Responsibilities

• Work in close, high-frequency partnership with the CEO on corporate positioning, market narrative and external visibility.
• Act as a strategic thought partner on market perception, competitive framing, and reputational exposure.
• Provide candid counsel privately while ensuring disciplined, unified messaging publicly.
• Anticipate media angles, analyst questions, and competitive narratives before they surface – and proactively bring forward messaging strategies rather than waiting for direction.
• Coach executives on media appearances, public messaging, and earnings communications.
• Prepare leadership for interviews, conferences, and high-stakes public engagements.
• Operate effectively at CEO speed and intensity within a founder-led environment.
• Architect and lead national and industry media strategy across business, technology, real estate, and financial press.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with top-tier journalists and influential media voices.
• Position executives as industry authorities through proactive media engagement, commentary, and speaking opportunities.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in public relations, corporate communications, or strategic media leadership, with at least 3–5 years operating in a senior leadership capacity.
• Experience supporting a publicly traded company, preferably within a high-growth technology platform, digital marketplace, data-driven business, financial services, or real estate environment.
• Demonstrated success developing, elevating, and protecting corporate reputation at a national or global organization during periods of growth, competitive intensity, or market scrutiny.
• Proven experience leading communications tied to earnings cycles, M&A activity, product launches, major corporate milestones, and other high-visibility market moments.
• Strong understanding of capital markets communications, SEC disclosure requirements, and Regulation FD; ability to partner effectively with Investor Relations, Legal, and Finance.
• Experience serving as a trusted advisor to CEOs and C-level executives, providing strategic counsel on messaging, media engagement, crisis response, and public positioning.
• Established relationships with national business, financial, technology, and real estate media.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and measure external agency performance against defined KPIs and measurable impact metrics.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data, research, and business strategy into clear, compelling narratives.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence at the highest levels of an organization.

Preferred

• Experience working closely with CEO/Founder, Executive Leadership, Investor Relations and Legal teams in a founder-led or high-performance culture.
• Background in SaaS, marketplaces, or data-driven businesses.
• Track record of shaping narratives during periods of intense competition or market scrutiny.