PR and Communications Manager
Location: Playa Vista, CA (in-person, 5 days/week)
Outpost is pioneering Earth-return logistics for space. We’re building spacecraft that safely and precisely return payloads from orbit—unlocking space-based manufacturing, faster global delivery, and new capabilities for government and commercial customers. We’re a mission-focused team that builds with urgency, grit, and care.
The Role
We’re hiring a PR & Communications Manager to build and run Outpost’s day-to-day earned media and editorial function. You’ll turn complex technical and program updates into clear, compelling stories, proactively pitch media, and help shape consistent messaging across external channels. This is a hands-on role for someone who moves fast, follows through, and can operate calmly under pressure. The ideal candidate would own the social function at first, managing posts and messaging across platforms while additional support is brought on.
You’ll partner closely with leadership, engineering, and operations, and the larger marketing department in supporting launches, demos, partnerships, and key company moments with strong narrative, tight execution, and smart judgment.
What You’ll Do
- Own earned media execution: build and run a proactive media pipeline (pitching, follow-ups, briefing docs, interview prep, coverage tracking)
- Develop Outpost narratives: refine and maintain core messaging, boilerplate, FAQs, and proof points for customers, investors, and government/defense stakeholders
- Create high-impact comms assets: press releases, statements, bylines, talking points, media kits, website copy, and “What is Outpost?”-style scripts/decks
- Manage press operations: handle inbound inquiries, coordinate interviews, prep spokespeople, and support press moments around major milestones
- Support campaigns & events: coordinate PR outreach for demos, conferences, facility visits, and thought leadership opportunities
- Executive communications support: ghostwrite or draft comms for executives as needed (internal notes, external statements, social-ready language)
- Measure and improve: track results (coverage quality, share of voice, message pull-through), report insights, and iterate
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years in PR/communications (in-house and/or agency), with a track record of landing meaningful earned coverage
- Experience in aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, robotics, or other deep-tech sectors
- Strong media instincts: you know what’s news, how to angle a story, and how to build relationships with journalists/producers
- Excellent writing/editing: crisp, accurate, fast—across press releases, talking points, web copy, and exec voice
- Comfort translating technical material into clear narratives (engineering-led products, hard-tech, or complex programs)
- Strong judgment under pressure; able to support sensitive, fast-moving situations with a risk-aware lens
- Highly organized self-starter who can manage multiple priorities and drive projects to completion
- Collaborative working style with cross-functional teams (engineering, ops, leadership, marketing)
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with government stakeholders and constraints (e.g., ITAR/EAR, export controls, IP sensitivity)
- Ability to capture/produce lightweight content (photo/video, basic editing) or strong instincts working with designers/producers
- Comfort using analytics to evaluate content and PR performance
What success looks like: a steady drumbeat of high-quality earned coverage, sharp and consistent messaging, well-prepped spokespeople, and comms that help Outpost lead the conversation in space logistics and Earth return.
Compensation:
- 130,000 – 150,000, Salary may vary with experience
- Annual Performance-Based Bonus
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Subsidized daily catered lunch, snacks and coffee
You must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 ,or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State