Senior Manager, Communications

About us:

Based in Berkeley, CA, UPSIDE Foods grows meat, poultry, and seafood directly from real animal cells. These products are not vegan or vegetarian—they are delicious meat, made without the need to raise and slaughter billions of animals. In doing so, the company aims to address some of the most pressing environmental, animal welfare, and public health challenges, while still giving people the meat they love.

Founded as the world’s first cultivated meat company in 2015, UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) has achieved numerous industry-defining milestones, including being the first company to produce multiple species of meat (beef, chicken, and duck) and to sell a cultivated meat product in the United States. The company believes that people shouldn’t have to choose between the foods they love and a thriving planet, and is working to build a better food system with access to delicious, humane, and sustainable meat, poultry, and seafood.

UPSIDE Foods has won various industry awards, including New York Times’ Good Tech Awards, FastCo’s Next Big Thing in Tech and World Changing Ideas Awards, and the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation by the National Association for Business Resources. UPSIDE Foods has raised a total of $608 million, including from the Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG), Baillie Gifford, Bill Gates, Cargill, John Doerr, John Mackey, Kimbal and Christiana Musk, Norwest, Richard Branson, Softbank, Temasek, Threshold, Tyson Foods, and others.

About this job:

This role offers the opportunity to be part of the exciting next phase of UPSIDE’s journey: commercialization. You’ll work in close partnership with UPSIDE’s Vice President of Communications as well as team members across Marketing and Sales to raise UPSIDE’s visibility, educate consumers about cultivated meat and support commercial success. You’ll take ownership of core programs as well as support managing both internal and external partners to drive Communications results. This role is ideal for a passionate storyteller who connects with UPSIDE’s mission and is energized by the rich opportunity to mine stories and shine a spotlight on them through earned media.

Responsibilities include:

• Drive consistent national and local earned media coverage

• Own speaking and awards programs, including identifying and securing opportunities, developing materials and preparing spokespeople

• Maintain consistent Internal Communications across channels and forums to keep employees informed and connected

• Develop core external communications materials including press releases, pitches, press kits, messaging

• Support both Communications planning and broader Commercial planning

• Event planning and execution, including coordinating with partners and vendors for media and/or consumer events

• Support inbound media and consumer inquiries

• Lead development of strategic Communications reporting, including regular reporting against plan, campaign-based reporting, as well as coverage monitoring and flagging

About you:

• 8+ years of experience in Communications

• Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

• Thinks outside the box, from creative campaign ideas to fresh solutions to overcome challenges

• Strong media relationships and equally comfortable/successful pitching tech, business and consumer media

• Experience running product sampling and/or product reviews programs

• Demonstrated success communicating complex science and/or technology

• Enjoys building connectivity and culture through Internal Communications

• Organized project manager, confident in driving cross-functional teams to success

• Results-driven self-starter

• Passion for UPSIDE’s mission and the future of food

Compensation Range: $165,000 - $185,000*
*Pay may vary depending on factors including job-related knowledge and skills.

UPSIDE Benefits!

• Stock options for all full-time incoming team members!

• 83-100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for team members (medical [including HSA and FSA], dental, and vision)

• Pet insurance for your furry family members!

• Unlimited PTO

• Company-sponsored learning & development opportunities

UPSIDE Foods is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Our company-wide mission is to create a product for everyone, so we are deeply committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.