Senior Communications Lead, Media Relations

Skills
AdoptionAgency ManagementBackgroundersBriefingEuroclearJournalismManaging Media Relations
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of communications PR or media relations experience
  • Proven track record securing coverage for major company product partnership funding institutional or ecosystem announcements
  • Strong existing relationships with top-tier business financial broadcast crypto fintech and trade media
  • Ability to turn complex or technical topics into simple compelling narratives
  • Strong understanding of Web3 including DeFi tokenization stablecoins blockchain infrastructure crypto markets and institutional adoption
  • Excellent writing and editing across press releases pitches messaging documents Q&As briefing materials and executive talking points
  • Highly organized and execution-oriented with the ability to manage multiple announcements stakeholders and timelines at once
  • Comfortable working directly with senior executives and preparing them for high-stakes media moments
  • Experience working in-house at an agency or across both
  • Ability to thrive in a remote-first environment with EST overlap

Nice to have

  • NYC presence
  • Financial broadcast contacts
  • Capital markets interest
  • Agency management experience
  • Live media experience
  • Crypto and mainstream fluency

Day to day

  • Own media strategy and execution for major Chainlink announcements across DeFi banking capital markets and institutional adoption
  • Translate complex technical and market infrastructure developments into clear compelling narratives for mainstream business financial crypto and trade audiences
  • Build relationships with journalists editors producers and bookers while coordinating pitching embargoes spokesperson prep interviews and post launch reporting
  • Partner with cross functional teams including product legal marketing business development policy ecosystem and content to ensure accurate and strategically aligned external communications

Hiring process

  • Apply online through the Chainlink Labs careers site
  • Applications are reviewed after the posting closes
  • Candidates are typically contacted within two weeks after closing