Director, Communications

US💼 Full-time💰 $235,000–$235,000🗓 2026-04-15 → 2026-07-31

Core

Reimagining corporate communications strategy for a public tech company, defining new models for storytelling across finance, brand, and product audiences.

Role type

Director of Corporate Communications

Builds

Integrated communication campaigns and narratives for a public design collaboration platform

Domain

SaaS / Design Technology / Corporate Communications

Deliverable

Required skills

Corporate communications strategy, financial fluency, cross-functional partnership, executive briefing, media relations, campaign development, narrative development, ambiguity management, team leadership

Preferred skills

Product design understanding, software development knowledge, cloud-native application familiarity

Technologies

X/Twitter, spreadsheets

Responsibilities

Define and drive corporate storytelling strategy end-to-end; create integrated campaigns across media and owned platforms; partner with cross-functional teams to translate business momentum into stories; work with executives to shape narratives for business and financial audiences; identify breakthrough story angles; build relationships with top-tier business and financial reporters; proactively create opportunities ahead of the news cycle

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership & team building

Rewrite

## Responsibilities - Define and drive Figma’s corporate storytelling strategy end-to-end, from narrative development to execution across channels - Move beyond traditional PR to create integrated campaigns that cut through across media, owned platforms and executive communications - Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business and financial momentum into clear, compelling stories and campaigns - Work closely with executives to shape narratives that resonate with business and financial audiences, from briefings to thought leadership - Identify and develop breakthrough story angles that position Figma at the center of key industry and market conversations - Build and deepen relationships with top-tier business and financial reporters across the U.S. and U.K. - Stay close to the news cycle while proactively creating opportunities that put Figma ahead of it - Continue to grow your scope and influence as the company scales ## Requirements - 12+ years of experience in in-house corporate communications - A track record of building and scaling communications programs and teams from the ground up - Strong business and financial fluency, with the ability to translate complexity into clear, engaging narratives, and pitches - Experience operating in fast-paced environments where direction isn’t always defined—and comfort creating it - Demonstrated experience crafting a point of view on storytelling that goes beyond conventional PR approaches ## Nice to Have - An understanding of product design, software development and/or cloud-native applications ## Benefits - Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual

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