Amazon’s Prime Coverage Govt Jay Carney to Be a part of Airbnb as Head of Coverage

Jay Carney, the highest coverage and communications government at Amazon and one-time White Home spokesman, has been named the top of coverage at Airbnb, marking one other high-profile departure for Amazon because it faces a shifting shopper panorama and heightened regulatory scrutiny.

Carney, who served because the press secretary for President Barack Obama, will be a part of Airbnb’s government workforce and work with co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, the corporate stated in a Friday blog post.

“Jay has labored on the highest ranges of each authorities and know-how, serving as a strategic counselor to the President, and at one of many largest tech corporations on the earth,” Chesky stated within the submit.

Carney will be a part of Airbnb in September in Washington, DC.

Amazon has seen string of exits since Andy Jassy succeeded founder Jeff Bezos as CEO final summer season. This month, Dave Clark, the chief government of Amazon’s shopper enterprise who oversaw a mass growth of Amazon’s logistics footprint, left the corporate after 23 years. Clark, who will be a part of the logistics startup Flexport in September, was changed by Doug Herrington, one other government who helped launch Amazon Recent in 2017.

Carney began with Amazon seven years in the past and ran the corporate’s international company affairs organisation, reporting on to the CEO. He oversaw Amazon’s coverage and public relations, specializing in the corporate’s relationship with lawmakers and the White Home.

Carney was White Home press secretary from 2011 to 2014 after serving as director of communications for then Vice President Joe Biden.

Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.