Atoms
Director of New Media
$155K–$200K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Jul 23, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years in media and communications.
About the job
Leads Atoms’ portfolio-wide media, content, and communications strategy across its Food, Mining, Transport, and robotics businesses.
What you'll do
- Plan and sequence major public moments, including partnerships, fundraises, hires, and product or site launches.
- Build and manage a network of boutique agencies and industry media operators; lead podcast, show, and event placements for company leaders.
- Oversee content creation and channel strategy, develop customer-forward storytelling, and advise leadership on communications timing, framing, and risk.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in media and communications, including building a content and media function from zero at a high-growth company in a regulated or partnership-dependent industry.
- Experience advising leadership directly and handling a range of communications work, including launches, funding announcements, executive communications, crisis response, and internal communications.
- Experience managing multiple boutique agency relationships and building new-media placement strategies for founders or executives.
- Strong judgment across distinct business narratives and a high creative bar for video and written content.
Nice to have
- Existing relationships in restaurant tech, industrial or mining press, robotics and deep tech, or business and finance trade media.
- Experience developing substance-forward media strategies with low combativeness.
Pay
$155,000 - $200,000 per year (base salary)
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