Communications Manager
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10151489 Ubicación Burbank, California, Estados Unidos Business Disney Entertainment Television Fecha de publicación 11/06/2026Detalles del empleo:
As a vital member of the Strategic Communications team, the Communications Manager plays an essential role in supporting both proactive and reactive communications efforts for Disney Entertainment Television (DET). This role helps manage day-to-day press engagement with journalists, contributes to crisis communications planning and response, and supports the development of messaging that protects and promotes DET’s business, talent and brands.
This individual will report to the Vice President, Corporate Communications, and collaborate closely with partners across Communications, Publicity, Marketing, Legal, Labor Relations and other DET teams. First and foremost, the Communications Manager is a strong and experienced writer capable of quickly crafting a compelling narrative from assorted information from a variety of sources. This individual is an organized project manager, proactive and comfortable navigating fast-moving news cycles.
As a thought partner in the crisis communications realm, this individual will support plans to address and resolve potential issues and must have a keen ability to react to unexpected developments in real time.
The role requires professionalism, sound judgment and pre-existing relationships with entertainment journalists. The ability to build and maintain new, additional working relationships with reporters and industry partners is a must.
Responsibilities:
- Draft and refine messaging strategies that promote our titles, executives and brand initiatives.
- Coordinate responses to press inquiries and maintain regular communication with key entertainment reporters and media outlets.
- Support the development and execution of crisis communications strategies to stay ahead of critical issues involving talent, content and personnel.
- Assist in identifying external communications opportunities for executives and define and execute appropriate strategies to support them.
- Manage logistics and support for executive speaking opportunities, interviews, and media engagements, providing counsel on issues-oriented messaging as needed.
- Collect research and write reports, summaries, executive remarks, talking points and press releases, as needed.
- Partner with other teams spanning The Walt Disney Company and Disney Entertainment Television to nurture a cohesive, collaborative group.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years’ experience spanning:
- Writing and editing; successful candidate must be an excellent writer, editor and communicator of ideas and strategies.
- Crisis communications strategies, ideally at a streaming platform, television network or studio.
- Ability to function as a highly effective member of Disney Entertainment Television’s Strategic Communications team and work collaboratively with internal stakeholders.
- You must be proactive, decisive, and able to support multiple projects at the same time.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience contributing to communications/messaging campaigns across a variety of trade and consumer media, including supporting media interviews or press opportunities.
- Established relationships with entertainment journalists.
- Content publicity experience.
- Familiarity with industry trends and related business news.
- A love of television and familiarity with current shows and talent across the entertainment landscape.
Required Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in communications, journalism and/or public relations.
The hiring range for this position in California is $115,500.00 to $154,800.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Acerca de Disney Entertainment Television:
Disney Entertainment Television es una colección de marcas de contenido de renombre de The Walt Disney Company que crea programación original de entretenimiento y noticias para las plataformas de streaming de Disney+, Hulu y Star de la compañía, y sus canales de televisión y cable. Su amplia cartera está compuesta por ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations, Disney Branded Television, Freeform, FX, Hulu Originals, National Geographic Content y Onyx Collective, además de Disney Television Studios, que incluye a 20th Television, 20th Television Animation, ABC Signature y Walt Disney Television Alternative. Las marcas creativas de Disney Entertainment Television están a la vanguardia de la narrativa innovadora que cautiva a las audiencias y es aclamada por la crítica, con más de 4500 horas de programación al año en más de 300 programas de todos los géneros En 2023, la excelencia en programación de Disney Entertainment Television obtuvo 163 nominaciones a los premios Emmy® en las categorías daytime, prime time, noticias y documentales, e infantil y familiar.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Disney Entertainment Television.
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los solicitantes recibirán consideración para el empleo independientemente de su raza, religión, color, sexo, orientación sexual, género, identidad de género, expresión de género, nacionalidad, ascendencia, edad, estado civil, condición de militar o veterano, afección médica, información genética o discapacidad, o cualquier otro fundamento prohibido por la ley federal, estatal o local. Disney defiende un entorno empresarial donde las ideas y decisiones de todas las personas nos ayudan a crecer, innovar, crear las mejores historias y ser relevantes en un mundo en constante evolución.