Head of PR & Communications - Remote

Director, Communications
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma's platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!
Figma is hiring a Director of Communications to help us set a new standard for corporate communications at a public company. Successful candidates will go beyond simply setting strategy to define a new model for how public companies communicate, partnering across the company—finance, investor relations, legal, brand studio, product and design—to mine and tell stories that drive conversation across audiences, formats and channels.
You should be as comfortable in a spreadsheet as you are on X/Twitter. You're capable of crafting campaigns around quarterly earnings and cultural moments. You speak the language of finance and know what it takes to translate it for a broader audience without dumbing it down. This is a full-time role based in San Francisco or New York City hubs.
Move beyond traditional PR to create integrated campaigns that cut through across media, owned platforms and executive communications
Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business and financial momentum into clear, compelling stories and campaigns
Work closely with executives to shape narratives that resonate with business and financial audiences, from briefings to thought leadership
Build and deepen relationships with top-tier business and financial reporters across the U.Stay close to the news cycle while proactively creating opportunities that put Figma ahead of it
12+ years of experience in in-house corporate communications

• A track record of building and scaling communications programs and teams from the ground up
• Strong business and financial fluency, with the ability to translate complexity into clear, engaging narratives, and pitches
• Demonstrated experience crafting a point of view on storytelling that goes beyond conventional PR approaches

An understanding of product design, software development and/or cloud-native applications

Pay Transparency Disclosure If based in Figma's San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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