Senior Communications Manager - Shielded

Senior Communications Manager

Shielded Technologies is a business technology provider and core contributor to the Midnight Network, a blockchain platform for developing decentralized applications that safeguard personal and commercial data. The Midnight Network is the first blockchain to offer programmable data isolation by leveraging zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs to enable selective disclosure of what information is visible on-chain and is designed to help developers implement necessary business policies, such as meeting regulatory requirements.

As an experienced Senior Communications Manager, you will lead strategic messaging and storytelling across the organization as we build cutting-edge, privacy-focused blockchain technology. The Midnight network is a regulatory-friendly data protection blockchain that safeguards commercial and personal data while upholding fundamental freedoms of association, commerce, and expression.

In this high-impact role, you will drive internal and external communications strategies that articulate our mission, grow brand awareness, and engage developers, partners, regulators, and the broader Web3 community. This role reports to the Head of Marketing and works closely with leadership across the Executive Team, Product, Legal, Marketing, and Engineering.

• Lead communications strategy by defining and executing a comprehensive communication roadmap that aligns with the company's mission and product offerings.
• Oversee the development and placement of high-quality content with third-party publishers, including event talk tracks, industry and analyst reports, podcasts, new outlets, and more.
• Manage media and analyst relations to establish the company's and its key spokespeople's presence.
• Ensure technical leaders are present at Midnight ecosystem events.
• Lead internal communications strategies to ensure transparency, alignment, and engagement across distributed teams.
• Own the company's crisis and risk communications, developing plans that can be executed during sensitive events and working closely with the legal and leadership team to manage reputation risk.
• Promote the company's communications via its own social media channels (X, LinkedIn)
• Manage external public relations agencies and contractors.
• Report on metrics, such as media mentions, social media engagement rates, and internal communications effective scores to track performance of communication strategies and their impact, use these insights to iterate messaging and optimize content strategy