Product Release Coordinator, Descript
AI video & podcast editor
Job no longer available
AI video & podcast editor
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make it easy for anyone o record, edit, and share any video.
Role
Who you are
- Simplifier: You have a talent for distilling complex product concepts into clear narratives, seamlessly connecting varied release items for both internal and external audiences
- Technical product understanding: Have a firm grasp on the technical facets of the product, understanding potential impacts of changes
- Advocacy: Act as a customer champion, ensuring releases align with user needs and expectations
- User journey: Understand the myriad ways customers interact with product information, leveraging this insight to drive user-centric improvements
- Communication skills: Possess the ability to convey updates, changes, and benefits of each release effectively
- Project management: Demonstrate expertise in coordinating schedules, tasks, and team members for on-time deliveries
- Stakeholder management: Collaborate with various internal teams, ensuring alignment and smooth execution of releases
- Analytical skills: Analyze feedback and data to continually refine release strategies and enhance the product
- Attention to detail: Ensure precise communication of release details, both internally and externally
What the job involves
- As a Product Release Coordinator on the Product Marketing team, your main goal is to ensure that software releases are clearly communicated to both internal and external audiences
- Release management and coordination: Manage the bi-weekly release schedule. Coordinate with engineering, QA, and product teams on final release and supporting documentation
- Internal communication: Serve as the main point of contact for internal teams. Ensure all departments, including support, sales, and marketing, are well-informed and prepared for each release
- Content creation and management: Oversee the production of content for releases. This includes updating the changelog, crafting messaging for email release roundups, and building in-app notifications. Additionally, ensure the Help Center is kept up-to-date
- External release demos: Host regular release office hours on platforms like Discord/YouTube, showcasing and discussing new features and updates
- Feedback analysis & synthesis: Analyze user feedback post-release to guide future product developments and release strategies
- Continuous improvement: Test and adopt new strategies for communicating releases, like in-app pop-up modals or guided tour highlights. Innovate the release processes based on user feedback and data insights
Our take
The rise of digital content has made video and audio creation more important than ever, but producing polished media can still be quite complex. Descript makes editing accessible to anyone, simplifying recording, editing, and publishing. And its platform empowers over 7M users to bring ideas to life without needing advanced technical skills.
Descript's standout feature is its AI co-editor, Underlord, which lets users create and edit videos just by describing what they want,. It can generate rough cuts, add visuals and B-roll, apply AI effects, and format content for social media. While many creators are still wary of AI in content creation, Descript has built its tools to augment human creativity, giving users control while handling the heavy lifting.
Serving millions of creators and businesses worldwide, Descript keeps innovating with AI features that learn from user input. By combining intuitive tools with responsible AI, the platform is helping content creators work faster and smarter, reshaping video and audio production while keeping the creative vision firmly in human hands.
Steph
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Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2022
$50m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Health: We’ve got you covered with medical, dental, and vision benefits for all employees and their dependents. These include HMO and PPO healthcare plans
- Time off: Paid holidays are a given, but you can also expect flexible time off. Feel comfortable to take the time you need, when you need it.
- Parental leave: New parents receive paid parental leave to spend quality time with their expanding families.
- Home-office stipend: Get your work-from-home setup ready with our home-office stipend.
- Retirement: We offer a variety of retirement plans, including employer matching.
- Free food & refreshments: Come say hey! Visit our office for free lunch, snacks, and drinks.
- Destination off-sites: No matter where you work, you’ll get to know your team. We host two annual gatherings: a company-wide off-site and a team-specific off-site.
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Laura Burkhauser
(CEO)Laura joined Descript in 2023 as a VP of Product and became CEO in 2025. Prior to this, she was a Director of Product Management at Twitter and Rent The Runway.
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