Media Relations Manager

Torrance, CA (On-site)

$111K/yr – $155K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

Job Summary

Lead and own media relations across defense, aerospace, robotics, and tech, driving narrative, coordinating embargoes and exclusives, and delivering visibility through coverage analysis and dashboards.

  • Own media relations strategy and daily outreach
  • Oversee timelines, assets, and press materials

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build relationships across the full media landscape: national, business, tech, defense trade, and creator media
  • Proactively pitch and field inbound press inquiries, serving as first point of contact for media requests
  • Analyze coverage and share of voice trends for leadership visibility
  • Maintain our editorial and announcement calendar
  • Run embargoed rollouts and negotiate media exclusives
  • Draft and distribute press releases
  • Produce media one-pagers, fact sheets, press kits, bios, and boilerplate as needed
  • Partner with our content production team on media assets as part of integrated campaigns

Requirements

  • 5+ years in public relations or media relations, preferably in defense, aerospace, robotics, tech, or hardware industries
  • Demonstrated experience pitching and coordinating embargoes and exclusives, not just supporting them
  • Demonstrated experience shaping narrative and matching stories to the right publication and media personnel
  • Demonstrated experience owning a media relations platform, including building dashboards and analysis across coverage and share of voice
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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StartX Med

StartX Med is an organization designed to accelerate the development of high-potential entrepreneurs in the life sciences and medicine through experiential education and collaborative intelligence. Our vision is to become the destination for all healthcare innovations coming out of universities around the world. The StartX Med program provides customized and tailored support for all life science and medical start-ups, whether in healthcare IT, devices, imaging, diagnostic, biotechnology, or biopharmaceutical technology.

Founded in 2012
8 employees

Salaries

Posted range

$111K/yr – $155K/yr

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Media Relations Manager

StartX Med · Torrance, CA · On-site