Senior Manager, Media Relations Strategist

Vestwell is the financial technology company powering the new savings economy. The New York City-based fintech platform redefines how people save for the critical aspects of life across retirement, education, and healthcare savings needs. Today, Vestwell enables over 350,000 businesses and nearly 1.5 Million active savers, with over $30 billion in assets saved across all 50 United States. 

Vestwell offers a range of products, including workplace-delivered retirement plans, employer-offered student loan repayment benefits, and various savings accounts for education, emergencies, and individuals with disabilities.

Vestwell's platform serves a diverse clientele, including financial advisers, employers, third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll providers, government agencies, and individual savers. To learn more, visit vestwell.com

Who Are We Looking For?

We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Manager of Media Relations Strategist who can bring an established communications strategy to life through disciplined planning, execution, and measurement. This role is ideal for a seasoned communications strategist who loves owning the day-to-day of media relations, content development, and executive visibility programs, and who is energized by close, in-person partnership with the C‑suite.

As a key member of our Brand Team, you will execute and administer the PR roadmap defined in partnership with senior leadership, ensuring our messages are consistently and effectively delivered across audiences and channels.

We are looking for a proactive, detail-oriented team player who is comfortable rolling up their sleeves, taking ownership, and operating with a high degree of accountability and follow-through. If you are a seasoned communications operator who thrives on making strategy real through strong execution, and you’re excited to work side-by-side with an executive team to grow a mission-driven brand, we’d love to hear from you.

The role is based in our New York City headquarters to enable frequent, in-person collaboration with our executive team and cross-functional partners.

What Will You Be Doing?

Strategy execution & planning

• Translate the company’s PR and communications strategy—set by the SVP, Head of Marketing—into clear annual, quarterly, and campaign-level plans that advance brand visibility, thought leadership, and business objectives.

• Own the day-to-day execution of corporate and product PR initiatives across earned, owned, and shared channels, ensuring consistent messaging and strong cross-functional coordination.

• Lead the development of thought leadership programs, including original research, surveys, and insight-driven narratives that increase brand authority, support earned media, and create opportunities for executive visibility.

• Build and manage a leadership speaker strategy, including proactive speaker bureau initiatives, conference opportunities, award submissions, and executive platform development.

• As a key member of our Brand Team, expand and operationalize a broader earned and influence channel strategy across media, podcasts, YouTube, newsletters, and other high-value platforms relevant to our audiences.

• Maintain an integrated communications calendar spanning launches, announcements, awards, executive speaking, research moments, and key industry tentpoles.

Media relations & brand visibility

• Increase brand awareness through targeted, corporate, and product-focused PR programs.
• Build and manage relationships with key media contacts in the financial services, fintech, and retirement industries.
• Proactively identify PR opportunities, develop compelling story angles, and pitch relevant narratives to media.
• Respond to inbound media inquiries, ensuring timely, accurate, and on-message responses.

Content development & storytelling

• Research, write, and edit high-quality communications materials including press releases, media pitches, talking points, bylines, blog posts, FAQs, and Q&As.
• Partner with senior leaders to craft clear, compelling messaging that reflects our brand, positioning, and differentiated value.
• Support the development of thought leadership content (e.g., articles, commentary, reports, speaking points) that elevates our presence with key audiences.

Executive visibility & industry presence

• Manage award submissions from end-to-end, including sourcing opportunities, drafting submissions, and tracking results.
• Identify, evaluate, and coordinate executive speaking opportunities at industry conferences, webinars, and events.
• Prepare executives for external engagements through briefing docs, messaging frameworks, and