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Remote communications director jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms, distributed teams, and mission-driven organizations in sectors like technology, nonprofits, and media. Employers hiring remotely right now include William & Mary, Amgen, and CallMiner. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Join ShopMy – Powering the Future of Digital Marketing
ShopMy is transforming e-commerce by building the infrastructure for human-led curation at scale. We help brands run performance-driven creator programs while enabling top creators to monetize their influence and partner directly with the brands they love—driving discovery through trusted tastemakers and authentic recommendations.
ShopMy recently became a unicorn, raising at a $1.5B valuation with backing from Bessemer Venture Partners, Avenir Growth Capital, and Bain Capital Ventures.
At ShopMy, you're building the future of human-led commerce for the world's best brands, tastemakers, and shoppers. You move fast and see immediate impact in your work, alongside accomplished teammates who are driven by helping find the world's best things. If you’re excited to help shape the future of curated commerce at the intersection of technology, culture, and taste, we’d love to meet you.
About the Role:
As our founding PR & Communications hire, you will build and own our earned media function—shaping the stories we tell, the channels we use, and the voices that represent us. This foundational role requires a nuanced media strategy, relying on strong relationships across business, trade, creator, technology, and consumer media.
Reporting to our Head of Marketing and working closely with our founders, you will turn company priorities, data, product developments, and market trends into compelling stories that build brand awareness.
Roles and responsibilities…
- PR Strategy: Build and lead ShopMy's earned media strategy, both holistically and by channel—targeting relevant media for Brands, Creators, and Shoppers.
- Story & Channel Development: Identify the right stories, audiences, spokespeople, and channels—from traditional press and podcasts to speaking opportunities and executive social.
- Media Relations: Bring trusted relationships with influential reporters and editors across business, technology, marketing, retail, fashion, and culture and invest in building our existing relationships.
- Executive Strategy: Develop thought leadership strategy and platforms, draft talking points and quotes, schedule and prep for interviews and speaking opportunities for founders and executives.
- Data & Launch Storytelling: Turn proprietary insights, product launches, partnerships, and milestones into repeatable media moments.
- Rapid Response and Crisis Management: Proactively plan for situations requiring crisis management. In the moment, manage inbound press, timely commentary, and communications around sensitive situations.
- Operations & Management: Build and scale ShopMy’s PR function, managing relationships with external PR agencies and leading the hiring of junior talent as necessary.
Your qualifications…
- Relevant Experience: 8-10+ years in communications, with a specialty in earned media, ideally across agency and in-house roles.
- Media Relationships: Strong relationships in at least two of these areas: business and trade, creator and technology, or consumer and lifestyle.
- Editorial Judgment: A strong instinct for what makes a story timely, relevant, and credible.
- Brand Judgment & Taste: Strong instincts for whether a story is not only timely and relevant, but right for our brand, reflecting what we stand for and the level of taste and cultural credibility we want to be known for.
- Writing Excellence: An exceptional writer across pitches, executive briefs, quotes, bylines, and social content.
- Strategic Operator: Able to set strategy while remaining hands-on with pitching, writing, and relationship development.
- Builder Mindset: Comfortable advising senior leaders and building a communications function from the ground up.
- Industry Fluency: Experience in technology, fashion, beauty, retail, performance marketing, or the creator economy.
In compliance with New York Pay Transparency Law, the salary range for this position is as shown. We note that salary information as a general guideline only, actual compensation may vary from posting based on the offer for this role, including the scope and responsibilities of the position, relevant work experience, key skills, education, training and business considerations.
New York Pay Range
$145,000 - $160,000 USD
The provided salary range is base salary, exclusive of bonus potential or commission and is a good faith estimate of cash compensation. ShopMy is flexible pending candidate's experience and how our business needs evolve throughout the search. Every employee of ShopMy receives equity on top of cash compensation!
ShopMy offers a bundle of benefits on top of being a great place to work.
Our teammates are provided benefits such as:
- Medical & Dental Coverage at 70%
- Equity in ShopMy
- Flexible PTO
- 14 weeks of parental leave
- Wellness & Social Stipend
- Technology Stipend
- Learning & Development Stipend
- 401k program (3% automated contribution from ShopMy!)
- Wellhub Membership
- Company retreats
- Opportunity to monetize your influence- all employees build out a ShopMy page!
- Birthday PTO
- Brand new NYC HQ office
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Education
- Aerospace & Defense
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote communications director jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field
- Seven or more years of experience in communications, public relations, or media relations
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing a communications team
- Proven ability to develop and execute organization-wide communications strategies
- Strong media relations skills with an established network of press contacts
- Proficiency with content management systems, email marketing platforms, and social media tools
Tips for Your Remote Communications Director Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote communications director openings from across the U.S. in one place. Search roles by sector or company type, find the ones that match your background, and apply directly before postings fill.
Build a portfolio that proves remote ownership
Remote employers want evidence you've run communications programs without daily in-person direction. Compile concrete examples: campaigns you led, press coverage you generated, or internal comms systems you built, and make them easy to share during screening.
Show async communication fluency in your application
Remote communications directors write more than they meet. Use your cover letter and any written work samples to demonstrate clarity, conciseness, and strategic framing. Employers read how you communicate before they invite you to discuss it.
Target remote-first organizations in your sector
Companies structured around distributed teams hire communications directors differently than hybrid employers. Focus on firms where remote work is the default, not an exception, since those organizations have built workflows that let communications leaders operate effectively from anywhere.
Remote Communications Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote communications director job?
Remote communications directors land roles by demonstrating they can own a communications function without in-person oversight. Remote employers screen heavily for strong written communication, comfort with async tools, and a history of driving campaigns or messaging strategy independently. A portfolio of real work, whether press coverage earned, internal communications programs built, or crisis responses handled, carries more weight than credentials alone.
Which companies hire remote communications directors?
Companies hiring remote communications directors right now include William & Mary, Amgen, and CallMiner, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Remote-first technology firms, distributed nonprofits, and media companies make up the bulk of hiring, as their teams are already structured around async collaboration and don't require a communications lead to be on-site.
Can you get a remote communications director job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level director roles are harder to land because employers expect you to operate independently from day one without on-the-job coaching. Your strongest path is building a visible body of work: managing communications for a nonprofit, running a content or PR function at a startup, or freelancing for distributed clients. Results you can show beat experience you can only describe.
Do you need a degree for remote communications director jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh a demonstrable communications track over a specific degree, particularly at technology companies and remote-first organizations where output is measured directly. What opens doors is evidence you can shape messaging, manage media relationships, and lead communications strategy, whether that came from a university program, agency work, or building something independently.
Which industries hire the most remote communications directors?
Most remote communications director openings sit in Education, Aerospace & Defense, and Healthcare & Medical Services, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Those sectors hire communications directors remotely because their teams are already distributed across time zones, making async-capable communications leadership a practical necessity rather than a perk.
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