Media Relations Director

El Segundo, CA (On-site)

$155K/yr – $256K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own media relations and executive comms for high stakes defense and energy tech coverage, build reporter networks, and manage crisis and investor amplification to shape narrative across top outlets.

  • Media relationships: Own outreach across top-tier outlets, podcasts, newsletters, and new media
  • Executive prep and crisis: Prepare spokespeople, craft talking points, and manage crisis responses
  • Monitoring and reporting: Track coverage, sentiment, share of voice, and amplification reach

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Drive media coverage for Radiant targeting top-tier outlets, podcasts, shows, and newsletters covering defense, technology, business, government, and energy.
  • Build and maintain relationships with reporters at those same publications.
  • Cultivate relationships with new media outlets, newsletters, and online publications that reach our audiences.
  • Coordinate investor amplification during milestone announcements—pre-briefing investors with draft posts and embargo timing to maximize reach.
  • Support executive communications including developing talking points, preparing executives for interviews, and ensuring spokespeople are deployed to appropriate audiences.
  • Monitor media landscape and competitors, the industry and more.
  • Manage crisis communications when Radiant or the nuclear industry faces negative coverage.
  • Track and report on media metrics, including coverage volume, sentiment, share of voice vs. competitors, and amplification reach.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in media relations, communications, or PR—ideally in technology, energy, aerospace, or defense.
  • Demonstrated success booking executives on broadcast and top-tier podcasts and securing feature coverage from top-tier publications.
  • Existing relationships with journalists, podcasters, or media gatekeepers (or proven ability to build them).
  • Experience preparing spokespeople for high-stakes media appearances.
  • Understanding of the new media landscape—podcasts, newsletters, social platforms—and how influence flows through and across these channels.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work across time zones and accommodate media schedules.
  • Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to accomplish our mission.
  • Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo HQ.

Preferred

  • Existing relationships with business, defense, energy, or technology podcasters and media creators.
  • Experience with nuclear energy communications and the unique sensitivities involved.
  • Prior work with defense technology companies.

Benefits

  • Stock: Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees.
  • Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans.
  • One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents.
  • Vision: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents.
  • Dental: 100% top tier plan coverage, orthodontia extra, 50% for dependents.
  • Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA are offered as employee contributed benefits.
  • 8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents. Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees.
  • Daily catered lunch. Free snacks and drinks.
  • Flexible PTO policy. Remote workday allocation.
  • Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and in-person camaraderie.
  • Beautiful El Segundo headquarters close to the Pacific Ocean.
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