Senior Communications Manager, Zilch
6 Month FTC
3 days a week in office
Direct-to-consumer credit provider
Open for applications
Direct-to-consumer credit provider
201-500 employees
Open for applications
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To become the most empowering way to pay for anything, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for an experienced PR leader who can deal with the fast-paced nature of a rapidly growing business
- Ideally a minimum of 5 years’ experience in professional PR
- Experience working within an FCA / Regulated company is a bonus
- Excellent proven written and verbal communication skills
- Extremely organised and thorough with an eye for detail
- Relevant experience in a fast growing “scale-up” is a bonus
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortable working autonomously
- Excellent planning and problem-solving skills
- Excellent project management
- An adaptable team-player
- Strong stakeholder management experience
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior Communications Manager to help support the business as we embark on the next phase of our global growth plans
- This role will help deliver strategy through execution across our strategic communication plans
- This person will have the opportunity to support our relevant business activities across London and Poland
- You will play a key role in scaling Zilch’s global status and position through generating and implementing compelling communications strategies
- Working directly with Chief Communications Officer to manage the execution of both internal and external communications and PR needs of Zilch
- Managing media relations and tracking of engagement, communications with leadership, campaigns, and crisis management
- Take ownership in coordinating with various internal teams to drive announcements, campaigns, partnerships and more
- Maintain the relationship with appointed PR agencies, constantly driving performance to ensure targets are met or exceeded
- Ability to analyse financial models ensuring KPI’s are met, generating management reports and pro-actively present results
- Design and implement business strategies and policies that support the company's vision and culture
- Work with senior stakeholders on a weekly basis to develop communication strategies
- Maintain and drive an annual growth plan that incorporates the targets of the business
- Review commercial proposals and where necessary, be able renegotiate in line with the company’s commercial targets
- Identify and drive potential efficiencies in our communication processes
- Support all areas of the business including marketing, compliance, domains & leadership
- Proactively support key stakeholders across the business when urgent problems arise
- Be able to attract, coach new talent, understanding team dynamics and strengthening the overall capability of the organisation
Application process
- To apply for this role, please submit your CV along with a cover letter
- We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose qualifications meet our requirements. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you if you are selected to continue to the next stage of the recruitment process. We wish you every success
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Zilch provides a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) product that allows customers to purchase their desired items and pay in instalments for them. According to Zilch, its service helps customers save over £350 per year on interest and fees.
Having received consumer credit authorisation from the FCA, Zilch partnered with Mastercard to ensure its users can enjoy the safety provided by the global payments company while shopping online. Its business model involves providing the service for free to customers and charging partner stores a fee for every purchase made with Zilch. If users are not buying from partner stores, Zilch charges users a fee but guarantees that they will know from the beginning exactly how much they need to repay, hence assuring users they will not have to pay hidden fees.
With soaring demand for BNPL services, Zilch's main priority is to capitalise on this opportunity. As part of this initiative, the company has maintained an impressive funding strategy. After a series of successful raises, Zilch is now valued at around $2 billion. This has lent the company considerable weight, helping to accelerate its expansion of efforts in existing markets and expand into new ones such as the US.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2023
$25.3m
LATE VC
Jun 2022
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $305.3m
Company benefits
- Pension scheme
- Death in Service scheme
- Income protection
- 5% back on in-app purchases
- £200 for WFH set up
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Gym membership discounts
- Private therapy sessions
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay
- Enhanced shared parental leave
- Hybrid working
- Casual dress code
- Workplace socials
- Healthyh snacks
Company HQ
Victoria, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Philip Belamant
(CEO)Previously Managing Director & Founder at PBel for 6 years, Executive Director & Founder at Moola Mobile for 8 years and Managing Director - UK at NET1 UEPS Technologies for 2 years.
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