Media Relations Director

The role

The Media Relations Director will own Radiant's external media presence. This person will build relationships with podcasters, journalists, and newsletter writers and prepare executives for media appearances.

What you will do

• Drive media coverage for Radiant targeting top-tier outlets, podcasts, shows, and newsletters
• Build and maintain relationships with reporters at publications covering defense, technology, business, government, and energy
• Cultivate relationships with new media outlets, newsletters, and online publications
• Coordinate investor amplification during milestone announcements
• Support executive communications including developing talking points and preparing executives for interviews
• Monitor media landscape and competitors
• Manage crisis communications
• Track and report on media metrics

Required qualifications

• 8+ years in media relations, communications, or PR
• 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 including podcasts, newsletters, and social platforms
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work across time zones and accommodate media schedules
• Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo HQ

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

• 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 offered as employee contributed benefits
• 8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents
• Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees
• Nuclear Engineering Certificate Program: 100% covered educational program with Penn State University for eligible employees
• Daily catered lunch
• Free snacks and drinks
• Flexible PTO policy

Before you apply

• Job offer contingent upon capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls

About the company

Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based company building the world's only mass-produced, transportable nuclear microreactors. Founded in 2020, Radiant is under contract to deliver power to the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force.