External Communications Manager - North America
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As Arrive, we guide customers and communities towards brighter futures and more livable cities, it isn’t a challenge just anyone could take on. Luckily, we have something to help us make it happen. Our people and our values. We Arrive Curious, Focused and Together. Just as our entire brand is inspired by the North Star, the shining light leading travelers to their destinations since time began, our values guide us. They help us be at our best. For our customers. For the cities and communities we serve. For ourselves. As a global team, we are transforming urban mobility. Let’s grow better, together.
The Role
Join Arrive as a Regional PR/External Communications Manager, you'll be a key architect in elevating Arrive's reputation on a global scale and North American brand, ParkMobile. You’ll help strengthen and protect our brand through day-to-day PR activities, including supporting the execution of campaigns, crafting content and managing key deliverables across markets. Your work will support market launches, feature roll-outs, media pitching and crisis communications, ensuring consistency across regional activities.
Reporting to the Head of External Communications for North America, you'll be part of a small yet powerful global team of Communications Managers and a Sustainability Manager, ensuring consistent, efficient and clear communication across the organization. You’ll work closely with the Executive Leadership Team, Marketing, Public Affairs team, and leaders across all of Arrive’s Business Units - Parking, Transport, B2B, Automotive & Data, and Payments. You will collaborate with and coordinate our regional PR agency, to deliver impactful campaigns that advance Arrive’s and ParkMobile’s communications and business priorities in North America.
This is a hybrid role based near our office in Atlanta, GA, with close collaboration with Stockholm HQ in Sweden, and colleagues worldwide.
How to make an impact
Execute external communications and managing press contacts across North American markets.
Create content for various channels, including press releases, media briefings, pitches, presentations tailored to North American audiences.
Monitor and analyze North American media coverage, track results.
Collaborate and work closely with the North American PR agency to keep campaigns on track and manage routine workflow tasks.
Support spokespersons with external communications such as messaging, Q&A’s, presentations etc.
Build on your current network of traditional and online media contacts to tell the Arrive and ParkMobile story in North America.
Contribute to administrative tasks that ensure smooth execution of PR campaigns in the region.
Stay up to date with North American media trends, industry developments, and competitive activity to support proactive PR planning.
About you
You are a passionate and highly engaged person who manages to influence and create strong relationships with your colleagues. You love to be creative and to develop compelling messages and stories, and have an exceptional ability to package and present information. On top of that you are a well-organized doer who is proactive, result oriented and not afraid to test and learn from mistakes. You take a lot of pride in delivering
high qualitative output with strong attention to details and you understand the value of establishing KPIs.
The fact that this is a global role in a growth company intrigues you as you embrace change and excel in fast-paced environments. It suits you to be a part of a smaller team where you will get to be involved in both hands-on work, as well as putting together the long term plan and strategy.
Your background
5-10 years of professional experience in PR, corporate communications, or related fields
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong content production skills, able to write engagingly for different audiences and channels
Proven track record in supporting and implementing successful PR initiatives with key stakeholders
Strong project management skills and ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, digital environment
Demonstrated ability to develop media contacts and relationships, with a strong understanding of media outreach strategies across traditional and online channels and the initiative to apply experience effectively in campaigns
Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills, able to identify opportunities and navigate complex situations
Relevant university degree or equivalent in communications, marketing, or related field
Experience in managing investor relations, executing strategic outreach to maintain alignment with the investors
About us
Arrive, including brands like EasyPark, Flowbird, RingGo, ParkMobile and Parkopedia, is a leading global mobility platform. Present in over 90 countries and 20,000 cities, the company helps people and decision-makers make smarter decisions about urban mobility and ease the experience of travel worldwide. Arrive delivers a unique combination of the core ingredients to make cities more livable: from smart payments and optimized car parks to data-driven traffic reduction and support for reinvestment in public transport and green space. It’s about more than function, it’s about saving time and simplifying the experience of travel for everyone. Travel is more than a journey, it’s how you Arrive.
- Department
- Strategy & Transformation
- Locations
- Atlanta
About Arrive
Arrive, including brands like EasyPark, Flowbird, RingGo, ParkMobile and Parkopedia, is a leading global mobility platform. Present in over 90 countries and 20,000 cities, the company helps people and decision-makers make smarter decisions about urban mobility and ease the experience of travel worldwide. Arrive delivers a unique combination of the core ingredients to make cities more livable: from smart payments and optimized car parks to data-driven traffic reduction and support for reinvestment in public transport and green space. It’s about more than function, it’s about saving time and simplifying the experience of travel for everyone. Travel is more than a journey, it’s how you Arrive.
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