LatAm Corporate PR Manager

Grindr • Full-time • West Hollywood, California, United States • 1w ago

This is a hybrid role based in our Los Angeles office and will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays.

About the Team:

This Corporate PR Manager will lead corporate communications and reputation management efforts with a particular focus on Latin American media markets. This role requires a strategic communicator with significant experience in corporate, issues, and crisis PR, who can navigate cultural nuance, handle sensitive topics with care, and build strong relationships with both internal stakeholders and external media.

The successful candidate will bring expertise in managing high-stakes corporate communications, agency collaboration, and cross-cultural messaging, as well as building relationships with local voices from the community to act as our advocates, and relevant NGOs. This role will play a key part in strengthening Grindr’s presence and addressing our reputational debt by gaining narrative control in Latin America while supporting global communications priorities.

About the Job:

Lead corporate PR initiatives, with emphasis on issues and crisis management.
Develop and execute proactive and reactive media strategies to protect and enhance Grindr’s reputation.
Via our retained agency(s), serve as a primary liaison to media, particularly in Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina), building and maintaining strong journalist relationships.
Manage PR agencies and external partners, ensuring alignment with Grindr’s communications goals.
Draft press releases, statements, Q&As, and executive talking points for sensitive and complex issues.
Advise internal stakeholders on culturally appropriate messaging and communications strategies.
Monitor and analyze media coverage, reporting insights and recommendations to leadership.
Collaborate across Marketing, Legal, Policy, and Trust & Safety teams on integrated communications strategies.
Support corporate announcements, executive visibility, and thought leadership programs.
Work in close collaboration with our Public Affairs team.

Role Requirements:

6+ years of corporate, issues, and crisis communications experience at an agency or in-house for a consumer technology company.
Proven knowledge of Latin American media markets, especially Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Argentina.
Experience managing PR agencies and/or working within an agency environment.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English, and either Spanish or Portuguese (bonus points if you have both!).
Ability to interpret and adapt communications for cultural nuance across diverse audiences.
Confident media liaison skills with a track record of managing press relationships in sensitive contexts.
Experience addressing and advising on sensitive topics in the tech, social, or LGBTQ+ spaces.
Familiarity with Grindr’s mission, industry, and community.

You May Thrive in this Role if You:

Strategic thinker with sound judgment under pressure.
Highly collaborative and skilled at stakeholder management.
Culturally fluent and empathetic, with a global mindset.
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-visibility environments.

Benefits and Perks:

Mission and Impact: Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. Your role will impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world. Through our success, we are making a world where the lives of our community are free, equal, and just.
Family Insurance: Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents.
Retirement Savings: Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S.
Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs.
Queer-Inclusive Benefits: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
Additional Benefits: Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel & leisure stipend.

About Grindr:

Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. With more than 14.5 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just. In 2015 we introduced Grindr for Equality, our in-house non-profit which has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world.

Our next evolution is underway as a public company that continues to grow and build meaningful experiences for our users. From social issues to product innovations, we’re setting audacious goals for our community and the business, and leveraging the latest tech stacks and a culture of engineering excellence to make it happen. At the heart of our work in this new chapter is a shared set of operating principles centered around cultivating curiosity, thinking big, exploring the depths of AI, setting and expediting our ambitious goals, and growing through iteration; all while keeping our users #1.

Grindr is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. With a track record of strong financial performance and plans for continued headcount growth, we aim to build a workforce of talented, passionate, and open-minded individuals from different backgrounds, with different abilities, identities, and mindsets. Come be a part of this exciting journey to disrupt the consumer technology space, innovate products, and advance LGBTQ+ culture!

Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer.

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