Communications Associate (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; fixed-term position located at the Long Beach, CA site

Salary: $33–$55 USD per hour in California

Company

hirify.global develops space stations, satellites, and space infrastructure, including the Haven Station program, for government, corporate, and private customers.

What you will do

• Draft and send media pitches for company news and build relationships with reporters across space, technology, and business beats.
• Handle inbound media inquiries, recommend responses, and monitor daily coverage of hirify.global, competitors, customers, and partners.
• Manage the annual calendar of conference speaking opportunities and industry awards, including deadlines, requirements, and outcomes.
• Draft speaker abstracts, executive bios, and award nominations while gathering supporting information from engineering, program, and business development teams.
• Coordinate technical, legal, and export-control reviews; maintain messaging documents and track communications project deliverables.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, journalism, or an agency setting.
• Demonstrated media relations experience, including pitches that resulted in earned coverage.
• Writing samples in at least two formats, such as a media pitch, press release, speaker abstract, or award nomination.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Nice to have

• Communications experience in aerospace, technology, or hardware.
• Familiarity with space industry press, conference circuits, and major industry awards.
• Accepted speaker abstracts or award nominations experience.
• Ability to translate technical engineering details for general and trade audiences.
• Independent judgment with limited information and minimal guidance.
• Strong verbal and written communication across engineering, business development, legal, and leadership teams.
• Project management skills, including balancing competing deadlines and independently tracking outstanding answers.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with several concurrent projects and changing priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employees receive company equity and medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Benefits include paid time off, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Additional benefits include ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, discounts, and subsidized or free meals and drinks onsite.
• Compensation is calibrated to experience, knowledge, skills, business needs, and market demand.