Senior Policy & Communications Campaigns Lead

Affirm, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 164,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Monthly stipends for tech setup

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. in Washington, DC / New York City area is seeking a senior communications strategist to shape policy-focused narratives and drive coverage across media, policy makers, and public affairs.

You’ll craft campaigns, build trusted relationships with reporters, editors, and advocates, and partner with legal, comms, and marketing teams to advance conversations about responsible credit. This remote-first role requires strong writing, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate complex

Qualifications

• Campaign mindset for shaping long-form narratives across channels.
• Extensive media relationships across policy, business, and tech.
• Proven experience running complex press strategies end to end.
• Strong policy communications skills with advocacy implications.
• Ability to connect people and ideas across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop the strategy and run the campaign; set sequence and moments.
• Shape what becomes news by weaving Affirm into stories.
• Build original consumer research and data into persuasive evidence.
• Build a media bench with reporters, editors, producers and writers.
• Partner with public affairs and government relations to engage advocates.
• Prepare executives and spokespeople for op-eds, panels, interviews.
• Track and report on whether the argument appears and moves.

Skills

Campaign mindset

Media relationships

Policy communications

Connector

Proactive instinct

Complex subjects

Persuasive writing

Sound judgment

Collaboration

Transparency advocacy

Job description

Affirm, Inc. in Washington, DC / New York City area is seeking a senior communications strategist to shape policy-focused narratives and drive coverage across media, policy makers, and public affairs.

You’ll craft campaigns, build trusted relationships with reporters, editors, and advocates, and partner with legal, comms, and marketing teams to advance conversations about responsible credit. This remote-first role requires strong writing, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate complex