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.

Nice to Have

• 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.