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FigmaFigmaSan Francisco, CA

Director, Communications

Leads corporate communications strategy for a public company, reimagining storytelling across channels and audiences. Partners with executives and teams to craft compelling narratives on business and financial topics, requiring 12+ years experience building comms programs.

235k – 317k/yr
On-site12+ YOECommunications

About the role

What you'll do at Figma

  • 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

We'd love to hear from you if you have

  • 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

While not required, it's an added plus if you also have

  • An understanding of product design, software development and/or cloud-native applications

Skills

Corporate CommunicationsFinancial CommunicationsPr CampaignsStorytelling StrategyMedia RelationsInvestor RelationsExecutive CommunicationBusiness Narrative DevelopmentThought LeadershipCross-Functional Collaboration

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