External Communications Specialist

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$115K/yr – $155K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 9 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the full PR lifecycle from planning and messaging to media relations, reporting and executive visibility, while coordinating with the agency and cross-functional teams.

  • Lead the PR plan aligned to milestones
  • Manage agency relationships and briefs
  • Develop customer-facing materials and executive media prep

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Help develop and execute company's PR plan, tied to company milestones: launches, partnerships, customer wins and hiring.
  • Apply our core narrative and messaging across announcements, pitches and content.
  • Maintain the comms calendar and keep announcements on schedule.
  • Support issues and crisis response by drafting statements and coordinating with leadership.
  • Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for our PR agency.
  • Brief the agency on upcoming news, review their drafts and keep work on track.
  • Track agency deliverables and results and flag gaps to your manager.
  • Build relationships with reporters, editors, analysts and podcast hosts across tech, business and trade press.
  • Write pitches, press releases, bylines and announcement materials and pitch stories directly.
  • Prepare briefing docs and talking points for executive interviews.

Requirements

  • 2–5 years in communications, PR, journalism or social media, in-house or at an agency.
  • Examples of coverage you've helped land or pitches and press materials you've written.
  • Experience working with or at a PR agency.
  • Strong writing and editing: clear, fast and adaptable across releases, pitches and social posts.
  • Hands-on experience growing a social following with results to show.
  • Organized and proactive: you keep many moving pieces on track.
  • Curiosity about tech and a willingness to learn a technical space quickly.
  • Experience writing customer-facing or sales enablement materials such as one-pagers, briefs or product overviews.

Preferred

  • Background in AI, cloud, semiconductors or infrastructure.
  • Experience at a high-growth startup through funding rounds or major launches.
  • Experience building executive thought-leadership and speaking programs.
  • Experience working closely with sales or customer success teams to develop supporting content.

Benefits

  • medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits and additional benefits as applicable. Eligibility and benefit offerings may vary based on employment status and work location.

Stealth Mode Startup Company

company is building an infrastructure, services, and applications designed to radically transform the PC Gamer space.

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA
132 employees (9 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$115K/yr – $155K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (4% of company)
Median Tenure
6.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~132

External Communications Specialist

Stealth Mode Startup Company · San Jose, CA · On-site