Head of Communications

🕒 September 15

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $250k - $350k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🗣️ Communications

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Atticus

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51 - 200 employees

🏥 Healthcare

🛡️ Insurance

⚖️ Legal

Healthcare • Insurance • Legal

Atticus is a law firm dedicated to helping individuals navigate the complexities of obtaining various types of aid, such as disability benefits, workers' compensation, and veterans' benefits, from government and insurance agencies. The firm emphasizes its commitment to cutting through bureaucracy and providing fast, effective, and personalized legal assistance. Atticus offers free advice through a team of in-house, Stanford-trained lawyers and matches clients with vetted law firms who work on a contingency fee basis. With high ratings and numerous positive client testimonials, Atticus is trusted for its expertise and client-focused approach in delivering better outcomes than attempting the process alone.

📋 Description

• Establish Atticus’s media presence and shape how clients, law firms, the SSA, policymakers, and thought leaders understand the company and its impact • Own corporate communications and public relations, reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer • Build a communications program centered on data journalism and policy-driven storytelling, particularly around the SSA • Organize Washington fly-ins and stage Congressional events • Build media relationships so client experiences shape policy conversations • Set communications strategy, core messages, and a 12-month editorial calendar • Build operational infrastructure for communications • Develop an earned media strategy and secure coverage in major outlets and relevant trades • Lead policy newsjacking and rapid response with commentary, data, spokespeople, and op-eds • Support Congressional briefings, roundtables, and hill events • Own CEO and leadership positioning, thought leadership platforms, and crisis preparedness • Manage PR and public affairs agencies • Partner with Policy, Legal, Product, and Growth • Own media strategy, content calendar, approval workflows, messaging frameworks, and performance measurement • Hire and develop the communications team over time

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in communications • Meaningful experience in a policy-adjacent environment such as advocacy, government, a regulated industry, a mission-driven consumer brand, or a firm serving those clients • Track record of earned media wins delivered through data and original insight • Experience organizing fly-ins, staging Congressional events, working with hill staff, and moving policy narratives through Washington • Strong writing and editing skills across reporter pitches, CEO op-eds, internal memos, and talking points • Ability to coordinate agencies, Legal, Policy, executives, and Growth • Government affairs fluency, including understanding how Congress and federal agencies work • Relationships in Washington, or ability to build them quickly • Genuine compassion for the people served • Comfort working in a data-first, performance-driven culture

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity • Medical and dental insurance with 100% of employee premiums covered • 15 vacation days and approximately 20 paid holidays each year, including two weeks at end-of-year • Free membership to OneMedical • $600/year reimbursable stipend for internet service • $1,000 reimbursable stipend for education and training outside of work • Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance • 401(k) • Optional HSA/FSA • Remote-first/flexible work arrangement • Company-paid travel to LA as needed, usually quarterly, plus offsites • Creative latitude, real budget, and meaningful ownership • Humble, thoughtful, smart, fun colleagues