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APAC Communications

Leads communications strategy and reputation management across APAC, developing regional narratives, campaigns, media relationships, and executive opportunities. The role requires multi-market communications experience, strong journalist networks, regional expertise, and creative campaign skills.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Design and run creative, high-engagement campaigns across media, social, and events.
  • Shape the regional narrative by developing positioning, turning global news into local stories, and creating original local moments.
  • Identify reputational risks early and act to mitigate them.
  • Build relationships with journalists, influencers, customers, industry bodies, and event organizers.
  • Support executives with media interviews and speaking opportunities.
  • Partner across sales, marketing, policy, legal, and deployment, especially with general managers and marketing leads supporting global expansion.
  • Define the APAC communications operating model and manage agencies as required in specific markets.

Requirements

  • Experience managing communications across multiple APAC markets.
  • Strong relationships with journalists at top-tier publications, with a track record of pitching stories and handling difficult corporate issues.
  • Strong understanding of the political, regulatory, economic, and cultural landscape in APAC.
  • Ability to develop unusually creative communications campaigns, including non-traditional tactics and channels.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment with nascent operating models.

Benefits

  • Annual discretionary professional development stipend.
  • Annual discretionary social travel stipend for meeting colleagues.
  • Annual company offsite.
  • Monthly co-working stipend for employees not located near a main hub.

Skills

Media Relations, Social Media, Event Marketing, Corporate Communications, Crisis Communications, Public Relations, Journalist Outreach, Executive Communication, Campaign Strategy, Reputation Management, Stakeholder Management, Agency Management

Stripe

Stripe

Singapore

Head of Communications, APAC
No salary listedOn-site12+ YOECommunications

Leads Stripe’s APAC communications strategy, campaigns, stakeholder relationships, and regional communications team. Requires 12+ years of communications experience, strong corporate and issues-management expertise, exceptional writing, and deep APAC knowledge.