Mgr, Public Relations

Do you want to change the world? We do, too.

Solar penetration is less than 1%, but just one hour of sunlight, if harnessed, could power the entire world for a year. We have the opportunity to change the way energy is produced, distributed and consumed, and we’re looking for talented, committed people to help us drive our growth and achieve our goals.

SunPower is a solar energy solutions company with a rich heritage of pioneering the best solar technologies in the world. Our solutions are unrivaled in terms of long-term reliability, efficiency, and performance. SunPower offers the only solar storage solution designed and warranted by one company that gives customers control over electricity consumption. Through design, installation, maintenance, and monitoring, SunPower provides its world-class solar solutions to residential and commercial customers across the U.S.

SunPower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a brilliant, passionate, and driven team of more than 2,500 in North America and the Philippines. In an industry that is reshaping the world’s energy future, there’s no better place to be than SunPower.

We believe that our employees create our brand – with each project, each communication, each task completed and each interaction. SunPower welcomes the forward thinkers, the future savers of the world, the freedom chasers and all those demanding better, cleaner energy.

Manager, Consumer Public Relations

SunPower is a residential solar company with a 35 year history of leadership in innovation and sales. At a time when energy prices rising, consumers are experiencing more grid blackouts than ever, and the impacts of climate change are increasing in severity and frequency, transitioning to affordable, reliable, and renewable energy is more important than ever.

As we work to reach the nearly 100 million homes that could save money by switching to solar and expand ecosystem serve all our customers’ expanding home energy needs to include storage, EV charging and more, we are looking for a public relations manager to help communicate the many benefits of renewable energy and SunPower’s products and services to a consumer audience.

Responsibilities:

• Help develop and execute on overarching consumer PR strategy that drives awareness for SunPower and creates positive association with the brand
• Work closely with PR agency to secure regular coverage in national and local media, while also maintaining relationships with key reporters
• Evaluate media opportunities, help prepare executives for media briefings and facilitate interviews
• Work closely with Director of PR to write business and product news announcements and develop and execute external communications strategy around them
• Build strategy around and own additional methods of driving brand awareness, such as speaking opportunities, awards, strategic sponsorships, etc.
• Work closely with corporate PR manager and cross functional teams in sales and marketing to ensure PR outputs are coordinated with and disseminated across channels
• Manage influencer engagement and other paid PR opportunities
• Analyze coverage and other external communications outputs and develop effective reporting structure on the impact of PR efforts

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of related experience
• Experience working with consumer brands and leading media relations in mainstream print, online and broadcast outlets
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as the ability to develop concise and effective communications tailored to specific audiences
• You work quickly, resourcefully, and independently but are comfortable routinely integrating with other team members across roles/departments
• Experience working directly with executives and key stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with influencers, creators and/or celebrity spokespersons
• Experience executing paid / sponsored media strategies
• Experience working with marketing and social media teams to connect public relations to broader marketing strategies
• Experience working with public companies

Equal Employment Opportunity
The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions, including but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, training, and/or compensation, on the basis of merit. Employment decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. The Company’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and co-workers.

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