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Currencycloud • London

Communications Manager

Employment type:  Full time

Remote-first

A little flex time

Job Description

About Currencycloud
Currencycloud is somewhere where innovative thinking and the power of technology know no limits. We know that the success of the business depends on the people who keep it moving, which is why we are looking for exceptional talent to join our international payments revolution.
We are an open & collaborative Fintech unicorn that lives and breathes our company values: Be Human, Better Together and Own it.
You will support the Head of Communications and the wider marketing team to deliver a comprehensive communication plan for Currencycloud.

The Details...😊

  • Working with the Head of Communications you will support the development and execution of the corporate communications plan.
  • Support the Head of Communications in the planning, implementation, and reporting of corporate campaigns, including external stakeholder communications.
  • Support day-to-day PR activities in conjunction with PR agencies including drafting press releases, media planning, reporting, and measurement.
  • Own a central PR calendar that is open to the company of upcoming PR related activities.
  • Producing corporate collateral, in conjunction with our Copywriter, such as presentations, factsheets, videos, award entries, case studies, etc, to support the overall brand.
  • Working with the Events Manager to deliver collateral for flagship corporate events, including developing content for presentations, collateral, and speaker material.
  • Upskill and inform the wider team on communications best practice and current projects.
  • Support the Communications Team with the social media calendar and ensure social media cadence is progressed. This will include developing and posting social media (Tweets/LinkedIn posts/etc.) and working with others in the team and agencies to develop content to support our social media presence.
  • You will be able to evaluate the success of our social media activity and share best practice and areas for improvement with the wider marketing team.
  • Supporting the delivery of brand and operational client communications such as writing and designing the quarterly newsletter or liaising with technical teams to provide operational updates.
  • Supporting the delivery of the monthly internal newsletter, CloudTalk. Duties may include sourcing stories, writing content, and designing and distributing the newsletter.
  • Supporting the Head of Communications on ad hoc internal announcements.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise 🎯

  • Minimum of 4+ years experience in a communications role, either in a PR agency or in-house
  • Comfortable working in a start-up environment.
  • Understanding of the payment industry, tech background (SaaS/PaaS) preferred
  • Writing skills appropriate for drafting press releases, blogs, awards, social media, etc.
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Excellent team working skills, ability to manage own workload, and tenacious attention to detail.
  • Basic design skills, such as the experience of Photoshop, InDesign, or Canva, are not essential but would be advantageous.

Why Currencycloud?
We are a remote-first company; whichever location you’re contracted to, we leave it up to you and your manager to agree on how often you come into the office. To make things easier we offer an allowance so you can create your own working space at home because we REALLY mean it when we say remote first.
Your health and well-being are of paramount importance to us, and so our jampacked employee benefits reflect this!
We offer a competitive salary, an individual learning and development budget, a pension or 401K contribution, mental health days and comprehensive health care that includes annual optical and dental allowances, access to mental health support and a monthly allowance that you can spend on anything health or wellness related!
At the moment we are unable to consider applicants living outside of our entities and we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
We aren’t currently looking for additional Recruiter support on this role and won’t be accepting any unsolicited CVs

Company benefits

Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Work from anywhere scheme
Comprehensive wellness program
Life assurance
Permanent health insurance (income protection)
Mental health day
A day off for your birthday

The FlexScore® is the result of a rigorous 2-step verification of a company’s flexibility

First we assess the flexibility options Currencycloud provides and then we anonymously survey a statistically significant proportion of their employees to make sure Currencycloud is as flexible as they say they are. Our assessment is based on the six key elements of flexibility: location, hours, autonomy, benefits, role modelling and work-life balance.

We ask the hard questions so you don’t have to.

Working at Currencycloud

Company employees

430+

Gender diversity (male:female)

69:31

Office locations

London, Cardiff, Amsterdam, New York, Singapore

Funding levels

$160.2m

Hiring Countries

Australia
Canada
Germany
Netherlands
Singapore
Spain
United Kingdom
United States

Awards & Achievements

Finance & Insurance

Finance & Insurance

Industry awards 2022