Communications Manager
Location: GB, LND, London
Department: PR
Function: Marketing
Company profile: Want to build a 21st century financial service?We're convinced that that there is a need for innovation in financial services and that current banks will not be the ones providing this. Instead this innovation will come from companies like TransferWise and we're on a hunt for great minds who think like we do.
Description: Co-founded by Skype’s first employee and backed by some of the planet's most experienced innovators, including Sir Richard Branson and Facebook's first investor Peter Thiel, we're disrupting the world of currency and international money transfer. That means flipping a gazillion dollar industry on its head and taking power away from banks and the establishment.Located in the heart of Old Street, we’re right at the hub of London’s startup scene, we’re growing at an extraordinary rate and looking for exceptional talent to jump on board.We currently employ 200 people and are moving many millions of pounds daily. Our comms team is 4-strong and runs high-impact consumer and corporate campaigns across the globe. The team takes pride in its strategic and holistic approach to communications, always incorporating public affairs and media relations together. We’ve had great success so far, scoring dozens of national press hits a month.So if you’re looking for a stuffy financial company, press the back button, if you want to be part of something innovative and truly exciting, read on.
Requirements: Must haves:News addict. You’re always on top of the news, but it never distracts you. You approach your work strategically. Campaigner’s heart. You’ve worked on high-impact thought leadership campaigns. You know how to get the right people engaged quickly. Insider knowledge. You know the UK and EU political landscape like the back of your hand and you’re used to guiding spokespeople through it.Media relations experience. Whether it’s pre-briefing for a launch, running a contact programme or mucking in at a busy press office, working with journalists doesn’t phase you.Management experience. You’ve trained folks up, rallied the troops and worked with all kinds of partners and suppliers to hit tough deadlines. Managing an agency won’t be a problem - you’ve done it before, or have worked at one, so you know the score.Master problem solver. Never done that before? That’s not in the comms job description? You don’t care, you’ll work it out.Nice to haves:Experience running social media and creative campaigns.Experience of working across multiple markets in multiple languages.Growth environment - you already know what it feels like to move fast and keep the graphs moving up and to the right.
Benefits: Apart from all-expenses-paid company holidays twice a year (which are completely insane)  stock options in one of Europe’s most hotly tipped startups, a laptop of your choice and team lunches every Friday, you won’t get much in the way of extras. However, we will give you 25 days holiday a year (plus public holidays), a fun, friendly atmosphere, plenty of opportunities to grow and the chance to be part of our little revolution. Oh, and coffee, there’s plenty of coffee.#LDN
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