Content and Communications Manager, Aerospace and Defense

Jiga; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Async-first

Autonomy with budget

Job summary

Jiga is seeking a Senior Communications Lead to shape how we appear in aerospace and defense. You will own positioning, messaging, content, media relations, events, podcasts, and speaking engagements, writing and placing material with impact.

You will leverage 7+ years in defense tech communications, manage journalist relationships, and drive thought leadership for senior leaders across channels, with fully remote, async work.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in communications, PR, or content in defense tech or aerospace, ideally close to manufacturing and hardware.
• Live media relationships and a track record of reporters/outlets pitched first.
• Knowledge of what resonates with supply chain leaders, program offices, and defense tech operators.
• Ability to write fast and well, with placed bylines or executive content.

Responsibilities

• Direct positioning and messaging for aerospace and defense audience.
• Create content yourself: articles, op-eds, industry insights, case studies, LinkedIn.
• Build relationships with journalists, editors, podcast hosts covering defense tech, aerospace, manufacturing.
• Secure news placements, speaking slots, podcast appearances, awards, conference presence.
• Lead senior leader thought leadership across social, podcasts, and traditional media.
• Improve discoverability of Jiga among US manufacturing capacity searches.
• Manage freelancers or agencies to maximize impact.
• Provide sales, BD, and fundraising with credible materials.

Skills

Communications leadership

Media relations

Content creation

Tech storytelling

Job description

The problem

The defense industrial base is at a historic inflection point. Manufacturing capacity is at the center of conversation.

Jiga is building that layer. We route demand using AI to the right US manufacturers, operate as supplier of record with full traceability, and turn into a production arm for custom mechanical parts. We work with the hottest defense startups and traditional Primes. VC-backed, growing 4x year over year.

The role

You'll own how Jiga shows up in aerospace and defense. Positioning, messaging, content, media relations, events, podcasts, speaking slots, news placements. You write, pitch and place.

What you'll do

• Direct our positioning and messaging for the aerospace and defense audience

• Create content yourself: articles, op-eds, industry insights, case studies, LinkedIn

• Build and work relationships with the journalists, editors, and podcast hosts who cover defense tech, aerospace, and manufacturing

• Get us out there: news placements, speaking slots, podcast appearances, awards, conference presence

• Run senior leader thought leadership across social, podcasts, and traditional media

• Make us findable. Own how Jiga surfaces when senior leaders search for US manufacturing capacity

• Manage freelancers or agencies where they add leverage

• Give sales, BD, and fundraising the credibility and materials they need to open doors

You're a fit if you

• Have 7+ years in communications, PR, or content in defense tech or aerospace, ideally close to manufacturing and hardware

• Bring live media relationships in this world and can name the reporters and outlets you'd pitch first

• Know what lands with this audience: which narratives move supply chain leaders, program offices, and defense tech operators

• Write fast and well, and can show placed work: bylines, ghost-written executive content, stories you pitched into print

• Have earned coverage for a company without a big brand behind you

What you get

• Real impact - You build the voice of a company in the market that matters most to us

• Ownership - Own the story end to end with full autonomy and budget

• Growth - Series A company building toward massive outcomes

• Culture - Autonomy, honesty, speed, and a no-BS environment

• Mission - Help rebuild American manufacturing capacity and strengthen national security

• Flexibility - Fully remote, async-first, results-oriented