Hybrid Media Relations & Corporate Networking Specialist

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Spring (TX); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Media Relations Specialist to support corporate and networking communications. The role operates in a hybrid model, with an average of two days per week in an HPE office, and focuses on crafting pitches, briefing narratives, and media engagement strategies for technology leadership stories.

The candidate will work on major corporate communications, earnings announcements, and AI/networking-related media efforts, collaborating with cross-functional teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with 5+ years of experience in media relations, communications, journalism, or a related field.
• Experience drafting press releases, media pitches, or other professional communications materials.
• Familiarity with media relations, earned media, and the technology industry preferred.
• Strong writing, editing, research, and organizational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Corporate Media Relations: Support major corporate communications initiatives, including quarterly earnings announcements, financial moments, corporate news, and enterprise-wide media campaigns.
• Research business and financial journalists, develop media lists, and identify opportunities for proactive engagement.
• Help draft compelling pitches, talking points, press materials, and executive briefing documents.
• Coordinate journalist inquiries, executive interviews, media briefings, and follow-up activities.
• Support media monitoring, coverage reporting, and campaign measurement.
• Help identify creative story opportunities that connect HPE’s technology leadership to broader business trends.
• Collaborate with a variety of functional team stakeholders to ensure timely, accurate execution.
• Networking Media Relations: Support a strategically important business through proactive media relations, high-impact technology launches, executive media engagements, customer announcements, and industry events.
• Assist with pitching, campaign planning, and execution for AI networking, enterprise networking, security, and related technology stories.
• Develop creative media relations ideas that help differentiate HPE in a competitive technology landscape.
• Research industry trends, journalists, and emerging opportunities for earned media.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities with product teams, executives, agencies, and communications partners.
• Help translate complex technology into compelling stories for business and technology audiences.

Skills

Media relations

Press writing

Editing

AI fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Media Relations, Marketing, or a related field

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Media Relations Specialist to support corporate and networking communications. The role operates in a hybrid model, with an average of two days per week in an HPE office, and focuses on crafting pitches, briefing narratives, and media engagement strategies for technology leadership stories.

The candidate will work on major corporate communications, earnings announcements, and AI/networking-related media efforts, collaborating with cross-functional teams to