Senior Corporate Communications Specialist

About The Role

What You’ll Be Doing

• Strengthen existing relationships and cultivate new relationships with print, online, broadcast reporters, producers, bloggers and influencers.
• Reactively respond to media inquiries, educate reporters, correct misperceptions and work with the team on issues and crisis communications.
• Collaborate closely with content, growth marketing, product marketing teams and subject matter experts around the company to implement the company’s external communication strategy.
• Organize press briefings, media sessions and events, and create press materials including media pitches, FAQs and fact sheets in coordination with the team.
• Storymine with executives to create thoughtful pitches and narratives – work to position Kraken as an industry leader among top tier media outlets.
• Assist in developing communications strategies and measuring / reporting impact of campaigns reflecting on key performance indicators.
• Identify potential issues and help develop the right approach and messaging in case a response is needed
• Monitor the social landscape and elevate notable developments and trends
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned

Who You Are

• 4+ years experience in public relations preferably in tech with established connections at major publications
• Bachelor’s Degree in PR, Marketing, Journalism, or equivalent experience preferred
• Avid bitcoin and cryptocurrency enthusiast – it’s okay if you haven’t worked in a crypto PR agency before, but being especially knowledgeable about the field is essential.
• Excellent organization and project management skills
• Superior written and oral communication skills with a laser eye for detail
• Willingness to work hard and roll up your sleeves to get work done, even when at times it is outside the scope of the job
• Ability to develop creative, effective approaches to difficult communications challenges

About You

• You’re the “go-to” at the party who everyone asks about bitcoin
• You have been told that you have excellent judgment
• You welcome feedback from others and want to know how you can improve
• You care more about getting work done correctly than attempting to impress
• You have an insatiable thirst for knowledge and enjoy doing a lot of online research
• You are extremely organized, detail-oriented and catch all typos or grammatical errors
• You understand crypto assets well enough to write about them
• You are independent but also a great collaborator
• You can manage projects and negotiate with ease
• You are agile and can adapt easily to ever changing priorities, needs, styles and issues