Impulse Space
Internal Communications Specialist
2651 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA 90278
On-site · Full-time · $120k–$160k (as posted)
First seen by offpeak October 13, 2026
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You’ll own our core internal communications channels and programs—including All Hands, leadership communications, newsletters, organizational announcements, and culture initiatives—while helping create a cohesive communications experience for current and future employees.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to and execute Impulse’s internal communications strategy, including the channels, cadence, messaging, and programs that keep employees informed and connected as the company scales
- Own Impulse’s All Hands program and content end-to-end, including strategy, agenda development, speaker coordination, executive preparation, presentations, and partnership with Operations and IT on production
- Own recurring internal communications, including employee newsletters, company-wide updates and announcements, executive Q&As, lunch and learns, and other internal channels
- Partner with executives and company leaders to communicate strategy, business priorities, major milestones, organizational developments, and change with clarity and context
- Draft and edit leadership messages, talking points, presentations, company announcements, and other executive communications
- Strengthen company culture through thoughtful communications, storytelling, recognition, and shared experiences that reinforce Impulse’s mission, values, people, and accomplishments
- Identify and tell stories from across the company that celebrate our teams, technical achievements, major milestones, and the work happening behind the scenes
- Partner with People Operations and Recruiting to create a cohesive communications experience from a candidate’s first interaction with Impulse through onboarding and their career at the company
- Support recruiting messaging, careers content, candidate communications, and onboarding materials that authentically reflect Impulse’s mission, culture, and employee experience
- Serve as the primary internal communications partner across Marketing, People Operations, Recruiting, and company leadership, coordinating employee-facing communications for clarity and consistency
- Partner with Corporate Communications to align employee messaging with the broader company narrative while maintaining clear ownership between internal/employee and external communications
- Measure the effectiveness of internal communications through engagement, employee feedback, and other signals, continuously improving the program as the company grows
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in internal communications, employee communications, or a related communications role
- Exceptional writing and editing skills, with the ability to make complex information clear, compelling, and human
- Experience developing and executing internal communications strategies and programs from strategy through execution
- Experience partnering directly with executives and senior leaders on messaging, presentations, and company-wide communications
- Strong project management skills and the ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across functions and levels of an organization
- Comfortable operating with autonomy, navigating ambiguity, and building new programs in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Bachelors degree in related creative field
- Excellent judgment and discretion when working with sensitive or confidential information
- Experience partnering with People Operations, Recruiting, or employee experience teams is a plus
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience in aerospace, technology, manufacturing, or another highly technical environment is a plus
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.