Gong unlocks reality to help people and companies reach their full potential. The patented Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform™ empowers customer-facing teams to take advantage of their most valuable assets – customer interactions, which the Gong platform automatically captures and analyzes. Gong then delivers insights at scale, empowering revenue and go-to-market teams to determine the best actions for winning outcomes. Thousands of innovative companies like Morningstar Inc., Paychex, LinkedIn, Shopify, Slack, SproutSocial, Twilio, and Zillow trust Gong to power their customer reality.  Gong is an award winning company and was recognized on the Inc 5000 (#99), Forbes Cloud 100 (#28), LinkedIn Top Start Ups (#2), and Great Places to Work lists in 2021.

Gong, a late-stage unicorn company recently named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list and backed by prominent venture capitalists, is looking for a Head of Corporate Communications to join our fast-growing Marketing team and elevate our brand. Your primary responsibility will be to tell Gong’s company and product story to a broadening, high-level audience in order to drive awareness of the new software category of revenue intelligence and showcase Gong as the category leader.  You will work intimately with our executive leadership team to showcase their voices.  Your stories will reach millions of people both in the US and as we expand globally.  The result of your work will elevate Gong’s brand, drive product awareness, and support our hiring efforts.

To date, Gong has been featured in leading publications such as The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and more.  We are looking for you to continue this momentum and take our media relations and brand to the next level!

Ideal candidates for the role have deep public relations and media experience, ideally with both agency and in-house experience.  Passion for storytelling is a critical aspect for this position. Given the role will not have agency support to start, candidates with pre-existing relationships with reporters is a must.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop Gong’s strategy for media relations
  • Create a messaging framework for Gong’s media strategy that ties to relevant societal, technology, and media themes
  • Write press releases, bylines, blog posts, and other key pieces of content
  • Lead the identification, development, pitching and placement of Gong-related stories in top-tier business and financial media worldwide, in print, digital and broadcast outlets.
  • Managing press opportunities through to completion – including staffing interviews, developing background bios, briefing executive spokespeople and tracking through the publishing process.
  • Establish and nurture relationships with key media contacts with the goal of getting Gong placed in top media outlets
  • Create metrics to measure success and impact of corporate communications

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 12+ years of experience in corporate communications, preferably at a high-growth B2B technology company
  • A consistent track record of pitching and securing top-tier press
  • Pre-existing relationships with reporters in the business and technology sectors
  • Natural storyteller who can take complex topics and make them easy to digest
  • Strategic problem solver; intelligent and creative
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills
  • Extreme attention to detail
  • Ability to collaborate and interact with key internal stakeholders including Gong executives and marketing peers, as well as external media partners
  • Sound business judgment; knows what makes compelling press work
  • Well-informed about innovative practices in PR
  • Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, English, or Humanities preferred

PERKS & BENEFITS

  • We offer Gongsters a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit you and your family’s needs.
  • For most plans, Gong pays 100% of the premiums for employees and 50% of premiums for dependents.
  • 401K program to help you invest in your future.
  • Education & learning stipend for personal growth and development.
  • Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend.
  • Paid parental leave to support you and your family.
  • Company-wide recharge days each quarter.
  • Work from home stipend to help you succeed in a remote environment

Gong is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diversity is integral to our success, and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, age, or any other basis protected by law.