Careers at Founders Comms

Founders Comms works with the most ambitious founders, startups, scaleups and venture investors to help them tell their story clearly, build trust and navigate a fast moving external environment. We combine senior level strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, helping high growth companies communicate with conviction and engage effectively with the audiences that matter.
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Our aim is to give clients earlier access to senior expertise across communications, external affairs and strategy, helping them anticipate what is coming next, engage effectively and scale with confidence.
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In today’s landscape, strong communication and thoughtful external engagement shape reputation, influence key conversations and create real momentum for businesses looking to grow. We bring deep experience in early stage and high growth companies, and work closely with founders to respond with clarity and confidence.
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We are building a team of experienced operators and advisors who enjoy both the thinking and the doing, and who want to help build a new kind of communications partner for high growth companies.

Open positions:

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Advisor (Comms)

The Role
We are seeking a strategic, commercially minded communications professional with experience in corporate or strategic comms, ideally within tech or other high growth sectors. You’ll be confident advising founders, comfortable managing multiple workstreams, and skilled at turning insight into clear, compelling narratives.

This role suits someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes ownership and wants to help shape a young agency’s approach, culture and client work. You will work closely with the co-founders, lead client delivery, and play a significant role in building our capabilities as we grow.

Working closely with the co-founders you will:
  • Develop and implement strategic communications plans that support clients’ commercial objectives and growth opportunities.
  • Advise founders, executives, and leadership teams on reputation, media strategy, and stakeholder communication.
  • Drive execution across multiple workstreams, ensure clear progress and measurable impact.
  • Manage relationships with key external stakeholders, including media, investors, and internal groups such as leadership teams and employees.
  • Support the agency’s growth by identifying opportunities for business development and enhancing our service offerings.
About You
‍The candidate will:‍
  • Demonstrate strategic and commercial acumen, with a proven ability to align communications with business objectives.
  • Have a strong track record of execution and results, with experience driving impactful media and stakeholder campaigns.
  • Be a skilled media operator, with relevant press and industry contacts.
  • Possess exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives for different audiences.
  • Be well connected within the startup/tech ecosystem, with a keen understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing scaling companies.
  • Be detail-oriented and organised, ensuring precision and excellence in all work.
  • Have a self-starter mindset, with the ability to proactively identify opportunities for clients and the agency.
  • Be motivated by the chance to help shape a young, growing agency.
Compensation & benefits:
  • Competitive salary
  • Performance related bonus
  • Employer pension
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Private medical insurance
  • Health cashback plan
  • Life insurance
  • Flexible working hours
  • Hybrid working
If you’re passionate about startups, scaleups, and strategic communications and want to be part of a dynamic, growing agency, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply, please share a short cover email and your CV with us at hello@founderscomms.co
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Advisor (Public Affairs)

The Role
We are looking for a public affairs specialist with a strong track record of building relationships and advocating effectively with government, parliamentarians, regulators and industry bodies. You’ll bring sound judgement, sharp stakeholder instincts and the ability to engage credibly on public policy issues that matter to clients.
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This role suits someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, takes ownership and wants to shape our public affairs capability from day one. You will work closely with the co-founders, lead stakeholder engagement, advise clients directly and support corporate communications where political insight strengthens our work.

Working closely with the co-founders you will:
  • Develop strategic public affairs and policy plans that support clients’ commercial objectives and their scaling strategy.
  • Reliably execute on these plans, ensuring clear, measurable progress and accountability.
  • Develop relevant public affairs and policy materials including position and policy papers.
  • Develop supportive corporate communications materials including thought leadership articles, blogs and social media content.
  • Build and maintain relationships across key stakeholder groups, including officials, political advisers, politicians, regulators and trade bodies.
About You
‍The candidate will:‍
  • Bring solid public affairs and policy experience, ideally gained in government, advisory, industry or a high growth environment.
  • Show a clear track record of delivery, with examples of navigating political, regulatory or stakeholder complexity.
  • Be a skilled media operator, with relevant press and industry contacts.
  • Demonstrate sound political judgement and the ability to simplify issues for clients.
  • Write to a high standard and communicate with clarity, pace and confidence.
  • Be well connected within the startup/tech ecosystem, with a keen understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing scaling companies.
  • Be detail-oriented and organised, ensuring precision and excellence in all work.
  • Have a self-starter mindset, with the ability to proactively identify opportunities for clients and the agency.
  • Be motivated by the chance to help shape a young, growing agency.
Compensation & benefits:
  • Competitive salary
  • Performance related bonus
  • Employer pension.
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Private medical insurance
  • Health cashback plan
  • Life insurance
  • Flexible working hours
  • Hybrid working
If you’re passionate about startups, scaleups, and strategic communications and want to be part of a dynamic, growing agency, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply, please share a short cover email and your CV with us at hello@founderscomms.co
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Talent pool

We're always keen to connect with fantastic people in the ecosystem, so drop us an email and CV at hello@founderscomms.co if you're interested in the work we're doing.

Why work with us?

We offer the best of both worlds: a young, ambitious agency that’s growing quickly, coupled with the backing of the Founders Forum Group, one of the world’s most connected tech ecosystems.

We love working with founders. We get genuinely excited about understanding their vision and helping them communicate it in a clear, persuasive and powerful way. We’re committed to producing high quality, commercially aligned work for some of the most interesting and high potential startups and scaleups in the UK and beyond.

We believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted and able to balance the different parts of their lives. We’re building a culture that reflects that - grounded, flexible and human - and you’ll help shape it from the start.

Our office is based within the Founders Forum Group space at the Strand, working side by side with teams like Founders HR, Founders Keepers, Founders Law and Founders Makers. We like being together in the office around three days a week, and we value flexibility. Work life balance is something we actively role model as co founders.
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