Policy Communications Associate

Policy Communications Associate

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; minimum of 2-3 years of experience in public relations/communications or journalism required
• Exceptional writing and editing skills
• Energetic self-starter and constant learner who is proactive, resourceful and works effectively in a dynamic, collaborative environment
• Eagerness and aptitude to learn and explain broad subject matter quickly
• Understanding of the current political landscape
• Demonstrated project management skills with attention to detail
• Ability to work well under pressure; anticipate and adapt to continually changing workload priorities; and effectively manage multiple tasks
• Must have excellent relationship-management skills and experience working across different cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Track and manage logistics internally and externally with respect to Robinhood executive speaking engagements
• Establishing deadlines and preparing briefing documents and working with assigned writers and subject matter experts to assemble briefing packages
• Research and provide recommendations on where members of the Robinhood team engage externally, including conferences, speaking engagements, awards and more
• Provide content support to the communications team, drafting blog posts, pitches and other various external-facing materials to align with comms initiatives and launches
• Support the policy communications team as needed to respond to inquiries and help schedule interviews, working directly with reporters, producers, bookers
• Help create, update and maintain materials to align the communications team and company on key policy and corporate issues and ensure teammates are provided updated materials regularly
• Ensure the team is organized and serves as the point person for talking points, public statements, etc.
• Regularly update and refresh external facing policy material, including for the company’s policy-focused website
• Assist with supporting the government affairs and external affairs teams with projects, initiatives and speaking engagements
• Organize key communications assets
• Update trackers/calendars of all our events
• Maintain databases that house statements, key data we use regularly
• Ensure briefing materials are consolidated in one organized place
• Work in close collaboration with senior communication leadership to support internal and external communications efforts

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in financial services communications and/or Hill experience strongly preferred