Communications/PR Specialist

This is a remote position and we're accepting applications from anywhere in the U.S. We also have an optional office in Austin you can use if you live here or come visit. About Homeward Buying a home should be an exciting milestone. But all too often, it’s stressful, especially in a competitive market or when you’re buying and selling at the same time. So we’re redesigning the homebuying experience. We’re a fast-paced real estate fintech startup that teams empowers agents to help homebuyers buy with cash. We buy homes on behalf of our partners’ clients with our cash, then the client buys the home back from us. Founder and CEO Tim Heyl, a 10-year industry veteran and owner of one of the fastest-growing agent teams in the country, started Homeward in 2018. In fact, he bought our first customer’s home with his own life savings. Today we offer two services — Buy with cash and Buy before you sell — in Texas, Colorado, and Georgia. We’re backed by top-tier venture investors, including Adams Street, Javelin, and LiveOak. We’ve raised more than $25 million in equity to grow the business, and have secured more than $100 million in debt to buy homes for our customers. Our leadership team includes experts from the real estate, mortgage, and technology industries. About the opportunity You will be a key member of our small and growing marketing team. This role is the perfect blend of strategy and passion. We bring a thoughtful approach to modern marketing efforts helping a home buyer take an exceptionally stressful moment into a beautiful harmony. You will drive the way we interact with our customers and partners. Responsibilities will include: • Build the Homeward brand through applying to relevant awards, speaking opportunities and “best of” lists. • Work directly with our CEO to manage his speaking opportunities. • Build excellent relationships with key media on behalf of the brand. • Develop press materials inclusive of press releases, fact sheets, messaging documents and pitch materials using existing creative and marketing materials. • Manage and update database of media contacts, including developing media contact lists. • Support new product launches through proactive media outreach across print, broadcast and online outlets across lifestyle, consumer, targeted trade outlets. • Media monitoring for both proactive and reactive/crisis issues. • Manage branded items such as swag and agent/client gifts. About you: • Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, Public Relations, or related field. • At least 2 year of experience in Communications or Public Relations. • Creative mindset with the ability to develop interesting media materials that would secure media interest and coverage. • Proactive and takes responsibility for projects with tight timelines and deadlines. • Ability to multitask, while being highly organized, and juggling multiple work streams while supporting administrative needs for the team. • Demonstrates adaptability and ability to work in an ever-changing fast pace environment. • Team player who is willing to roll up their sleeves and jump into whatever is needed in order to get the job done. • Excellent written and oral communications skills. Homeward Values THE GOLDEN RULE Whether we’re dealing with colleagues or customers, we follow The Golden Rule, treating others the way we want to be treated. It’s a simple rule, but it’s also significant: we don’t prioritize money or growth over people, and we practice empathy at every opportunity. CALM FOCUS We work in tech and build solutions for real estate. Both are fast-paced and stressful industries. So it’s important that we focus on the larger objective rather than rushing from one task to the next. If something is out of scope, we say “No.” If something feels rushed, we pump the brakes. This calm focus helps us create solutions our customers love. ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM Big problems require big solutions. We look at our customers’ experience holistically, and recognize that solving them requires collaboration across teams. This approach extends to cooperation among our three affiliate companies — Homeward, Homeward Mortgage, and Homeward Title — and results in a better homebuying experience. Apply tot his job