Senior Communications Lead, Media Relations

🕒 June 9

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $101k - $238k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🎙️ Public Relations (PR)

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Chainlink Labs

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

🌐 Web 3

Finance • Fintech • Web 3

Chainlink Labs is a leading player in the field of decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain technology. The company is pioneering the use of decentralized systems to facilitate onchain transactions for financial institutions and marketplaces. By collaborating with financial market infrastructures, asset managers, and top DeFi protocols, Chainlink Labs is driving the transition to a tokenized asset economy and aims to become the global standard for onchain finance. With expertise in cryptography and a robust track record in security, Chainlink Labs provides a platform that powers a global system of onchain finance.

📋 Description

• Lead media strategy and execution for Chainlink's 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; 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

🎯 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• Long-term incentives • Comprehensive benefits