Communications Manager

About this role

The impact you will have:

Elliptic has just closed its largest funding round, operates in a market that is moving into mainstream, and has executives with genuine vision and contributions to make to the on-chain finance agenda. The person in this role will help define how the world sees Elliptic, building the right earned media program, the right analyst relationships, and the right executive voices, and will have a direct bearing on how we are perceived by the customers, regulators, and partners that matter most.

PR program

- Day-to-day management of the PR agency: briefing, prioritization, performance, and keeping delivery on strategy

- Working with the agency, build and maintain relationships with tier-one journalists across business, crypto, fintech, and payments beats globally

- Lead earned media activity for major announcements including funding rounds, product launches, research reports, and regulatory developments

- Monitor competitive PR activity across TRM Labs and Chainalysis and flag implications to the Director of Communications

- Own PR reporting: coverage quality, share of voice, and digital PR metrics including backlink quality and LLM visibility

Digital PR and AI/LLM visibility

- Incorporate a digital PR strategy designed to improve Elliptic’s visibility in AI-generated answers, LLM-cited sources, and AI Overviews, not just traditional search

- Partner with content and SEO to produce stat-rich, citable assets (research, data studies, reports) that earn organic links and AI citations from authoritative publications

- Partner with content and growth teams who track Elliptic’s presence across LLM platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini) and feed insights back into the PR program where relevant.

Executive visibility and thought leadership

- Working with the Director of Communications and PR Agency, create and manage LinkedIn content programs for key executives (CEO, CSO), including editorial strategy, ghostwriting, cadence management, and engagement monitoring, producing content that sounds authentically like each individual, not like a corporate feed

- Working with the agency, write and place executive bylines, op-eds, and long-form thought leadership articles in target publications

- Maintain the executive message house for each priority spokesperson, ensuring consistent narrative across LinkedIn, speaking slots, media interviews, and analyst briefings

- Identify and manage a pipeline of speaking, podcast, and roundtable opportunities

- Track and report on executive share of voice, LinkedIn audience growth, engagement quality, and speaking performance; use data to continuously improve the program

- Identify opportunities for executives to participate in awards programs, advisory boards, and external recognition schemes that build individual and brand credibility

Analyst and industry relations

The Director of Communications will set the approach; you will run the programme day to day.

- Manage ongoing relationships with priority analysts and industry influencers: briefings, inquiry responses, and regular contact

- Coordinate analyst briefing schedules and ensure the right people from product, commercial, and communications are prepared and aligned

- Track coverage and citations across analyst outputs; report on how Elliptic is described relative to competitors and feed intelligence back to the business

Government affairs and lobbying support

- Day-to-day coordination with external lobbying and government affairs agency: briefings, scheduling, and keeping workstreams on track

- Support the drafting of materials in support of government affairs activity including submissions, briefing notes, position papers, and correspondence

- Monitor relevant regulatory and policy developments (MiCA, FIT21, FATF guidance, and others) with the Government, Policy and Regulations team (GPRG)

- Support preparation for regulatory consultations, parliamentary or congressional engagements, and policy events as required

Communications support

- Support the Director of Communications on ad hoc projects including crisis communications, executive media preparation, and major announcements

What you will achieve in the first 6 months:

- Have the PR agency working to strategy, with a proactive media calendar in place and measurable improvement in tier-one coverage quality

- Established baseline metrics across PR, executive visibility, and AR, so there's a clear picture of where the program started and where it's heading

- Landed Elliptic's first structured analyst briefings with the highest-priority contacts identified in the mapping exercise

- Each priority executive has a clear, distinct point of view on LinkedIn that is recognisably theirs, and that is visibly influencing how Elliptic is talked about in the market

- Working confidently to execute the 6-12 month lobbying plan with the GPRG team

You will be a great fit here if you:

- You'll be a great fit here if the idea of building market leading programs from a solid foundation in a market that is changing in real time, energises rather than unnerves you.

- Elliptic is AI-native, scale-up paced, and operating at a genuinely interesting moment, a $120M Series D, institutions moving on-chain, and a media and regulatory landscape that is evolving as fast as the industry itself.

- If you want a role where you'll learn more in six months than most people do in two years, this is it.

Our ideal candidate has:

- Operated in a hands-on media relations roles across global markets

- Demonstrable track record of securing tier-one coverage in financial, technology, and/or regulatory press

- PR agency background, you understand how agencies work and how to get the most from them

Analyst relations

- Hands-on experience engaging with analysts in a structured way, briefing, inquiry responses, relationship management

- Experience building or significantly…