Paradigm is a leading research-driven crypto investment firm that funds companies and protocols from their earliest stages, often when there’s no more than an idea.

We were founded in 2018 by Matt Huang (former Partner at Sequoia Capital) and Fred Ehrsam (co-founder of Coinbase) on the belief that crypto is driving one of the most important technical and economic shifts of our time, as money, a financial system, and a new internet platform.

We’re builders, not just investors. Many of us have worked on tools, protocols, and companies that are now some of the most used in crypto. We build software, much of it open source, that aims to advance the frontier of crypto for everyone. When you join our team, you’ll move the needle with targeted, crypto-adapted expertise at the most high leverage moments.

Paradigm is based in San Francisco with offices in New York and Washington D.C. We have over $10 billion in assets under management across our three funds.

Position Summary

Paradigm is seeking a Communications Lead to join the team to shape and advance the narrative around the firm, our leaders, the portfolio, and the broader industry. Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, this position will partner with some of the brightest minds in crypto around major announcements and industry milestones. You will provide media relations support, strategic counsel and messaging guidance across our portfolio and with our Investing and Research team. The position will develop firm-driven campaigns and content together with functions within design, policy, GTM and marketing. While we live in crypto and frontier technologies, communicating to audiences across the technology, consumer and financial landscapes will be critical.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy on portfolio company news, funding announcements, and issues response in partnership with agency

• Assist CMO on comms strategy to scale the reach and impact of the Investing & Research team

• Develop end-to-end comms strategies on everything from product launches and technical breakthroughs to critical shifts in industry-wide narratives

• Manage press inbound with our comms agency; day-to-day partnership with agency on overall comms strategy and execution

• Design playbooks and trainings for portfolio companies on storytelling, comms strategy and message discipline

• Creative and quality partner to our policy team on issues and opportunities impacting the future of national and global crypto policy

• Partner with our events and content team on content strategy and programming; develop and test creative approaches to scale impact and reach of content and storylines that emerge from our events

Qualifications and Attributes

• 6-10+ years experience in a comms agency, journalism, venture and/or in-house environment

• Deep relationships across press, newsletters, and podcasts; ability to navigate both new and traditional media without losing the nuance of what works in each environment

• Experience managing comms across highly varied scenarios (executives, companies, technologists, etc)

• Exceptional writing that can make the complex simple; can communicate with substance, objectivity and clarity

• Ability to move quickly and decisively without jeopardizing quality or impact

• High agency and optimistic approach; takes ownership of outcomes while working well across all personality types

• Ability to build trust and credibility with any type of media – from features and product/technology-oriented to issues response