Senior Communications Lead Media Relations
Chainlink Labs helped pioneer decentralized finance and now works with the world's largest financial institutions to enable transactions across the tokenized asset economy. It builds and operates the Chainlink platform, serving financial market infrastructures, asset managers, and top DeFi protocols.
About Chainlink Labs
Chainlink Labs is a company at the center of the shift of global finance onchain, working with financial market infrastructures, asset managers, and leading DeFi protocols. The company employs a world-class team of over 600 developers, researchers, and capital markets experts with deep experience in cryptography and decentralized systems, working toward building Chainlink into the global standard for onchain finance. Chainlink Labs operates a unified platform powering a global system of onchain finance across DeFi and TradFi, enabling significant transaction value across a multi-chain ecosystem, and has been battle-tested on mainnet for years with a strong security track record. Its clients and partners span capital markets, DeFi, gaming, and other major verticals, including partnerships with institutions such as ANZ Bank, DTCC, Swift, Sygnum, Fidelity International, and Fireblocks.
Skills
About the Role
You will own the strategy and execution of external announcements across DeFi banking capital markets and institutional adoption. You will translate complex technical and market developments into clear narratives for mainstream business financial crypto and trade audiences. You will secure high quality earned coverage across top tier business financial broadcast crypto fintech and institutional trade publications. You will build and maintain strong relationships with journalists editors producers and bookers across financial services technology crypto and capital markets. You will identify the right targets for each announcement including mainstream business outlets financial television crypto native publications trade media podcasts newsletters and industry analysts. You will own the full announcement process including strategy press materials targeted pitching embargo management spokesperson prep interview coordination coverage tracking and post launch reporting. You will prepare executives and spokespeople for interviews briefings broadcast appearances podcasts conference media and sensitive conversations. You will write and refine press releases pitches messaging documents QAs briefing materials talking points reactive statements and reporter backgrounders. You will monitor market policy and Web3 narratives to find timely openings to enter or shape the broader conversation. You will partner cross functionally with product business development ecosystem legal policy marketing social and content teams to keep 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 QAs 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
- New York City based or willing to be regularly present in New York for executive media engagements
- 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 coordinating execution and holding partners accountable to measurable outcomes
- Experience supporting executives at conferences broadcast studios on podcasts and in live media environments
- Strong interest in how Web3 is bringing capital markets onchain
Responsibilities
- Lead media strategy and execution for major announcements across DeFi banking capital markets tokenized assets stablecoins interoperability data and compliance
- Translate complex technical and market 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 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 QAs briefing materials talking points reactive statements and reporter backgrounders
- Monitor market policy and Web3 narratives to find timely openings to enter or shape the broader conversation
- Partner cross functionally with product business development ecosystem legal policy marketing social and content teams to keep external communications accurate and strategically aligned
Benefits
- Remote work options
- Comprehensive benefits
- Long term incentives
