Director, Communications & Founder Brand

Responsibilities

Editorial

• Own how Scribe is perceived by core audiences: enterprise buyers, investors, and top talent. Shape the narrative, track how it's landing, and continually refine it.
• Manage the full lifecycle of executive and brand opportunities: evaluate inbound speaking invitations, proactively identify opportunities for founders, exec team, and Scribe.
• Develop abstracts and prepare spokespeople with a clear framework for determining valuable stages.

Communications

• Own external communications strategy and manage PR agency relationship. Set the narrative, define the audience, build systematic news jacking.
• Define purpose for every announcement, amplify it, and measure against it.
• Develop and maintain playbooks for reputational moments, news cycles, and potential crises.

Brand

• Partner closely with CEO to scale her platform as founder and thought leader: develop ideas, draft/edit posts, ensure consistent authentic presence across LinkedIn, X, and media.
• Ensure every public appearance reflects the brand and advances the market story. Expand to other founding/executive team members over time.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree
• 6-8+ years of professional experience spanning editorial, communications, and/or brand
• Exceptional writer across formats and audiences (press releases, LinkedIn/X posts, founder talking points, long-form thought leadership, crisis statements)
• Editorial sensibility to assess story fidelity and substance
• Clear framework for measuring communications impact beyond vanity metrics and developing distribution strategy
• Comfortable working directly with founders to develop/refine public voice
• Deep understanding of enterprise buyers, investors, top talent audiences
• Startup experience operating with lean resources

Nice to Have

• Experience at high-growth tech company through inflection point (fundraise, IPO, major product launch)
• Exposure to analyst relations
• Background in writing, literature, or history