Head of Communications

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for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes: Overview, About Atticus, About The Role (description), What You'll Own (list of responsibilities), What Success Looks Like In Year One (maybe could be considered responsibilities or outcomes), About You (requirements/qualifications), Why Atticus (maybe not needed), Salary And Benefits (includes pay and benefits), Location (remote). Also there is repeated sections. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate. We need to use

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  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we need sections: About the role (maybe we can call it About the role). Responsibilities (What You'll Own). Requirements/Qualifications/Skills (About You). Benefits (Salary And Benefits includes benefits). Pay (Salary And Benefits includes salary band). Schedule? Not mentioned besides remote and travel quarterly. Could be schedule: remote, flexible, quarterly travel. That's specific enough? It says "Location This job is fully remote ... travel to LA ... usually quarterly, plus offsites." That's schedule/location info. Could be considered Schedule section. We'll include Schedule if we have specific content: remote work, quarterly travel to LA. That's specific. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have salary band specific: $250,000 to $350,000 plus equity. That's specific. We need to avoid duplicating content. We'll extract responsibilities list from "What You'll Own". It's a bullet list but in prose. We'll turn into

  • . Responsibilities items: - Set the communications strategy, core messages, and a 12-month editorial calendar that grows Atticus's media coverage. - Build the operational infrastructure that makes it all run. - Earned media strategy: Build a public relations program that consistently lands Atticus in the outlets that shape public and policymaker perception. You’ll turn our data into the kind of insight reporters can’t find anywhere else, earning placement in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and major trades that cover SSA, disability and consumer access to legal help. - Policy newsjacking and rapid response: Build the muscle to move quickly when SSA or adjacent policy news breaks: commentary, data, spokespeople, op-eds. Make Atticus the first call when a report needs perspective on the benefits system. - Public affairs and Congressional engagement: Partner with our Public Affairs and Advocacy team to design and execute DC fly-ins that put client stories in front of members and staff. Support Congressional briefings, roundtables, and hill events. - Corporate communications: Own execution positioning for our CEO and leadership team, thought leadership platforms, and crisis preparedness. - Agency and stakeholder management: Quarterback our PR and public affairs agencies. Partner closely with Policy, Legal, Product, and Growth to make sure that our external voice reflects the full company. - Communications operations: Own the operational infrastructure for PR and Comms at Atticus – media strategy, content calendar, approval workflows, messaging frameworks, and performance measurement. - Team building: Hire and develop the comms team over time as the function grows. Also "What Success Looks Like In Year One" could be considered responsibilities or outcomes; but we could incorporate as part of responsibilities or separate section? The instruction: use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could treat "What Success Looks Like In Year One" as part of Responsibilities or maybe as a separate section but not in list. Since not in allowed headings, we could incorporate into Responsibilities as prose. But we must preserve all substantive information; we could add a

    under Responsibilities summarizing success metrics. However we should not invent or summarize away detail; we could keep as a

    after the list. About You section: requirements. Extract: - 10+ years in communications, with meaningful time in a policy-adjacent environment – advocacy, government, a regulated industry, a mission-driven consumer brand, or a firm serving those clients. - Track record of earned media wins delivered through data and original insight, not just relationships. You know how to turn a data set into a story a reporter will actually run. - Public affairs chops. You’ve organized fly-ins, staged Congressional events, worked with hill staff, and know how to move a policy narrative through Washington. - A strong writer and editor. You can move fluently between a reporter pitch, a CEO op-ed, an internal memo, and a set of talking points. You set a high bar for the writing coming out of the function and our agency partners. - A cross-functional quarterback. You’re comfortable holding the middle across agencies, Legal, Policy, executives, and Growth, and getting to clarity when interests don’t automatically align. - Government affairs fluency. You understand how Congress and federal agencies actually work, and you have the relationships (or the ability to build them quickly) to be effective in DC. - Genuine compassion for the people we serve. Our clients are often at the hardest moments of their lives. The comms leader for this company must care about that in a way that shows up in the work. - Comfort in a performance-driven culture. Atticus is a data-first company. You’re excited to bring comms thinking into that environment and hold your own function to a similar bar. We could split into Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. But we have only one "About You". We could put all under Requirements (or Qualifications). The instruction: use headings for those sections if content exists. We could create Requirements (experience), Qualifications (education? not present), Skills (writing, etc). But we must not create sections with filler. Since we have specifics, we could create three sections: Requirements (10+ years experience, policy-adjacent), Qualifications (maybe none), Skills (writer, cross-functional, government affairs, compassion, data-first). However Qualifications would be empty if we don't have specific qualifications like degree. Better to put all under Requirements or Skills. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into one section "About You" but we must use allowed headings. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could use Requirements for experience, Skills for abilities, and maybe Qualifications left out. But we need to preserve all info; we can put experience under Requirements, and the rest under Skills. That seems reasonable. Thus:

