UK Communications Executive

Overview

In this role you will lead UK PR and media relations for a fast-growing fintech serving SMEs. You’ll shape data-driven narratives across multiple product launches and campaigns, collaborating with Product, Commercial and Exec teams to boost brand awareness and customer acquisition. You’ll own high-impact campaigns, mine datasets, and translate complex propositions into compelling stories for journalists and policymakers. This is a mission-driven opportunity to scale iwoca’s narrative as a leading SME finance voice.

Pay / Benefits

• Medical insurance from Vitality
• private GP service
• 25 days’ holiday with birthday leave and buy/sell options
• sabbatical after four years
• pension contributions and share options
• parental leave and nursery tax benefit scheme

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve data-driven PR campaigns with a track record of tier-one coverage
• Lead UK product communications for multiple product launches and ongoing campaigns
• Manage BAU media activities to maintain top-of-mind visibility with key journalists
• Analyse datasets (e.g., HMRC, Bank of England, Companies House) to mine new angles and stories
• Commission and project-manage SME survey research to capture timely sentiment
• Collaborate with Venture Leads to translate business objectives into PR strategies and measurable outcomes
• Translate complex propositions into accessible narratives for media and stakeholders

Key requirements

• 5+ years of experience producing high-quality content in marketing or PR
• Excellent writing skills for data-driven stories, press releases, and media pitches
• Ability to manage multiple projects at pace with strong organisational skills
• Experience launching products and translating propositions into narratives
• In-house experience at a high-growth tech/fintech/financial services company
• Comfort advising C-suite executives and senior stakeholders on media strategy

• strong writing and storytelling
• project management
• stakeholder management
• data-driven storytelling
• media monitoring tools (e.g., Signal AI, Cision)
• security and handling of large datasets for narrative development

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