Internal Communications Specialist

Internal Communications Specialist

at Oyster

Remote

One platform, a whole world of opportunity

Right now, the best jobs are limited to people in a handful of the world’s wealthiest cities, yet brilliant people are everywhere. Driven to overturn the status quo and distribute opportunities equally around the world, Oyster launched its global employment platform to help companies hire, pay, and care for talent anywhere.

When it comes to global employment, we walk the walk. We’re proof that companies don’t need an office to create a highly-engaged culture. Since the company’s inception in January 2020, Oyster has:

Created a fully-distributed, vibrant team of 500+ employees across 60+ countries

Established a diverse leadership team and an employee base that’s 60% female

Achieved one of the highest employee engagement scores in its class

Raised $150 million in Series C funding at a valuation of over $1 billion!

Our momentum speaks to the power of global employment—and we’re just getting started! If you want to change the world with Oyster and be empowered to work remotely while doing so, we’d love for you to apply!

The Role

Location: While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster’s positions are fully remote, and you can work from home. Forever. To create the best experience for our new hire, this role requires that you be based within -8 / +3 UTC.

As the Internal Communications Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in fostering effective communication and engagement within Oyster. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that our employees are informed, aligned, and connected. Your creative thinking, strategic planning, and exceptional communication skills will be essential in crafting and delivering messages that reflect our company values and objectives.

What you’ll do…

• Lead in the creation of engaging content that connects Oysters across the globe with our company vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
• Identify internal communication needs and help to build a roadmap of internal communications structure and cadence.
• Optimize and manage the day-to-day maintenance of Oysters’ internal communications tools (Slack, Notion, Loom, etc.), working closely with stakeholders to ensure that timely and relevant news is being shared across the business to improve employee engagement and internal brand advocacy.
• Support the production of Oyster’s monthly All Hands meeting, including building slide decks and editing video content.
• Monitor and analyze the performance of campaigns across all internal communication channels (Slack, Notion, Loom, etc.) by reporting on key performance metrics such as channel effectiveness and engagement.
• Mine the company for storytelling opportunities, then craft and share those for both internal and external audiences across channels.
• Collaborate with members of the Workplace team to develop and implement an employer value proposition, creating awareness focusing on retention and recruitment.
• Support the internal communication response to crisis situations that affect organizational perception and reputation; aligned with external communication messages, in collaboration with our customer and external public relations teams.

What we’re looking for

• Advanced written and verbal English language skills with the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas to multiple audiences effectively.
• You will have an excellent grasp of composition and correct spelling and grammatical errors with ease.
• Excellent experience creating asynchronous, company-wide communication via tools such as Loom, Notion, and Slack.
• Proven ability to create and edit both comprehensive and accurate content across a variety of mediums, including high-level and detailed documentation used to communicate programs, processes, and guides.
• Experience drafting communications on behalf of an executive office.
• Video editing skills and experience with applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Apple Final Cut Pro X.
• Experience working at a global company.
• [Bonus] Basic design skills (Adobe Illustrator, Indesign).

You’ll also need…

• A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
• Fluent English language skills

How we work together at Oyster

Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we make, and the culture that makes us special. We elevate talent. We build trust. We thrive together.

Our mission is to create a more equal world—one global hire at a time. Everything we do ladders up to our mission—and that doesn’t just mean building software. We develop programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work.

We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work—and we share how we work in the Oyster Public HQ —to help other global teams learn from our experiences.

How YOU work

Different countries have different statutory benefits, different cultures have different norms, and different people have different needs! In order to best support and encourage our diverse team, we’ve created How YOU Work; a program of policies, practices, and perks to support your whole human experience as an employee at Oyster.

• Work from anywhere: Oyster is a borderless, HQ-less company. As long as your work gets done on time, your team has the support they need, and you’re authorized to work where you live, the world is truly your Oyster.
• Paid time off: We’re all about taking breaks—we all need it. Oyster provides employees with 40 days off each year, which includes public/bank holidays and vacation/holiday leave (unless your country mandates more).
• Mental health support: We consider your mental health a top priority. We offer access to Plumm, a mental well-being service, to support your mental health.
• Wellbeing allowance: Each month, Oyster will top up your Juno wallet with a wellbeing allowance. Juno Points can be applied to anything that helps you show up to work as your best self, whether that’s your internet bill, a class, gym membership, or houseplants. The choices are endless!
• Flexible parental leave: Families are created in lots of different ways. Our parental leave policy applies to all employees who are becoming parents, regardless of how they become a parent. Oysters are eligible for a minimum of three months of paid parental leave and your job will be held for 12 months (or longer if required by local jurisdiction).
• WFH stipend: $3000 stipend to spend on your laptop and any other equipment you need for your home office; we’ll get you up and running in no time!

The best jobs should be available to everyone

At Oyster, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences and we’ve intentionally built our product and our company with an inclusive, global mindset. We know from experience that people from underrepresented groups often don’t apply for roles they don’t feel they meet all the criteria for. We’re committed to elevating talent by creating a trust-based environment where we can all thrive together. So if you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily check every single box, please consider applying. We’d love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team.

Oyster is committed to ensuring equal opportunity of employment for qualified persons with disabilities and actively fosters an inclusive work environment. If you require reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process, please email jobs@oysterhr.com with the subject line: Interview Accommodations.

Our available positions are published on our careers page and should you be invited to interview with us, our recruitment team will only ever contact you directly from an @oysterhr.com email address. If you receive a suspicious email relating to opportunities at Oyster from any other email domain, where someone is claiming to be a part of our recruitment team, we encourage you to submit a report through our Compliance and Ethics Helpline.