PR & Strategic Communications Lead

Job Description: As a Corporate Communications / PR professional with 1012+ years of experience within capital markets, especially in research & investment banking, you will be responsible for various key aspects. Your background in financial journalism, research communications, or strategy-led PR will be essential in handling multiple business verticals under a single brand. Your strong relationships with business and financial media will play a crucial role in your success. Your ability to read, interpret, and simplify financial / market research, along with your comfort engaging with analysts, bankers, investors, and senior leadership, will be highly valuable. Your excellent writing and editorial judgment, combined with high judgment on public statements, will be vital qualities for this role. Key Responsibilities: - **Media & External Communications:** - Own and deepen relationships with key financial journalists, editors, and opinion platforms. - Drive proactive and reactive media engagement, including quote requests, market commentary, authored articles, panel placement, and leadership interviews. - Ensure consistent, high-quality presence across Tier-1 business and financial media. - Manage and guide PR agencies with clear narratives, priorities, and guardrails. - **Research & Deal Narrative Translation (Critical):** - Work closely with Institutional Equities, Investment Banking, Wealth, and Asset Management teams to understand research outputs, sector views, and deal rationales. - Translate complex analysis into media-ready notes, explainers, and narratives. - Convert research insights, deal announcements, and market views into credible media content and social communication. - Act as a bridge between analytical depth and public articulation. - **Thought Leadership & Content Development:** - Develop and place authored articles, opinion pieces, and special reports and IP-led content. - Ensure content reflects institutional thinking, long-term orientation, and credibility over noise. - Partner with leadership to shape points of view around market cycles & wealth creation, capital formation, governance, and long-term value creation. - **Internal Communication & One Equirus Narrative:** - Lead internal communication initiatives to reinforce the One Equirus narrative, build brand pride and shared institutional identity, and improve understanding of Equirus businesses across teams. - Support leadership communication during strategic initiatives, organizational changes, and major milestones. - **Social Media & Digital Leverage:** - Shape Equirus presence on platforms such as Linked In and X through insight-led content, research-backed narratives, and leadership positioning. - Convert research and deal activity into platform-appropriate, high-credibility digital content. - Ensure social media reinforces trust and institutional seriousnessnot hype. Qualification & Experience: - 1012+ years in corporate communications / PR within capital markets, especially research & investment banking. - Background in financial journalism, research communications, or strategy-led PR. - Experience in handling multiple business verticals under a single brand. - Strong relationships with business and financial media. - Ability to read, interpret, and simplify financial / market research. - Comfort engaging with analysts, bankers, investors, and senior leadership. - Excellent writing and editorial judgment. - High judgment on what shouldand should notbe said publicly. Job Description: As a Corporate Communications / PR professional with 1012+ years of experience within capital markets, especially in research & investment banking, you will be responsible for various key aspects. Your background in financial journalism, research communications, or strategy-led PR will be essential in handling multiple business verticals under a single brand. Your strong relationships with business and financial media will play a crucial role in your success. Your ability to read, interpret, and simplify financial / market research, along with your comfort engaging with analysts, bankers, investors, and senior leadership, will be highly valuable. Your excellent writing and editorial judgment, combined with high judgment on public statements, will be vital qualities for this role. Key Responsibilities: - **Media & External Communications:** - Own and deepen relationships with key financial journalists, editors, and opinion platforms. - Drive proactive and reactive media engagement, including quote requests, market commentary, authored articles, panel placement, and leadership interviews. - Ensure consistent, high-quality presence across Tier-1 business and financial media. - Manage and guide PR agencies with clear narratives, priorities, and guardrails. - **Research & Deal Narrative Translation (Critical):** - Work closely with Institutional Equities, Investment Banking, Wealth, and Asset Ma