CrossBoundary is a mission driven investment firm committed to unlocking the power of capital to make a strong return while creating a lasting difference in frontier markets.
Location
DC, London, or Nairobi, with frequent travel
Job Description
CrossBoundary is recruiting a seasoned, full-time Global Communications Lead to establish the firm as a leading influencer in our field and support building our businesses. This position requires a candidate with prior experience in communications, branding, and social media, ideally from the investment and renewable energy finance sectors, operating in a global environment. Risk management experience would be advantageous.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a communications strategy in support of the firm and its various business units
- Ensure that all communications and branding activities are reflective of the firm’s vision, virtues, and values
- Oversee and implement innovative technical communications improvements that will directly impact our Advisory and Energy businesses
- Support mini-grid, energy, and advisory entities through ongoing consultation, advisory, and direct execution
- Plan and oversee specific campaigns for investors, institutions, and clients (internal and external)
- Collect data and impact stories; analyze to evaluate success and story tell
- Develop published results to promote the firm’s successes on a global scale
- Draw out insights from our teams and coach them through translating these into compelling content across various communications and social media platforms
- Drive a robust social media program to ensure a regular and robust pipeline of content
- Oversee the global events calendar to ensure the firm’s representation at relevant events
- Work with key stakeholders in both advisory and energy to refine and improve business communication practices and subsequent iterations
- Provide global analysis of priority areas for business model improvement
- Conduct media training and coaching for key spokespeople ahead of interviews
- Host communications and social media training to ensure firm members are adept at supporting our global communications initiatives
- Sensitize the firm to potential reputation risk issues and help them to navigate the same
- Engage and interface with external suppliers to support the delivery of communications objectives as required
- Develop and oversee the communications budget
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications
- 8 – 10 years of experience in communications, branding, digital and social media, ideally in the financial services and/or renewable energy sectors
- Grammatically flawless English writing, editing, and verbal communication skills
- Extensive list of media contacts in underserved markets and the private equity, international business, or international development fields
- Basic working knowledge of HTML, Javascript, CSS, or other web publishing languages
- Intuitive writer – writing clearly, concisely, and persuasively is effortless for you
- Outstanding PowerPoint presentation skills, including the ability to illustrate concepts visually
- Strong relationship-building skills
- Team player who seeks out collaboration within the company and with external partners
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong organizational skills
- Independent worker who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Awareness of and proficiency using new and social media platforms
- Familiarity with search engine optimization and web traffic metrics
- User interface design experience
Equal Opportunity Employer
CrossBoundary is an equal opportunity employer
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