UK Communications Executive, iwoca
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Online loans for small businesses
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Online loans for small businesses
201-500 employees
Open for applications
Offers share options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To fund one million small businesses.
Role
Who you are
- At least 5+ years of experience in a role where you were producing high quality content, for example in marketing or PR
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to craft data-driven stories, press releases, briefing materials, and media pitches that cut through
- Proven ability to work at pace across multiple projects simultaneously, with strong organisational and project management skills
Desirable
- PR experience, bonus if you have a number of years in tech/fintech or B2B technology sectors
- Experience managing product launches and translating complex propositions into accessible narratives
- Experience working in-house at a high-growth tech, fintech or financial services company
- Confident working with C-suite executives and senior stakeholders, providing counsel on media strategy issues
- Commercial awareness and understanding of what drives media coverage in fintech and SME finance
- Experience working with external PR agencies and managing agency relationships
- Familiarity with media monitoring tools (e.g., Signal AI, Cision) and ability to analyse coverage data to inform strategy
- Demonstrable track record of securing tier-one coverage in outlets such as FT, Times, Telegraph, and relevant trade press
What the job involves
- This is an opportunity to manage high-impact UK PR and media relations at a fast-growing fintech that's reshaping SME finance
- You'll be at the heart of iwoca's external communications strategy, driving coverage across our expanding product portfolio whilst managing major campaigns and tier-one media relationships
- Our comms function works across the business to position iwoca as a leading voice in SME finance
- You'll collaborate closely with Product, Commercial, and Executive teams to translate business priorities into compelling narratives that drive both brand awareness and customer acquisition
- We're looking for a PR Manager to take ownership of media campaigns and of iwoca's UK product communications
- You'll be responsible for driving coverage and growth plans of our growing product suite, whilst managing the BAU media activities that keep iwoca front-of-mind with key journalists and stakeholders
- Own, evolve and create new data-driven PR campaigns. You'll take ownership of several established data-driven campaigns with proven track records of securing tier-one coverage:
- Top 25 UK Cities for SME Jobs: Our annual ranking combines ONS employment data, business figures, and economic indicators. You can refine the methodology if needed, analyse the latest data, and craft narratives for regional and national media
- Beyond producing and being part of the wider team that executes these campaigns, we’d like you to challenge what we're doing. For example, could we mine other datasets - HMRC, Bank of England, sector-specific sources - to create new campaigns? You'll have autonomy build new data-driven stories from scratch
- Business Hotspots: Using Companies House data, you'll analyse year-on-year business creation trends to identify entrepreneurial hotspots. You own the full process - data extraction, analysis, narrative development, and media execution
- SME survey research: Twice a year you'll commission original survey research, working with established research partners to design questionnaires capturing timely SME sentiment. You’ll ensure we generate "business news" coverage that responds to real economic issues
- You’ll be comfortable working with raw datasets - not just presenting finished analysis, but doing the analysis yourself. Spotting surprising findings, identifying regional variations, understanding which angles interest journalists versus policymakers
- You'll become the PR lead for several of iwoca's newest products, working directly with Venture Leads to drive awareness and customer acquisition. Here are a few we’ve just launched that you could be working on:
- Credit Compass: Our credit-building tool helping SMEs improve their scores. You'll identify customer success stories, translate credit score trends into compelling narratives, and position this as iwoca's answer to the credit access gap
- SME Insurance: Help launch this proposition to market - identifying angles around why SMEs need this product and announce new strategic partners as and when we secure them
- Iwoca Credit Card: You'll be involved from the ground up - understanding competitive positioning, identifying what's newsworthy in a crowded market, building a launch campaign that breaks through
- IwocaPay (launched in 2020): Our instant payment solution - you'll help scale awareness as this product continues to grow, finding ongoing news hooks beyond what we’ve already done in recent years
- For each product, you'll get under the hood with the Venture Leads - understanding commercial objectives, customer pain points, competitive landscape - then translating that into PR strategies that drive both coverage and business outcomes. You'll own 2-3 products as PR lead, with the split determined once you're in the job
Salary benchmarks
Our take
UK SMEs are the backbone of a complex economy that is constantly changing, so the need for fast and responsive access to finance is becoming more and more important to ensure their success and growth. iwoca allows SMEs access to business loans in less than a minute, with its API and business marketplace partnerships.
With offerings like iwoca's, gone are the days where waiting up to eight weeks for a loan decision was viable. Its simplified business loans of £1,000 - £500,000 come with no fees attached, and applying online takes no more than five minutes. The ready availability of iwoca loans gives business owners a level of certainty, so that they can make instant decisions to help their business grow.
iwoca has made a number of partnerships with other players in the business finance space, including an impressive industry-first invoice checkout integration with QuickBooks. Funding raised by the company, which is now operating at net profitability, will enable it to meet a recent surge in demand for corporate loans and offer more to larger SMB businesses. And the company has made several billion in funding available to over 100,000 businesses since launching, positioning itself as a leading European fintech.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Aug 2025
$15.6m
SERIES D
Aug 2019
$13.2m
GRANT
Total funding: $111.6m
Company benefits
- Work where you work best: Twice a year we rent houses in places like Sicily and the French Alps where each team can work together for a week poolside. We champion flexible working in all our teams
- Invest in iwoca: We want people to be invested in iwoca's success so after six months you'll be awarded share options
- Keep yourself healthy: We offer comprehensive health insurance and cash plans. You'll also get gym discounts and we host yoga classes in the office every week
- Start (and end) your day right: Each floor of iwoca HQ has a fully stocked fridge for breakfast and every Friday we unwind with beers and wine
- Life-work balance: We know your life outside of work comes first. We offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave for new parents plus a nursery benefit. We also have unlimited unpaid leave
- Learning and development: Whether you want to learn to code, experiment with motion design, or beat cognitive biases, you'll have time and budget to invest in your professional development
Company values
- Motivated: Going to work shouldn't feel like a slog, so we want everyone in the team to personally care about what they're working on. We stay motivated by celebrating our wins, learning from our mistakes, and always looking for new gaps to step into
- Smart: At iwoca being smart isn't about what you know, it's about how you think. Smart thinking means looking at each problem by asking ‘why’ first, then figuring out ‘how’
- Humble: We know all ideas are flawed, all code has bugs, and everyone makes mistakes - it’s how we learn. For us, being humble means you question yourself first, rather than your team
- Growth Mindset: We think there's always a better way to solve a problem. So we never let ourselves get comfortable with being good enough
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Christoph Rieche
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously spent 7 years at Goldman Sachs as a Vice President before co-founding iwoca in 2011.
Joost Versteeg
(CMO)Joost initially joined iwoca in 2017 as an Intern. Since then, they have held a number of roles, from Growth Analyst to Head of Commercial Strategy and became CMO in 2024.
People progressing
Serita joined as a Customer Onboarder, before moving into the Broker Team. Most recently they have been promoted to Partnership Manager.
Leo joined in 2018 as a Client Onboarder. Since then, they have worked in a number of roles and now serve as the Product Manager.
Jenny originally joined the Client Onboarding team and now leads the Customer Success department for the German business.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at iwoca
- We work hard to make iwoca a place where everyone feels welcome, where you can confidently be yourself. We understand that diversity isn't an optional add-on, it's the core ingredient of what makes us great.
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