Director of Communications

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

Read our blog to learn more.

About the role...

We’re looking for a Director, Communications to lead how Duolingo shows up at our most important moments—when we launch products, share results, and explain how we’re growing. This role is responsible for turning what we’re building and how it’s performing into clear, compelling stories.

You’ll own the narratives around our biggest product bets and ensure they show up consistently across launches, earnings, and executive communications. You’ll work closely with Product, Data, and Finance to translate progress into proof—connecting what we ship to real outcomes for learners and the business.

This is a role for someone who thinks like an operator, not just a storyteller: you understand how product decisions drive growth, and how to turn that into narratives that build trust, drive adoption, and stand up to scrutiny.

🧠 You will...

• Own how we communicate product progress and company performance—connecting what we ship to how we grow (DAUs, engagement, revenue).
• Lead comms for earnings and major company moments: shape the narrative, partner with IR and Finance, and ensure consistency across press, exec messaging, and owned channels.
• Drive product communications end-to-end: from shaping the story to landing the launch to sustaining momentum after.
• Turn complex product areas (AI, efficacy, monetization) into simple, credible narratives with clear proof points.
• Partner deeply with Product and Data to identify what’s actually interesting, differentiated, and worth talking about—and what’s not.
• Build repeatable systems for how we show up across launches and earnings (messaging frameworks, proof points, story arcs).
• Prepare executives to speak clearly and consistently about product and business performance in high-stakes moments.
• Anticipate and manage issues tied to product changes, AI, efficacy, and monetization—balancing transparency with clarity.
• Define what “good” looks like and measure it—focusing