Communications Manager

Company: Elliptic

Location: London, GB (remote)

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Company

Elliptic has just closed its largest funding round and operates in a market moving into mainstream. We are AI-native, scale-up paced, and operating at a genuinely interesting moment—a $120M Series D with institutions moving on-chain and a media and regulatory landscape that is evolving rapidly.

About the Role

You will help define how the world sees Elliptic, building the right earned media program, the right analyst relationships, and the right executive voices. You will have a direct bearing on how we are perceived by the customers, regulators, and partners that matter most.

Responsibilities

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
• 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)

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
• 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
• Identify opportunities for executives to participate in awards programs, advisory boards, and external recognition schemes

Analyst and Industry Relations

• 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

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)
• Support preparation for regulatory consultations, parliamentary or congressional engagements, and policy events

Communications Support

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

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
• Establish baseline metrics across PR, executive visibility, and analyst relations
• Land Elliptic's first structured analyst briefings with highest-priority contacts
• Each priority executive has a clear, distinct point of view on LinkedIn that is recognisably theirs
• Work confidently to execute the 6–12 month lobbying plan with the GPRG team

Requirements

Media Relations

• Operated in 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 contributing to an analyst relations programme

Executive Visibility

• Proven experience developing and managing LinkedIn content programmes for senior executives, ghostwriting, voice capture, and editorial cadence
• Strong byline writing capability; comfortable working at pace with senior stakeholders
• Experience building or maintaining executive message houses

Digital PR & AI Fluency

• Understanding of how digital PR influences SEO and LLM visibility, proven in practice
• Familiarity with GEO/LLM concepts and their application to B2B PR
• Comfortable using AI tools daily to improve speed and quality of output
• Appetite to stay ahead of how AI changes the communications landscape