Join Figma as an Executive Communications Manager to shape executive storytelling and enhance media strategy.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 4 hours ago
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Executive Communications Manager at Figma is responsible for crafting and refining the narratives that executives use to communicate the company's vision and values. This role requires strong writing skills across various formats, as well as strategic thinking to identify impactful messaging and channels. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in executive communications, a knack for influencing others, and a background that aligns with tech or creative industries. Figma's emphasis on collaboration and innovation suggests a dynamic environment where storytelling plays a crucial role in shaping the company's public image.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze August 24, 2026. Last confirmed on Figma's careers page October 9, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$129,600).
- Starts above 59% of 1238 comparable senior other roles in United States we track (median $143,000 across 190 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Executive Communications Manager role remote?
- It's hybrid — Figma expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA • New York, NY.
- What's the salary range?
- Figma lists $153,000–$269,000 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Figma is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA • New York, NY.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Figma targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Executive Communications Manager role at Figma.
From the original posting
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!
We're looking for an executive communications manager to shape Figma's story and how our execs tell it. You’ll partner with leaders across the business to turn early ideas into clear, compelling points of view and build platforms that only they can credibly own. From there you'll work with our comms team and Figmates across the company to get those stories told in the spaces and places where they’ll have the most impact.
A lot of the work is writing: essays, keynotes, social posts and op-eds. The rest is strategy: figuring out which ideas are worth developing, which audience needs to hear them, how a story travels and what makes people excited to share it.
This is a new role reporting to our VP of Communications. The ideal candidate will write and speak with the same precision and clarity they’d expect from the execs they support. They’ll know how to make someone sound sharp in a 140-character post and credible in a 3,000-word essay. You’ll operate with low ego, high conviction and the curiosity to uncover stories people want to hear and that our execs want to tell.
This is a full-time role based in San Francisco or New York City hubs.
What you'll do at Figma:
- Build the narrative framework executives across the business use to tell Figma's story, and their own
- Work with our comms team on media strategy, and bring sound judgment to messaging and channel selection
- Partner with (and occasionally spar) with executives to sharpen their ideas and the broader point of view behind them
- Build the system and infrastructure this function needs to keep our executive storytelling consistent and differentiated
- Find ways to measure impact and drive a culture of experimentation in our exec comms
- Extensive experience crafting narratives for senior executives across formats, channels and audiences
- A track record of writing for C-suite executives with strong opinions and high standards
- Executive presence, and a track record of influencing people who don't report to you
- Media relations experience and sound judgment on press, messaging and reputation
- Comfort with ambiguity, deep curiosity and a record of shipping strong work
While it's not required, it's an added plus if you also have:
- A journalism or editorial background, with an instinct for what's newsworthy and how a story reads to an outside audience
- Experience in tech, creative pursuits and/or product design and development
- Strong business literacy and the ability to translate complex financial and technical topics for a broader audience
- Passion for Figma and what we do!
Pay Transparency Disclosure
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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