PR & Communications Manager

About Manna

At Manna , we’re changing how the world receives things — by taking delivery to the skies.

Our mission is simple but ambitious: to make high-speed suburban delivery affordable, green, and safe . We design and build our own aviation-grade drones that deliver food, coffee, groceries, and more directly from local stores and vendors to people’s doors in just a few minutes.

We’re a team that Drive with Impact , are Safety Focused , and knows that the best ideas come from Team Players who show up as their Authentic Selves . We move fast, we are passionate about what we do, and we’re always pushing a growth mindset to be better in everything we do.

If you want to build world-changing technology with real-world impact (and have a bit of fun while doing it), you’ll love it here.

Welcome to Manna — where we deliver the future.

Role Purpose

We are hiring a PR & Communications Manager. Manna is launching drone delivery operations in the Tulsa area and needs a dedicated media, PR, and content lead to manage press relationships, draft external messaging across channels, and protect the company's reputation through a high-visibility launch.

This role is focused on media, PR, content drafting, and public-facing reputation management. Grassroots community engagement will be owned by the Community Engagement Manager. This role works closely with our regional PR/Media consultancy firm.

Objective: protect and build Manna's public reputation in Tulsa through expert media handling, consistent content and messaging across every external channel, and reactive support during high-pressure moments.

Key Responsibilities

• Media Relations & PR Campaigns
• Serve as the primary day-to-day media contact in Tulsa, managing traditional and digital press relationships.
• Execute PR campaigns in coordination with external PR firm.
• Manage the press list, campaign timelines, outreach, and media placements.
• Content & Messaging Drafting (All Channels)
• Draft copy and content for the website and blog.
• Draft content for the Manna global LinkedIn page.
• Draft social media copy for local channels.
• Draft copy for billboard and out-of-home advertising.
• Ensure all external messaging reflects Manna's core pillars: safety, benefit, innovation, local commitment.
• Support communications around commercial partnership announcements and launch milestones.
• Press Office Function (Day-to-Day)
• Support responding to inbound media queries.
• Draft press responses for approval.
• Coordinate interviews and briefings.
• Reputation & Issues (Media-Facing)
• Provide advisory input on crisis and issues management from a media perspective.
• Lead reactive, media-facing response and message shaping under pressure.
• Stress-test messaging before release and support countering negative narratives from a media/PR angle.

What You'll Bring

• Strong writing and messaging instincts across multiple formats and channels; comfortable operating under time pressure.
• Experience managing press strategy alongside an external PR agency.

Experience & Requirements

• 5+ years in media relations, PR, content, or communications, ideally in a regulated, infrastructure, or consumer tech industry.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

What Success Looks Like at 6–12 Months

• Strong, functioning relationships with Tulsa and Oklahoma media.
• A clean track record of fast, accurate press response with no missed cycles.
• Consistent, on-brand content flowing across website, blog, LinkedIn, social, and advertising.