Public Relations Manager- Brazil

**About BlaBlaCar**
BlaBlaCar is the world's leading carpooling platform, created with one dream in mind: leveraging technology to fill the millions of empty seats on the road.
We offer long
- and short-distance carpooling as well as a bus marketplace, with the mission to become the go-to marketplace for shared road mobility.
Today, our community counts over 100 million travelers in 22 countries, creating a smarter, friendlier and carbon-saving transport network.
Every year, our community saves 1.6 million tons of CO2e by sharing the road, equivalent to the CO2 emissions generated by Paris traffic in a year.
But it doesn't stop here - our team of 250+ engineers is developing innovative algorithms to further unlock the potential of shared travel and multiply its impact.
We're looking for people to join our journey - people who care, who are driven by impact and innovation, and who want to thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.
We offer a flexible workplace where we count on each other to take initiative.
So join the ride - we can't wait to see where it takes you.
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Your Mission*
Your mission as Brazil's Public Relations Manager is to position BlaBlaCar as a key player in the Brazilian mobility space.
By increasing awareness of BlaBlaCar's services and positive impacts through a strong Public Relations Strategy, you can help encourage more people to turn to shared mobility, and nourish the positive image needed for BlaBlaCar's long term success in the country.
**Your Responsibilities**
- Planning, executing and measuring the success of all Public Relations (PR) projects and activities, in sync with local marketing and government relations teams and support from an external agency
- Establishing BlaBlaCar before the national and regional media as an innovative, trustworthy, sustainable way of traveling, that defines the future of mobility:
- Developing proactive and reactive media relations strategy, seeking high-level placements in print, broadcast and online media
- Creating content for press releases, byline articles and keynote presentations
- Managing external public relations agency on strategy and day-to-day matters
- Staying informed on trends, issues and news about both the business and consumer worlds of mobility and technology.
- Devising and implementing comprehensive communication tactics that build buzz and awareness for the bus marketplace as this is a newer activity for BlaBlaCar in Brazil
- Representing BlaBlaCar as external spokesperson (press inquiries and speaking engagements at conferences/panel discussions/symposiums)
- Handling and supervising short-term reactive communications in case of crisis
**Your Qualifications**
- 4-6 years of experience with communications and press relations, preferably working with startups
- Ability to translate the company's high level goals into an effective PR strategy; ability to execute and improve on that strategy
- Relevant personal network in media and press (print, online and electronic)
- Spotless Portuguese writing skills: ability to produce clear, compelling and impactful content
- Capacity to work autonomously with tight deadlines; fast learner
- Resilience: ability to learn from failure, capacity to bounce back
- Good presentation/spokesperson skills
- Fluent communication skills in English and Portuguese, Spanish is a plus
**What we have to offer**:
- An international environment:
- over 35 nationalities across 7 countries: Brazil, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine
- Opportunities to learn*: 360 onboarding weeks, weekly team-all BlaBlaTalks to learn about what other teams are up to, International Weeks to mingle with other offices, regular Q&A sessions with our leadership, honest discussions about our company KPIs, 'Fail, Learn, Succeed' moments where we destigmatize and share moments of failure with others.
- Innovation*: Coding Nights to pitch ideas outside our roadmap and make development dreams come true, weekly Product & Tech Demos and blogs to share engineering stories, access to top conferences across Europe.
- Impact*: building a product that has a real impact on society and the environment, and sharing an office culture that prioritizes low-waste and eco-friendly practices.
- People-first:
- wind down from work at our BlaBlaShows, BlaBlaBreak retreats, weekly breakfasts and afterworks (when the sanitary conditions permit it) or meme battles on Slack.
- Shared company principles* that guide us in our everyday decision-making and bring us closer to our goal.
Find out more about our BlaBlaPrinciples.
**We offer benefits that have a positive impact on you and our society, just like our product
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- Tailor-made remote policy: from 2 days per week to full remote* (to be discussed with the Talent Acquisition Manager during the first call).
- A fair and competitive salary package
- Employee Stock Ownership plan
- Holidays: 30 days per year
- Relocation package and visa sponsorship to welco