This position is no longer available.

Head of Communications

Permanent contract
Paris
Salary: Not specified
Starting date: October 01, 2022
A few days at home
Experience: > 7 years
Education: Master's Degree

Virgil
Virgil

Interested in this job?

jobs.faq.title

The position

Job description

We’re building the future of homeownership !

Virgil changes an entire generation’s financial destiny through access to homeownership. Our mission is huge, global and transformative. We’re looking for a Head of Communications to make our brand shine and our message heard everywhere.

Working directly with the founders & closely with the partnerships and marketing team, our Head of Communications plays a key role in supporting our growth, through elevating our brand and activating our presence everywhere it should to destroy the renting trap and empower the next generation to build wealth.

As Virgil’s Head of Communications, you will lead our global communication & activation efforts. Your goal : make Virgil the world’s thought leader on Gen Y-Z ‘s financial empowerment through homeownership. To accomplish your mission you’ll have the opportunity to structure your team, including corporate and clients communication, PR, community, events & content specialists. It’s a key opportunity to join Virgil in most exciting times with worldwide growth on the way.

To define and implement the communication plan that will position Virgil as the world’s thought leader on Gen Y-Z ‘s financial empowerment through home ownership, you’ll conceive & implement a powerful cross-channel Communication Strategy to increase Virgil’s awareness & thought leadership throughout :

  • Building our Communication plan : refine the prioritization of our key messages, supports, channels.

  • Activation : craft & lead innovative Comms initiatives that cut through the noise. Measure and improve the ROI of your initiatives, aligning all marketing teams internally.

  • Creating our Messaging Framework : create the style guidelines and main messaging for all internal and external communications. Ensure our voice is cohesive, consistent and effectively represented on each touch point across our channels and our team is briefed on external communications;

  • PR : Build an effective consumer & corporate PR plan, including press conferences, monthly press releases, external surveys, creation of pools of experts on our thematics. Choose and brief external partners to support this strategy and ensure PR guidelines are set. You’ll also enjoy representing Virgil on external events when needed :)

  • Partnerships : Work closely with our marketing team & our partners to craft and implement the best visibility strategy of our partnerships

  • Events & ecosystem : Strengthen our network of influencers & companies committed to building a financially empowered future and work with them to boost our mission’s echo.

  • Structuring a team : Structure a team of external & internal contributors and coordinate their efforts (PR, events & community, creative studio)

Results, or what success looks like success for this role:

Outstanding results of our Comms Strategy measured by weekly & monthly KPIs :

  • Brand awareness: successful brand awareness campaigns as measured by notoriety and customer generation
  • PR mastery : Virgil is mentioned in every relevant piece
  • Thought leadership : Virgil is the lead voice on Youth escaping the renting trap and building wealth through homeownership
  • Corporate visibility : Virgil organizes & is invited to all relevant events
  • Brand advocacy : increase our sales resulting from word of mouth
  • Quality of the team, and fluidity of the relationship with marketing
  • Trusted relationships created with key stakeholders within and beyond Virgil

What we offer:

  • An outstanding team : our team is our strongest asset with a rare mixture of enthusiastic adventurers, best in class achievers and playful team players
  • A great work environment : our offices are in the heart of Paris, filled with chocolate, diet cokes and weekly team & ecosystem events
  • A philosophy of efficiency : we dont believe in long hours for the principle and have flexible office / remote policy
  • Equity : Success is a team work and we’re all in it together : our salary packages all come with BSPCEs

Preferred experience

  • 8+ years experience in Brand & Communications in fast-paced - ideally B2C - environments.
  • Experience in agency working on innovative products and/or successful startup background.
  • Experienced in managing PR & creative teams
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French and English
  • Remarkable copywriting skills, able to convey complex topics with simplicity, crafting powerful & concise messaging : you love writing
  • Strong relationship builder, you’ve created a networks of advocates around you
  • Discerning taste : knows what’s good and knows why.
  • Digital experience (content production & social)
  • At ease with key opinion leaders / influencers management : able to understand the dynamics of moving ecosystems and creating lasting relationships with their members

Soft skills

  • Fire in the belly : you are a driven self-starter
  • Think like an owner : nothing is someone else’s problem, you do what needs to be done without needing to be told
  • Enthusiastic about Fintech, Proptech & the next generation’s financial welfare..
  • Results-oriented, resourceful, with excellent oral & written communications, you have a leading edge and your integrity is integral
  • Curious, enthusiastic, adventurous, you inspire energy, passion, and are relational rather than transactional
  • Creative, able to think outside the box & suggest innovative solutions
  • Collaborative: able to act as thinking partner to all stakeholders
  • Hands-on: able to replace almost any project’ members on short notice to ensure the great execution.

Recruitment process

  1. Interview with Talent Acquisition
  2. Interview with Saskia Fiszel, co-founder
  3. Interview with our Head of Growth
  4. Strategic work session (with a range of key team members including Marketing & Content)
  5. Interview with Keyvan Nilforoushan, co-founder

Want to know more?

These job openings might interest you!

These companies are also recruiting for the position of “Communication et relations publiques”.