External Communications Manager

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.  We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk. 

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets. 

We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it.  DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.  

As the External Communications Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in telling the DRW story to the audiences we care about, which include trading counterparties, market structure influencers, recruiting candidates, and potential real estate and venture capital partners.  You’ll pivot from talking to Bloomberg to brainstorming thought leadership ideas to developing talking points for a complex market issue. You’ll excel in this role if you have strong media instincts, experience providing strategic counsel to senior leaders and enjoy getting to apply your expertise to a number of different projects.  The ideal candidate will have some agency experience and also will be seeking an opportunity to mentor others and oversee agency work. 

What you’ll do in this role:

• Develop strategic communications plans for all three of DRW’s subsidiaries, including identifying media and speaking opportunities, providing counsel to the business leaders and serving as the spokesperson
• Serve as a senior counselor in telling the DRW story globally, including refining our brand narrative, providing counsel to our social media team and identifying media opportunities
• Lead relationships with key trade associations to ensure alignment of messaging and provide strategic communications insight
• Manage DRW’s relationship with external agencies globally
• Partner with your marketing and talent acquisition colleagues to help DRW continue to attract the best candidates using external channels.
• Manage the creation of relevant communications assets, including executive bios, photo library, key messages, fact sheets and brand elements

You’ll be right at home if you have:

• 8+ years of experience in brand marketing, PR or strategic communications – top-tier media relations experience is a must, finance/tech experience a big plus
• Top-notch writing, editing and storytelling skills
• A “client service” mentality to partnering with internal stakeholders
• A curiosity for complex topics, especially in the financial services space
• A high level of comfort moving between projects and pivoting to be opportunistic in how you work
• Experience managing a team, either directly or on a project basis
• Exceptional project management skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, PR, Communications, Marketing or related field

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