Senior Communications Lead, Media Relations
Skills
AdoptionAgency ManagementBackgroundersBriefingEuroclearJournalismManaging Media Relations
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
