PR & Communications Lead

About the Company

Hi, we're Ondo Finance. Our mission is to provide institutional-grade, blockchain-enabled investment products and services. We have both a technology arm that develops decentralized finance technology, and an asset management arm that creates and manages tokenized funds.

We were the first company to tokenize exposure to US Treasuries, and have since expanded into several other assets. We are also focused on incubating protocols that can support both tokenized real-world assets and traditional crypto.

Founded by folks from Goldman Sachs Digital Assets Team, we’re backed by some of the best investors in the world including Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Tiger Global, and more.

We are currently the leaders in the space in terms of AUM and are well capitalized to continue to grow the firm. We're fully remote, with team members across the U.S.

About the Role

Ondo is looking for a PR & Communications Lead to lead strategic communications and media relations.

In this role, you will join the Ondo Finance’s marketing team, leading our media and agency relations, supporting go-to-market PR strategies for new launches, and crafting the story and vision of Ondo for audiences across both Web3 and traditional finance.

This is a global role, interfacing with media and partners from North America to APAC.

This person excels at storytelling and can work with senior leadership to synthesize Ondo’s vision and momentum into a digestible narrative that can be told through earned and owned marketing channels.

The ideal candidate has a results-driven comms track record of strategizing and executing PR functions or journalist experience, and has a strong network of journalist and media relationships.

This person is an excellent writer and skilled communicator who can simplify complex financial concepts, with demonstrated experience on projects at the intersection of blockchain, traditional finance and decentralized finance.

We are specifically seeking candidates with a background in crypto and finance, with an understanding of how blockchain and tokenization can be leveraged in industries such as financial services, investing, and DeFi.  

This role will report to our Head of Marketing and execute high-quality content and media relations strategies.

What You’ll Achieve:

•PR Strategy - Develop and execute strategic PR campaigns and announcements, setting the goals, tactics, strategy and execution to secure high-quality coverage in crypto and traditional financial media publications

•Media Contacts - Leverage existing and cultivate new relationships between media targets and Ondo Finance across traditional/mainstream financial media and web3 trade press and journalists

•Proactive Pitching –Identify press and thought leadership opportunities, and earn timely placement in key stories

•Narrative Development - Work directly with the Executive Team to articulate Ondo Finance’s messaging and develop proactive talking points for our products and media engagements

•Agency Management - Manage the relationship and performance of external PR agencies

•Content Creation - Support new partner and product announcements by contributing to press releases, opinion pieces, thought leadership content, and more

•Results Oriented - Grow Ondo’s share of voice, and demonstrably measure and report the performance and success of our PR initiatives 

What we're looking for:

•Experience: 8+ years of experience in Communications / PR at an agency or in-house, with a track record of delivering quality results in traditional finance, crypto, blockchains, or DeFi

•Expertise: Deep understanding of blockchain, web3 ecosystems, DeFi, financial services, and Public Relations

•Network: Strong media relationships in Web3, blockchain, and adjacent financial services

•Robust writing and editing skills: Experience writing about blockchain, tokenization, financial products and services, DeFi applications and protocols. Specifically has the ability to simplify complex topics into educational content for media and readers.

•Adaptable: Can manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment and establish structure and processes that scale

•Media savvy: an understanding of what stories will, and will not, resonate with the media.

•Partial (5hr) daily overlap with EST — typically this means you're located in the Americas unless you're willing to work unusual hours

What we offer:

•Competitive compensation including salary, future token rights, and/or equity (according to your preferences) — we're well-funded and believe that great talent deserves great compensation

•Full benefits (medical, vision, and dental) and flexible vacation policy (PTO)

•Small remote-first team across many countries — you'll be an early team member helping shape our vision, culture, and design practices

•A+ colleagues — our team includes alumni from Goldman Sachs Digital Assets, Facebook, DeFi protocols like BadgerDAO, private equity funds, hedge funds, and various VC-backed startups

•Best-in-class investors — we are proud to be backed by leading crypto experts (incl. founders of Aave, Quantstamp, and Anchorage) and funds (incl. Pantera, Genesis, DCG, Coin Fund, and CMS)