Communications Vice President, Crypto + Advanced Tech

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

A results-focused communications professional will help tech and crypto clients build visibility through media strategy, content creation, and high-impact campaigns. The role emphasizes securing media opportunities, developing messaging around key milestones, and supporting new business proposals. Experience with Web3, crypto, and emerging technologies is essential.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Devising innovative ways for our clients and their executive to build their reputation in the tech media and policy ecosystem through media appearances, conferences, podcasts, newsletters, and TV opportunities.
  • Creating and executing communications strategies around major market expansions, fundraising announcements, policy announcements, product launches, and other milestones.
  • Proactively identifying storylines to create ad hoc media opportunities.
  • Drafting and editing content including op-eds, testimony, speeches, and press releases.
  • Assisting with new business proposals by putting together creative ideas and tactics.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 4 years of experience at a public affairs agency, in-house, in government, and/or on political or issue advocacy campaigns.
  • Experience pitching blockchain technology, AI, fintech, and other emerging technologies. Experience working in crypto is required.
  • Experience crafting media opportunities for brands, technologies or clients in Web3. The ideal candidate hangs out on tech and crypto twitter, and understands builders’ perspective and goals for the industry at large.
  • Ability to provide examples of campaigns or projects that show how your creative communications efforts drove a successful media, regulatory, legislative, or political outcome.
  • Reporter contacts at relevant beats.
  • Excellent writing skills.
  • Ability to work on multiple projects at once and under tight deadlines.

Preferred

  • The ideal candidate hangs out on tech and crypto twitter, and understands builders’ perspective and goals for the industry at large.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive base salary.
  • Opportunity to earn new business commission.
  • Eligible to earn an EOY bonus as a new employee.
  • 401(k) with employer contribution of 3% of compensation.
  • 100% covered premiums for medical, dental, vision; with dependents and spouses 50% covered.
  • Unlimited vacation.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Covered cell phone service.
  • Hybrid work environment (in office Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays)
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Tusk Strategies

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Tusk Strategies is a 35-person team of some of the most talented and tenacious political, communications, and policy strategists in the country. For over a decade, we have worked with leading startups, established companies, and organizations willing to think creatively and challenge the status quo. Our teams take on and win complex multi-jurisdictional regulatory campaigns, pass groundbreaking laws, direct communications efforts that breakthrough the noise, and grow client businesses through unique partnerships and events. We're who you hire when winning is the only option.Every day we speak to new companies and organizations looking to engage in the political arena. Get in touch on LinkedIn with any of our team members or head to our website to learn more and reach out.

Founded in 2010
New York, New York, USA
43 employees (2 in marketing)
100% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.8%
Direct
46.6%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~43

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (5% of company)