Communications Specialist

What you'll work on:

• Media list development and management.
• Mining news for trends, hooks and insights.
• Coordinating the speaker’s bureau and media trackers.
• Measurement and share of voice analysis.
• Trade media outreach.
• Drafting press releases and related external content.
• Running the Circle News employee slack channel.
• Policy research and insights.
• EveryoneSocial employee advocacy program support.
• Customer story management.
• Circle Impact and rolling out our CSR initiatives.

What you’ll be part of:

With the mission “To raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value,” Circle was founded on the belief that the internet, blockchains and digital currency will rewire the global economic system, creating a fundamentally more open, inclusive, efficient and integrated world economy. We envision a global economy where people and businesses everywhere can more freely connect and transact with each other with new technologies for digital money and internet-native finance. We believe such a system can raise prosperity for people and companies everywhere. Our mission is powered by the values we espouse and which we expect all Circlers to respect. We are Multistakeholder, serving the needs of our customers, our shareholders, our employees and families, our local communities and our world. Furthermore, we are also Mindful, Driven by Excellence, and High Integrity.

You will aspire to our four core values:

• Multistakeholder - you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
• Mindful - you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.
• Driven by Excellence - you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals.
• High Integrity - you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards. You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

What you'll bring to Circle:

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, public relations or related field
• Documented experience in a Communications role via internship or part-time assignment.
• Baseline PR knowledge and experience - how to write a release, how to build relationships with media and exposure to building and executing against a communication plan.
• Outstanding writing and verbal communication skills.
• Appetite for learning, growth and career development.
• Get it done attitude with ability to pivot fast, go with the flow and take on new challenges.
• A foundational understanding of markets, finance, banking, and economics.
• A deep interest in crypto and blockchain infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack and Apple MacOS preferred.

About

Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currency and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle platforms and products provide a suite of internet-native financial services for payments, treasury infrastructure and capital formation. Circle is also a principal developer of USD Coin (USDC), which has become the fastest growing dollar digital currency in the world. USDC has grown to over 40 billion in circulation and supported over $1.3 trillion in transactions in the past year. Circle’s payments and treasury infrastructure services available through the Circle Account and APIs helps bridge the legacy financial system and digital currency and blockchain based finance. Circle’s SeedInvest service brings internet-native fundraising and capital formation to startups and growth companies. Combined, Circle’s suite of services helps companies to participate in a more open, global and inclusive financial system.