Communications Director

My client, a leading hedge fund, is looking for a communications professional to join its newly formed team as a Communications Director. The role will span internal and external communications and has a global remit. This individual must be collaborative and have a passion for relationship building and storytelling. My client, a leading hedge fund, is looking for a communications professional to join its newly formed team as a Communications Director. The role will span internal and external communications and has a global remit. This individual must be collaborative and have a passion for relationship building and storytelling.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Help scale a Communications function that effectively protects and proactively enhances the firm's reputation and brand to advance my client's business strategy.
• Serve as a spokesperson for the firm, managing media inquiries and proactively building key relationships to increase visibility and understanding, manage risk and enhance the firm's reputation.
• Support the team with reputation management and crisis communications; leverage data and analytics to anticipate, analyze, and regularly report on issues.
• Serve as day-to-day relationship manager for external vendors and agency partner(s).
• Collaboratively work with internal stakeholders from across Client Partnership, Marketing, Human Resources, Technology, Finance, Legal, and Trading on internal and external communications activities.
• Draft and edit content to support various internal and external engagements, announcements, thought leadership, and storytelling.
• Enhance and leverage digital and social media content and capabilities to interact with key constituents as part of the overarching brand and communications strategy.

WORK EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND:

Essential

Desirable

• 8+ years of communications experience
• Direct experience working in or with the investment industry, particularly with alternative investment strategies
• Strong media relations skills, proven track record
• Social and digital media campaign experience
• Experience working on global teams across different time zones
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience managing external vendor relationships

• 5+ years of PR agency experience

• A combination of agency and in-house corporate experience

• Experience working with crypto, web 3.0 and digital assets

• Internal communications and/or change management experience

• Media training experience

TECHNICAL/BUSINESS SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:

Essential

Desirable

• Exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills
• Results-oriented, multitasker with strong attention to detail
• Commercial mindset with strong business acumen and analytical skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into clear objectives
• Good judgement, and self-confidence.
• Strong organisational skills with proven experience planning, setting priorities relative to importance and urgency, managing process, and delivering results.

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