VP, PR & Communications

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$170K/yr – $190K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Owns media strategy and external communications, leading press relations, crisis response, speaking engagements, and partnership communications, while driving executive visibility and event opportunities.

  • Develop and execute media relations
  • Lead awards, speaking engagements, and executive positioning

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Draft and develop internal and external materials required for announcements including press releases, pitches, media lists and other media communications
  • Build and maintain relationships with media, place general trend stories in industry publications
  • Lead the award submissions process and apply for relevant speaking engagements
  • Collaborate with our official marketing partners on press releases and strategic communications regarding our partnerships
  • Work across the C-suite to serve as a media liaison for local, national and international press responsible for responding to all press inquiries
  • Define and execute strategies to embed Overtime executives at the most effective podcasts, panels, and speaking opportunities
  • Continually bring new creative and strategic approaches that will optimize company objectives and goals
  • Monitor all relevant media stories involving Overtime, its co-founders and other industry news
  • Lead response on any crisis communications
  • Demonstrate good judgment in escalating problems and assessing communication risk

Requirements

  • Meaningful years of progressive experience in communications, public relations, marketing, business, journalism or related field
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently, taking a concept and building from it
  • Excellent verbal & written communication skills; ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely
  • A passion for storytelling across traditional and emerging formats
  • Flexible and able to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent problem-solving skills; views problems as opportunities
  • Demonstrated desire for continuous learning
  • Ability to travel as needed

Benefits

  • medical, dental, vision; as well as paid time off and stock options in the company.

Overtime

4.2 Glassdoor

Overtime empowers the next generation of athletes and fans across digital platforms by building disruptive new sports leagues and developing and distributing original sports content. Overtime owns and operates OTE and Overtime Select in basketball, OT7 in football, and OTX in boxing while producing over 150 pieces of original sports content weekly for its 115MM+ global followers. The company is a key partner to marquee sports leagues and rights holders worldwide, including the NFL and NBC Sports for the Olympic Games. Overtime's business model is driven by sponsorships, e-commerce, licensing and media rights. Overtime is funded by top VC firms, strategic investors, industry leaders, and athletes, including Liberty Media Corporation, Amazon, Andreessen Horowitz, Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley), Sapphire Sport, Winslow Capital, Spark Capital, Micromanagement Ventures (the family of the late David Stern), Black Capital, Blackstone Strategic Partners, Alexis Ohanian, Bezos Expeditions, Drake, Quavo and 40+ NBA and NFL stars including Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant and Trae Young. 5 NBA team owners and over 6% of active NBA players have invested in Overtime.For open positions, visit: https://www.teamworkonline.com/sports-technology-jobs/Overtime-overtime-elite-jobs/overtime

Founded in 2016
Brooklyn, New York, USA
688 employees (320 in marketing)
76% recommend to a friend
80% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$170K/yr – $190K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
249 (36% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$215.1M
Last Raise
Series D, 3 years ago

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
7.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.1%
Direct
49.1%
Referral
6.5%
Social
12.5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~691

VP, PR & Communications

Overtime · New York City, NY · Hybrid