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Salary: USD 133,000 - 185,000 / annual
Chime, a fintech company, is seeking a Manager of Corporate Communications to shape the company's corporate narrative and reputation as a public company. This role is critical in managing Chime's major moments and stakeholder communications across quarterly earnings, corporate announcements, executive engagements, and high-stakes issues.
You will report to the Director of Corporate Communications and work closely with the Corporate Affairs team, Investor Relations, Legal, Finance, and Chime's leadership.
Key responsibilities include:
• Support corporate announcements and financial communications by driving communications strategy for quarterly earnings and major company announcements, owning press materials, briefing books, and media outreach.
• Own the corporate narrative by developing and maintaining messaging source of truth, ensuring consistency across earnings, announcements, executive platforms, and owned channels.
• Grow media and influencer relationships by expanding connections with business, financial, and fintech reporters, as well as creators, Substack writers, podcasters, and emerging voices. Proactively pitch stories, land high-impact coverage, and manage inbound media requests.
• Raise executive profile by managing the executive visibility program, recommending speaking opportunities, preparing executives for interviews and speaking engagements, and providing strategic briefing.
• Lead issues management by triaging sensitive media inquiries, recommending response strategies, writing statements and responsive materials, and coordinating with Legal, Risk, and Security through incident processes.
• Champion AI-first thinking by building and scaling AI tools and workflows that improve team efficiency. Collaborate with Marketing on answer engine optimization (AEO) work to ensure visibility where stakeholders search for information.
• Manage agency partners, measure impact of communications work, report to leadership, and maintain project management discipline across multiple concurrent workstreams.
Requirements:
• 7+ years of experience in corporate, financial, or executive communications (in-house and/or agency)
• Hands-on experience with public company communications, including quarterly earnings, and working alongside Investor Relations and Legal
• Established relationships with business, financial, and technology reporters with a track record of landing coverage and managing requests
• Experience preparing and staffing executives for interviews, panels, and speaking engagements
• Exceptional writing and editing skills across press releases, Q&A documents, briefing books, talking points, and scripts
• Strong organizational skills and sound judgment under pressure; experience handling sensitive issues and crisis communications
• AI-first thinking and hands-on experience building AI tools and workflows that improve communications team operations
• Experience in fintech, financial services, or consumer technology is a plus
