New York - NY•United States
Remote
Senior
Full Time
3 days ago
💰$ 101,000 - $ 238,000
remote-firstsenior rolecommunicationsmedia relationscryptoblockchainDeFifinancial services
Requirements
- •At least 7+ years of communications, PR, or media relations experience, ideally across crypto, fintech, financial services, capital markets, enterprise technology, or high-growth tech
- •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; including journalists, editors, producers, and bookers
- •Demonstrated ability to turn complex or technical topics into simple, compelling narratives for mainstream and professional financial audiences
- •Strong understanding of the Web3 industry, 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, able 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
- •Able to thrive in a remote-first environment where major announcements don't always fit a traditional 9-to-5
What You'll Do
- •Lead media strategy and execution for major announcements across DeFi, banking, capital markets, tokenized assets, stablecoins, interoperability, data, and compliance
- •Translate complex technical, institutional, and market-infrastructure developments into clear narratives for mainstream business, financial, crypto, and trade audiences
- •Secure high-quality earned coverage across top-tier business, financial, broadcast, crypto, fintech, and institutional trade publications
- •Build and maintain strong personal relationships with journalists, editors, producers, and bookers across financial services, technology, crypto, and capital markets
- •Identify the right targets for each announcement including mainstream business outlets, financial television, crypto-native publications, trade media, podcasts, newsletters, and industry analysts
- •Own the full announcement process: strategy, press materials, targeted pitching, embargo management, spokesperson prep, interview coordination, coverage tracking, and post-launch reporting
- •Prepare executives and spokespeople for interviews, briefings, broadcast appearances, podcasts, conference media, and sensitive conversations
- •Write and refine press releases, pitches, messaging documents, Q&As, briefing materials, talking points, reactive statements, and reporter backgrounders
- •Monitor market, media, policy, and Web3 narratives to find timely openings for Chainlink to enter or shape the broader conversation
- •Partner cross-functionally with product, business development, ecosystem, legal, policy, marketing, social, and content teams to keep all external communications accurate and strategically aligned
Nice to Have
- •Based or able to be regularly present in New York for executive media engagements, broadcast interviews, reporter meetings, and financial industry events
- •Existing relationships with producers, bookers, and reporters at top financial broadcast outlets
- •Experience supporting communications for banking, capital markets, tokenization, stablecoin, payments, or financial-infrastructure announcements
- •Experience managing media relations for both crypto-native and mainstream business audiences
- •Agency management experience; setting expectations, coordinating execution, and holding partners accountable to measurable outcomes
- •Experience supporting executives at conferences, in broadcast studios, on podcasts, and in live media environments
- •Strong interest in how Chainlink is bringing capital markets onchain
About Chainlink Labs
Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance.
San Francisco, CA
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Blockchain & Cryptocurrency