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# Senior Associate, Media & Strategic Communications at Capital V Strategies

- **Company:** Capital V Strategies
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-09-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/capital-v-strategies/2b587122-5b83-470a-a569-9ed37b353905

## Job description

## About Capital V

[Capital V](https://www.capvstrategies.com) is a premier consulting and advisory firm for CEOs, innovators, and high-profile individuals. We partner with leaders driving transformative change in industries like fintech, PropTech, and AI through high-stakes communications, strategic positioning, and executive advisory. Our founder is a seasoned advisor to billion-dollar companies, and we operate at the intersection of media influence and business strategy.

## About The Role

Capital V is hiring a media-driven Senior Associate to help lead earned comms for a portfolio of high-growth clients. You’ll shape narratives, pitch top-tier outlets, and serve as a trusted partner to founders and operators. Ideal candidates bring a sharp news sense, strong writing, and 3+ years of Public Relations (PR) or Journalism experience.

## What You’ll Own

You’ll own the full media execution for high-growth clients—helping shape how founders show up in the press and driving visibility where it matters most.

- Media Relations: Pitch and secure coverage across Bloomberg, WSJ, TechCrunch, Axios, and others
- Narrative Development: Translate founder POVs into smart, compelling storylines
- Press Materials: Draft press releases, backgrounders, messaging, and prep docs
- Reporter Relationships: Cultivate a growing network of media contacts
- Client Strategy: Support media and visibility plans for launches, fundraises, and special projects
- Special Projects: Craft investor decks, op-eds, and rapid-response press for fundraises/launches

Who Thrives Here

- 3-4 years in financial/tech PR or journalism (agency experience ideal), with a portfolio of earned media wins
- Skilled writer and communicator with sound editorial judgment
- Self-starter with an eye for what’s newsworthy and timely
- Excited to grow fast, take ownership, and learn at the founder level

Why Join Capital V?

- Accelerated Growth: Our founder and managing partner mentors you as a future director from day one—with real exposure to high-level strategy and decision-making
- Portfolio-Building: Shape narratives for category-defining companies, founders, and funds at pivotal moments
- Elite Access: Work directly with investors and innovators who are actively changing industries
- Founder-Led Momentum: Be part of the next chapter from a founder who built and sold one of the most respected firms in the industry

## About Capital V Strategies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Capital V Strategies is a modern strategic communications and reputation management firm that helps CEOs, founders, and organizations turn bold ideas into visibility, leveraging AI-powered press engines and deep media relationships.
- **Entity Type**: Private (investor-backed, stealth-built)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2025 (quietly built in stealth over a year before public launch in February 2026)
- **Founders**: Jessica Schaefer

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Strategic communications, public relations, marketing, and reputation management.
- **Target customers**: Top CEOs, billionaires, public companies, tech unicorns, venture capital firms, and disruptors across tech, finance, and emerging industries (B2B, enterprise, high-stakes clientele).
- **Mission/Purpose**: “Turn vision into visibility” – helping transformative leaders break through noise and lead their industries.

## Products & Services
- **AI-Powered Press Engine**: Drives headlines, generative engine optimization (GEO), and tier-one placements using proprietary AI tools.
- **Strategic PR & Communications**: Executive thought leadership, crisis communications, media relations, and stakeholder/regulatory affairs management.
- **360° Marketing & Media Services**: Full-suite marketing including SEO, GEO, social growth, content strategies, and brand building.
- **Venture Arm (CapV Ventures)**: Invests and partners with bold thinkers in healthcare, fintech, femtech, and other emerging sectors to accelerate growth.
- **Advisory & High-Stakes Representation**: Deeply embedded strategic advisory for high-profile individuals and companies navigating sensitive moments (e.g., IPO, M&A, turnarounds).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding undisclosed (investor-backed); headcount of ~9 employees (with +9.1% monthly growth) as per LinkedIn, but actively hiring and growing.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investor-backed (specific investors not named). Clients include public companies, billionaires, and tech unicorns.
- **Growth Signals**: Signed a 6,000 sq ft multi-million dollar lease in SoHo (New York) in February 2026, signaling aggressive expansion. Actively in discussions to acquire boutique strategic agencies and tech solutions. Rapid talent acquisition from JPMorgan Chase, Walgreens, Anywhere Real Estate, and other top firms.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Relationships**: Exclusive access to top-tier media, investors, stakeholders, and regulators built over two decades of leadership experience.
- **High-Touch Model**: Differentiated “first call” reputation for handling high-stakes moments for the world’s most visible leaders and companies.
- **AI-First Technology**: Proprietary AI-powered press engine combining SEO, GEO, and content generation to secure top placements in AI-driven search results.
- **Investor & Venture Backing**: A venture arm that allows the firm to invest alongside clients and deeply understand their industries.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic Expansion**: Anchoring in SoHo, NYC, as the epicenter of tech innovation, with a premium office designed to host CEOs, VCs, and innovators.
- **Tech & AI Leadership**: Doubling down on generative engine optimization (GEO) and AI-driven media strategies to capture the coming wave of IPO and M&A activity.
- **Acquisition Strategy**: Actively pursuing acquisitions of boutique strategic agencies and tech solutions to build a comprehensive 360° marketing and media platform.
- **Sector Depth**: Focusing on fintech, healthcare, femtech, and AI sectors where capital is flowing.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “Smart. Competitive. Fun.” with a high-performance, results-oriented team that pushes each other to think bigger and move faster.
- **Impact**: Work directly with top CEOs, unicorns, and public companies on transformative stories and high-stakes communications.
- **Growth**: Prioritized employee growth, with opportunities to shape the future of the firm and the clients’ narratives.
- **Work Model**: Office-based in a sleek, modern SoHo space with 360° views of Manhattan; remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely in-office given the premium space.
- **Perks**: Be part of a fast-growing, investor-backed startup with a venture arm and opportunities to work across media, tech, and advisory.

## Sources
1. [capvstrategies.com](https://www.capvstrategies.com/)
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/capitalvstrategies)
3. [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/10/3235503/0/en/Capital-V-Leases-6k-Sq-Foot-SoHo-Office-to-Capitalize-on-NYC-Tech-Boom.html)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/capital-v-strategies/2b587122-5b83-470a-a569-9ed37b353905)

## Other roles at Capital V Strategies

- [Associate, Media & Strategic Communications](https://feeny.ai/job/associate-media-strategic-communications-capital-v-strategies-new-york-3a3kk288tk1n) — New York, NY