Corporate Communications Specialist

About Helion
We are a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone.

Location
Seattle, WA

Employment Type
Full time

Location Type
On-site

Department
Communications

Compensation
$119K – $155K

About Helion
We are a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone.

Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised $1.5 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors including Thrive Capital, LightSpeed Venture Capital, SoftBank, and others to propel us forward. Our current prototype, Polaris, has reached record-breaking plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius (13 keV). Helion is continuing to iterate and on the path to the world's first fusion power plant, Orion.

This is a pivotal time to join Helion. You will tackle real-world challenges with a team that prizes urgency, rigor, ownership, and a commitment to delivering hard truths – values essential to achieving what no one has before. Together, we will change the future of energy, because the world can't wait.

Helion is seeking a Corporate Communications Specialist to help execute internal and external communications during a period of rapid progress. You will manage high-visibility communications programs, including our weekly company newsletter and monthly town halls, while supporting executive communications, speaking engagements, media relations, and major company announcements.

This role requires an excellent writer who can adapt to different voices and audiences, strong organizational judgement, and the ability to independently move complex, cross-functional work forward. You will help create the systems and structure that keep communications initiatives coordinated, timely, and aligned across the company. This is an onsite role based at our Seattle, WA office, reporting to the Director of Communications.

What You Will Do

Manage the planning and execution of major internal communications programs, including Helion’s weekly newsletter and monthly company town halls

Own the internal communications calendar and serve as air traffic control for inbound communications requests, helping teams align timing, audiences, channels, and priorities

Draft and edit communications for executives, adapting to different voices, audiences, and channels

Maintain Helion’s external speaking engagement calendar, research opportunities, manage submissions and deadlines, and coordinate speaker preparation

Partner with teams across science, engineering, manufacturing, operations, policy, and People to identify stories and develop accurate, compelling communications

Track communications performance and use employee feedback, engagement data, and media results to improve programs over time

Required Skills

5+ years of experience in corporate communications, internal communications, public relations, journalism, or a related field

Excellent writing and editing skills, with demonstrated experience adapting content for different executives, audiences, and communications channels

Experience independently managing recurring communications programs and complex projects with multiple contributors and deadlines

Strong organizational and project-management skills, with an ability to build practical systems that improve team coordination and execution

Strong judgment when working with sensitive or confidential information and the ability to recognize when issues should be escalated

Ability to operate autonomously, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment

Benefits
Our total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to:

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families

31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days)

10 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break

Up to 5% employer 401(k) match

Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance

Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)

Annual wellness stipend

Helion is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.

Compensation Range: $119K - $155K

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