Media Relations Specialist

Nicely Co.; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicely Co. is seeking a Media Relations Specialist to strengthen storytelling, editorial quality, audience engagement, channel strategy, and the company’s reputation, while delivering measurable content programs.

You will turn company priorities into clear plans, partner across functions, and help shape the Communications & Content function in an early-stage environment with meaningful autonomy. This role offers the chance to build scalable processes, own essential outputs, and directly

Qualifications

• Proven ability to craft clear storytelling and editorial content.
• Strong judgment and ownership for the role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with partners.
• Ability to organize ambiguous work and document decisions.
• Comfort building systems in a fast-changing startup.
• Commitment to ethical conduct and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day work across storytelling, audience engagement, and content programs.
• Translate priorities into documented plans and measurable outcomes.
• Build lightweight processes for an early-stage company.
• Collaborate across functions to deliver complete outcomes.
• Identify risks, propose solutions, and escalate when needed.
• Maintain documentation for company, customer, and employee data.
• Use evidence and feedback to improve quality and stakeholder experience.
• Communicate progress and priorities clearly to teammates.

Skills

Clear storytelling

Editorial quality

Audience engagement

Channel strategy

Reputation

Measurable content programs

Written communication

Verbal communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership mindset

Education

Relevant education or certification

Tools

Modern communications tools

Job description

Media Relations Specialist

Help build Nicely Co.'s clear storytelling, editorial quality, audience engagement, channel strategy, reputation, and measurable content programs as Media Relations Specialist, with meaningful ownership in an early-stage company.

Position overview

Nicely Co. is seeking a Media Relations Specialist to strengthen clear storytelling, editorial quality, audience engagement, channel strategy, reputation, and measurable content programs. This role will turn company priorities into clear, dependable work while partnering directly with colleagues across functions.Nicely Co. is an early-stage company, so this position will help create the processes and internal systems behind the work, not merely inherit a mature playbook. The successful candidate will use sound judgment, communicate tradeoffs, and operate with appropriate autonomy.Responsibilities may evolve as the company grows. This is an opportunity to influence how the Communications & Content function develops, establish useful standards, and leave behind systems that scale responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day work across clear storytelling, editorial quality, audience engagement, channel strategy, reputation, and measurable content programs.
• Translate the priorities of the Media Relations Specialist role into documented plans, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Build lightweight, repeatable processes that fit an early-stage company and can mature over time.
• Collaborate across functions to resolve dependencies and deliver complete outcomes.
• Identify risks early, recommend proportionate solutions, and escalate consequential decisions.
• Maintain accurate documentation and handle company, customer, and employee information responsibly.
• Use relevant evidence and feedback to improve quality, efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Communicate progress, constraints, priorities, and results clearly to affected teammates.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capability relevant to clear storytelling, editorial quality, audience engagement, channel strategy, reputation, and measurable content programs.
• Judgment and ownership appropriate for the Media Relations Specialist scope.
• Strong written and verbal communication with both specialists and cross-functional partners.
• Ability to organize ambiguous work, make progress independently, and document decisions.
• Comfort building systems in an early-stage environment where priorities may evolve.
• Commitment to ethical conduct, confidentiality, security, accessibility, and inclusive collaboration.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with modern methods and tools used in Communications & Content.
• Experience in a startup, small business, or other resource-conscious environment.
• Evidence of improving a workflow, standard, product, service, or measurable outcome.
• Relevant education, certification, portfolio, or equivalent practical experience.
• Flexible work arrangements where applicable.
• Opportunity to help build an early-stage company.
• Direct impact on company growth and operating quality.
• Cross-functional collaboration and professional development opportunities.
• Significant ownership over assigned responsibilities.
• Opportunity for responsibilities to expand as the company grows.