At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage media relationships, write press releases, and oversee multi-channel communications.
- Company: Checkout.com is a high-growth fintech company focused on building impactful media relationships.
- Benefits: Enjoy a hybrid working model with three days in the office for collaboration.
- Other info: Experience with AI tools to enhance productivity is a plus.
- Why this job: Join a fast-paced environment where you can make a significant impact from day one.
- Qualifications: 8-10 years in communications, preferably in high-growth tech or fintech environments.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Join Checkout.com's Communications and Content team. This is the ideal role for a communications operator who thrives in high‑growth scale‑up environments – building media relationships from scratch, moving fast across owned and earned channels, and delivering quality at pace. You’ll have 8‑10 years of experience, ideally earned in a high‑growth tech or fintech environment, where you have operated at speed, maintained a high bar for quality, and owned outcomes. You know how to craft a story – finding the angle, placing it, and following through. You’re comfortable writing a punchy press release at pace as well as briefing a journalist or building a content calendar. You can work with senior stakeholders on complex messaging challenges and zoom into tactical details, content review, social media, and more.
Responsibilities
- Owned channels: write and shape content that serves a clear audience and business goal.
- Earned media: identify strong stories, find the right journalist or influencer, build relationships, and land coverage across trophy, business, and tech press.
- Press office: manage inbound enquiries, coordinate interviews, hit response SLAs, and build positive relationships with media.
- Analyst and influencer relations: support ongoing work with analysts and new media voices in fintech and payments proactively.
- Multi‑channel communications: juggle different comms projects – from deadline‑driven press moments to campaign builds to reactive briefs – while maintaining quality and composure.
- AI‑augmented output: use AI tools as a productivity multiplier, knowing where they add pace and where human editing matters.
- Awards and recognition: identify award opportunities, write compelling submissions, and support the management of the awards calendar.
- Reporting: track performance, analyze results, and use insights to sharpen future moves.
Qualifications
- 8‑10 years in communications, with meaningful time in high‑growth tech, fintech, or startup environments; in‑house experience strongly preferred.
- Proven track record of placing stories, not just writing them.
- Strong writing across formats: press releases, pitches, briefing documents, social copy, short‑form content, all at pace.
- Comfortable with journalists, analysts, and influencers; able to build real relationships.
- Operationally sharp; run a tight press office, manage multiple workstreams, and meet deadlines.
- Self‑starting and resilient; navigate ambiguity with minimal hand‑holding.
- Data‑aware; use analytics to understand performance and adjust strategy, not just report numbers.
Additional Information
Bring all of you to work. We create the conditions for high performers to thrive, through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one. Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver.
Work Environment
Our hybrid working model offers flexibility with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.
Manager, Communications in City of Westminster employer: Checkout.com
Checkout.com offers a dynamic work environment that fosters high performance and real ownership. Located in a flexible hybrid setting, employees collaborate three days a week in the office. The team values meaningful challenges and recognises individual contributions to success.
