as the connective tissue between technical teams and public-facing narrative. These managers typically sit within dedicated communications or brand functions, partnering closely with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams while reporting to heads of communications or brand leadership.
Measured across 47 of 48 open postings.
This role is advertised at 3 levels, so a single figure for the role would describe none of them. Experience and pay are the midpoints for each level on its own.
| Level | Share | Median years | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 21%(10) | — | — |
| Senior | 36%(17) | 8 | $211k |
| Manager | 21%(10) | 7 | — |
A dash means too few postings stated it to report a midpoint. Most companies do not publish a salary band, so pay is indicative rather than a market rate. 3 levels with fewer than 10 open postings are not shown.
“Adopt AI integration for the communications team to enhance content ideation, creation, and scaling”
“You understand how AI can encode brand standards, scale creative output, and protect consistency without flattening distinctiveness”
“Already use Claude or other AI models in your own writing practice and can talk concretely about how”
“You understand the technology and the industry. You are fluent enough in AI, application architecture, and data infrastructure to engage credibly with technical executives, developers, product leaders, technical media, and analysts”
Requirements are a share of every open posting, so a role missing from this list is one where almost nobody asks. Work mode is different: many postings never say, so that figure counts only the ones that do. A posting stops being advertised when it is filled, cancelled or reorganised, so read the last figure as how long these stay on the market, not as time to hire.
Skills
What companies are looking for in this role.
Brand strategy and identity
Corporate and executive communications
Content strategy and editorial planning
Media and analyst relations
Product positioning and messaging
Campaign creative direction
Go-to-market strategy
Narrative visual storytelling
Technical narrative translation
Customer advocacy and storytelling
Government affairs and advocacy
Paid media management
Hands-on AI tool fluency
AI capability positioning
Executive communication and storytelling
Writing and editorial judgment
Cross-functional collaboration
Technical team leadership and mentoring
Technology
The tools and technologies that define this role.
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48 open Brand & Communications Manager jobs across 31 companies.
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