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          remote, quarterly travel to LA. We must not repeat content. Ensure we don't duplicate. Now craft HTML. We need to avoid markdown fences. Just raw HTML. Let's write. Check for any boilerplate removal: remove lines like "Location Remote Employment Type Full time Location Type Remote Department Marketing OverviewApplication About Atticus". We'll ignore. We'll start with

          About the role

          then a paragraph summarizing role: Atticus sits at intersection..., mission to establish media presence, shape stakeholders understanding, own corporate comms and PR, report to CMO, partner with heads, build communications program anchored in data journalism and policy-driven storytelling, etc. We need to preserve all substantive information from that section. Let's extract prose from "About The Role" paragraph: "Atticus sits at the intersection of regulated legal services, consumer technology, and one of the most consequential policy landscapes in the country. Every change at the Social Security Administration, every Congressional hearing on benefits access, every backlog data release – these are moments that shape our clients’ lives, and moments where Atticus has something distinctive to say. We’re hiring our first Head of Communications to turn those opportunities into coverage, credibility, and influence. Your mission: establish our media presence and shape how stakeholders – clients, law firms, the SSA, policymakers, and thought leaders – understand our company and our impact. You’ll own corporate communications and public relations, reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, Amanda Runner, and partnering closely with Stephanie Akpa, Head of Policy and Public Affairs; Arpit Garg, Chief Legal Officer; and Sam Byker, Founder & CEO. You’ll build a communications program anchored in two engines: data journalism and policy-driven storytelling, particularly around the SSA. On the public affairs side, you’ll partner closely with our Head of Policy and Public Affairs to organize Washington fly-ins, stage Congressional events, and build the media relationships that let our clients’ experiences shape policy conversations. This is a builder role, meaning the function will carry your fingerprints for years. You’ll inherit a strong strategic foundation, supported by a noble mission, proprietary data, and compelling client stories. The rest – media relationships, the rapid-response muscle, the newsroom, the team – is yours to design and build." We'll put that in

          . Now Responsibilities list as above. Now Requirements: "10+ years in communications, with meaningful time in a policy-adjacent environment – advocacy, government, a regulated industry, a mission-driven consumer brand, or a firm serving those clients." We'll put that in

          . Now Skills list: items from About You after that. - Track record of earned media wins delivered through data and original insight, not just relationships. You know how to turn a data set into a story a reporter will actually run. - Public affairs chops. You’ve organized fly-ins, staged Congressional events, worked with hill staff, and know how to move a policy narrative through Washington. - A strong writer and editor. You can move fluently between a reporter pitch, a CEO op-ed, an internal memo, and a set of talking points. You set a high bar for the writing coming out of the function and our agency partners. - A cross-functional quarterback. You’re comfortable holding the middle across agencies, Legal, Policy, executives, and Growth, and getting to clarity when interests don’t automatically align. - Government affairs fluency. You understand how Congress and federal agencies actually work, and you have the relationships (or the ability to build them quickly) to be effective in DC. - Genuine compassion for the people we serve. Our clients are often at the hardest moments of their lives. The comms leader for this company must care about that in a way that shows up in the work. - Comfort in a performance-driven culture. Atticus is a data-first company. You’re excited to bring comms thinking into that environment and hold your own function to a similar bar. We'll put each as

        • . Now Benefits list from "We Offer Competitive Pay — Including Equity — And Generous Benefits:" then bullet list: - Medical and dental insurance with 100% of employee premiums covered - 15 vacation days & ~20 paid holidays each year (including two weeks at end-of-year) - Free membership to OneMedical - $600/year reimbursable stipend for internet service - $1,000 reimbursable stipend for education and training outside of work - Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance - 401(k) and optional HSA/FSA - Humble, thoughtful