Director, Communications

Figma is hiring a Director of Communications to help us set a new standard for corporate communications at a public company. We aren’t looking to build upon the standard corporate comms playbook; we’re looking to reimagine it from first principles. Successful candidates will go beyond simply setting strategy to define a new model for how public companies communicate, partnering across the company — finance, investor relations, legal, brand studio, product and design — to mine and tell stories that drive conversation across audiences, formats and channels. 

This role calls for range. You should be as comfortable in a spreadsheet as you are on X/Twitter. You’re capable of crafting campaigns around quarterly earnings and cultural moments. You speak the language of finance and know what it takes to translate it for a broader audience without dumbing it down. You embrace ambiguity, are collaborative by default, and are energized by the chance to lead a team and build something new.

This is a full-time role based in San Francisco or New York City hubs.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Define and drive Figma’s corporate storytelling strategy end-to-end, from narrative development to execution across channels
• Move beyond traditional PR to create integrated campaigns that cut through across media, owned platforms and executive communications
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business and financial momentum into clear, compelling stories and campaigns
• Work closely with executives to shape narratives that resonate with business and financial audiences, from briefings to thought leadership
• Identify and develop breakthrough story angles that position Figma at the center of key industry and market conversations
• Build and deepen relationships with top-tier business and financial reporters across the U.S. and U.K.
• Stay close to the news cycle while proactively creating opportunities that put Figma ahead of it
• Continue to grow your scope and influence as the company scales

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 12+ years of experience in in-house corporate communications
• A track record of building and scaling communications programs and teams from the ground up
• Strong business and financial fluency, with the ability to translate complexity into clear, engaging narratives, and pitches
• Experience operating in fast-paced environments where direction isn’t always defined—and comfort creating it
• Demonstrated experience crafting a point of view on storytelling that goes beyond conventional PR approaches

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• An understanding of product design, software development and/or cloud-native applications