Communications Specialist, Hippo Insurance
$67.3-112.3k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Digital home-insurance provider
Be an early applicant
Digital home-insurance provider
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$67.3-112.3k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To change how people think about home care and home insurance.
Role
Who you are
- A natural-born communicator
- An excellent writer with experience creating compelling copy that matches Hippo’s brand and tone of voice
- A creative thinker who can identify industry trends and topics to craft effective pitches
- A cross-functional collaborator who can partner with design, product, marketing, legal, finance, and HR
- 2+ years of communications experience in-house or at an agency working with D2C tech or B2B clients, preferably within a regulated industry
- Exceptional writing and communication skills with the ability to craft clear, engaging messages and confidently pitch both internally and externally
- Experience contributing to cross-functional projects and collaborating across teams
- Highly organized, deadline-driven, and adaptable to a fast-paced environment
- A true team player—comfortable taking on both big and small tasks, eager to contribute to a fast-paced marketing team and company
- Excellent project management skills, with a sharp attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple initiatives simultaneously
What the job involves
- Reporting to: Director, Corporate Communications
- Hippo is looking for a Communications Specialist to help d that align with Hippo’s brand and business goals
- This role offers a unique opportunity to participate in external and internal storytelling, giving you broad visibility into an evolving industry and the chance to make a significant impact
- You’ll drive PR initiatives and storytelling that resonate with business, consumer, employee, and industry audiences
- You’ll help craft pitches and thought leadership content and generate media interviews and speaker opportunities that lead to high impact coverage
- Additionally, you’ll support internal storytelling and messaging, helping prepare meeting content and resources for employees
- You’ll also track and report on the effectiveness of Hippo’s broader communication program
- As a key member of Hippo’s marketing team, you’ll actively contribute to brainstorming new approaches, shaping compelling narratives for various audiences, and ensuring communications strategies seamlessly integrate with overall marketing efforts
- Advance Hippo’s mission and business objectives through creative, data-driven storytelling and pitching media to drive coverage
- Execute communications strategies, key company initiatives, including product launches, quarterly earnings, and industry events
- Support Hippo’s communications directors and manage comms projects across the marketing team
- Identify, research and create unique story angles that proactively insert Hippo into relevant conversations
- Ideate and own the development of blog posts, press releases, talking points, FAQs, and media lists
- Track, measure, and report on the impact of communications initiatives and generate a monthly internal newsletter using monitoring tools
Our take
Hippo Insurance is a disrupter brand in the insurance market, using technology to change the way home insurance is managed. Based on smart home monitoring systems, clients can monitor the security of their homes and fix minor issues that may turn into larger ones later down the line.
Part of the new 'insurtech' revolution, Hippo Insurance brings a modern way of thinking to the somewhat outdated insurance market. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Hippo is technology-first and AI-driven. Its policies and services are currently available to 80% of US homeowners across 37 states.
The multi-unicorn company has garnered interest from established insurers and home-building companies eager to ride the insurtech wave. However, following a completed business combination with Reinvent Technology Partners Z in 2021, 83% of the latter's raised capital was withdrawn from Hippo. Though it still began trading at a value of $5 billion that year, Hippo's dramatic change of fortunes with Reinvent exemplifies how unpredictable the insurtech market can be, even for major players.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Nov 2020
$350m
CONVERTIBLE
Jul 2020
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $709m
Company benefits
- Healthy Hippos Benefits - Multiple medical plans to choose from and 100% employer covered dental & vision plans for our team members and their families. We also offer a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for health and dependent care, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Equity
- Training and Career Growth - Training and internal career growth opportunities
- Flexible Time Off - You know when and how you should recharge
- Little Hippos Program - We offer 12 weeks of parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
- Hippo Habitat - Downtown Austin, a 5-minute walk from the train station. Snacks and drinks available and catered lunches for onsite employees
Company HQ
University South, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Assaf Wand
(Executive Chairman)Obtained an MBA from the University of Chicago. Was a Senior Associate at McKinsey. Founded Sabi in 2009, and co-founded Hippo in 2015.
Eyal Navon
(CTO)Eyal has a background in Software Engineering with the Israel Defence Forces and various startups. They then founded a Software Design Studio and a Software Consultancy before co-founding Hippo.
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