Mercury® Financial

Are you ready to build the future of our company?

About Mercury® Financial

Mercury® Financial is an innovative and growing financial services company with locations in both Austin, TX and Wilmington, DE. Our mission is to help customers build and maintain their financial future by offering them credit cards they can afford and understand. After only a few years, we’ve had great success building a significant credit card program, but we are aiming higher, which means we have lots of challenging problems for you to help us solve. Come onboard, work with some of the most talented individuals who thrive on collaboration and teamwork and help us continue to build something special.

Location

Mercury® Financial is headquartered in the progressive and entrepreneurial tech hub of Austin, Texas. Our physical location is situated in a beautiful park like setting called the Domain. The Domain’s ideal location and exceptional amenities, amazing restaurant selection, convenient parking are all perfect for after work happy hours!

Mercury® Financials’ Wilmington, Delaware office is located near the Riverfront. Wilmington is Delaware’s largest city and is the economic engine of the state. The Riverfront combines its rich history with a host of attractions that bring great food, entertainment, and shopping to our city. Based on its convenient location, direct access to I-95, Amtrak and SEPTA, this location allows our employees the flexibility to live in a variety of the surrounding areas.

What it’s like to work here:

We foster a collaborative and innovative culture where you will be empowered to do your best work. All of our employees bring everything they have to their job and are part of a larger team working towards a greater goal. We do right by our employees, our partners, and our customers.

Role:

The Director of Brand Strategy and Communications plays a critical role in the strategic development of our Brand and Communications. He/she will ensure that all creative and copy materials are aligned with building out our Brand to customers, investors, and prospects, with the long-term vision of building an iconic brand. This person will be responsible for the timely execution of creative campaigns. He/she will need to have strong leadership and collaboration skills to work across the different functional teams and agencies.

What a day is like:

• Responsible for crafting the Brand strategy and roadmap of activation activities
• Owner of the Brand strategy, guidelines, tone, look and feel
• Draws up communications plans with clearly defined objectives, key performance indicators, audiences, and timetables
• Oversees drafting and reviewing written deliverables such as press releases, newsletters, acquisitions, blogs, and engagement materials
• Collaborates with Creative and PR Agencies/ specialists and internal cross functional teams
• Oversees the creative and copy requirements of the organization’s official websites (corporate and consumer)
• Responsible for creating and maintaining unique social media strategies; staying up to date on social media trends; monitoring all social media profiles to determine engagement; and developing social media campaign ideas for new product launches and other events
• Works with the Corporate Strategic team to plan events such as panel discussions, press conferences, to elevate our company presence
• Manages media relations, in partnership with the PR agency
• Traveling to industry conferences to represent the organization
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral

You’re perfect for this role if you:

Required

• 7+ years’ experience managing Corporate and Brand communications
• Experience in managing and developing Brands

Valued

• Bachelor’s degree
• MBA, a plus

Why you’ll like working here:

This isn’t a place where you will fill a seat and keep your head down. This is a place where everybody is expected to help build something. This is a place where you can be involved and lead in your areas of expertise. So, how much do you believe in yourself? If you believe in your skills, in your drive and determination, we’ll give you the resources and room to show the world what you can do. Here are just a few of the benefits we offer:

• Employer insurance coverage for employee & dependents
• Life insurance
• 401K with generous employer match
• Wellness program
• Monthly Company Events
• Culture Committee
• Hybrid Work Model

Mercury® Financial is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

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