Senior Media and Public Relations Lead Office - NYC

Drive Wealth is on a mission to make investing easier. We believe that everyone should have the ability to control their financial future, and that access to financial markets should not be limited by geography, wealth, or legacy systems. We are a global B2B financial technology organization dedicated to democratizing access to financial independence around the world. Our mission is realized through an API-based platform, empowering our partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, all from their mobile devices.

Our technology provides partners with a modern, extensible toolkit, enabling traditional investment workflows and innovative techniques like fractional share ownership. Drive Wealth has evolved into a global platform offering trading of US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.

There’s never been a better time to build a category-defining business and there has rarely been a team better positioned for this opportunity. Our culture blends the pace and agility of a fintech start-up with the impact, stability, and discipline of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. Join us and help build the future of global investing!

As Drive Wealth enters its next exciting chapter of growth, we're looking for a creative, forward-thinking Media and PR Lead to help shape our story! In this role, you'll be the driving force behind elevating our global brand visibility and taking our public image to new heights. You'll build strong media connections across top-tier international and U.S. outlets, spearhead engaging narratives around financial tech and market innovation, and connect deeply with our audiences to drive long-term impact and growth.

• Develop and own media strategy aligned with core business priorities, including promotion of major initiatives, executive thought leadership positioning, and media relations for the CEO and senior team.
• Identify opportunities, pitch, and secure impactful coverage across broadcast, print, digital, and podcast media.
• Develop executive positioning and drive media readiness for CEO and leadership team: advise on messaging, manage media interview preparation and bookings, and reactive commentary.
• Oversee drafting and distribution of press releases announcing product launches, partnerships, milestones, and other newsworthy company developments
• Develop thought leadership content including executive bylines, op-eds, contributed articles, and media briefing materials that position Drive Wealth as an industry authority.
• Own conference strategy including evaluation and selection of high-impact events, securing keynote and panel opportunities for executives, coordinating with partners and clients for co-marketing and speaking slots.
• Develop and execute award strategy to strengthen brand reputation and visibility—identify tier-one industry, executive, and workplace culture awards aligned with company positioning, own submission process and content development.
• Manage external Media Agency, ensuring efficient workflows, and cross-functional coordination across social, PR, conference/event, and executive work streams.
• Protect and elevate the brand through proactive reputation management, media monitoring, and rapid-response issue mitigation.
• Advise on crisis communications scenarios, escalation protocols, and stakeholder messaging in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with Drive Wealth stakeholders and internal communications and social media leads to ensure alignment across corporate, executive, and product narratives.
• Provide international PR support for product launches,…