Media Relations Specialist

Flock

3d•$104,000 - $130,000•Remote

About The Position

We are hiring a Media Relations Specialist to join Flock Safety’s Communications team. In this role, you'll be an important part of a lean but high efficiency team – soliciting stories from customers, drafting press releases, pitching solved crime stories to news outlets, supporting local city press conferences, and building and maintaining relationships with reporters and Flock Safety’s public sector customers. This is a fast-paced, high-energy, extremely proactive role that requires a creative, scrappy, problem-solving mindset and the ability to handle a high volume and challenging PR environment. The Media Relations Specialist should display exceptional communication skills, a high attention to detail, and the ability to balance many moving parts. The ideal candidate will be a strong athlete / generalist – with the ability to flex and adapt to many different situations and projects. You should love working cross functionally with colleagues across sales, marketing, product, et al, speaking with customers and reporters, and being a confident and credible spokesperson for Flock. Success in this role requires securing a high volume of positive press coverage each week through tenacity and persistence, and responding quickly with sound judgment to daily media inquiries.

Requirements

4-6 years of communications experience either with an agency or in-house, preferably for a high growth tech company
Direct experience dealing with reporters is required
Strong public speaking skills
Experience dealing with public sector employees (law enforcement, elected officials, or city/county employees) is also a requirement
Ability to engage with, develop and maintain relationships with external stakeholders
Comfortable cold calling a customer or reporter to pitch a story and not deterred by rejection
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Familiarity in press release and media pitch writing styles
Solid understanding of the media landscape
Strong organization and time management skills
Ability to balance a pipeline of multiple projects in various stages of development each week
Self-starter mentality with the ability to work independently and quickly in a fast-moving environment
Ability to meet deadlines, respond to requests quickly, and accomplish assigned tasks without reminders
Ability to receive and give constructive feedback – and act on it quickly
Ability to build trust with internal stakeholders and ensure all priorities are consistently in alignment
4-6 years of public relations experience, either at an agency or in-house

Nice To Haves

Prior relationships with reporters a plus
Prior relationships with public sector employees (especially law enforcement) a plus

Responsibilities

Soliciting stories from customers
Drafting press releases
Pitching solved crime stories to news outlets
Supporting local city press conferences
Building and maintaining relationships with reporters and Flock Safety’s public sector customers
Responding quickly with sound judgment to daily media inquiries

Benefits

Flexible PTO
11 company holidays
Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision
HSA match
12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave
Additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time for birthing parents
Fertility & Family Benefits: partnered with Maven, providing a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses
Mental health benefits through Spring Health: including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools
Caregiver Support: partnered with Cariloop
Carta Tax Advisor: 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors
ERGs (Women of Flock, Flock Proud, LEOs and Melanin Motion)
$150 per month WFH Stipend
$300 per year Productivity Stipend
One-time $750 Home Office Stipend
Flock Stock Options