Senior Communications Manager, France

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Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.

As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values https://www.whatnot.com/careers and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.

We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces https://a16z.com/marketplace-100/ and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America http://google.com/search?q=%231+forbes+startup+employer&oq=%231+forbes+startup+employer&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg9MgYIAhBFGD0yBggDEEUYQDIGCAQQRRhAMgYIBRBFGEDSAQg1NzM0ajBqMagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news https://blog.teamwhatnot.com/ and engineering blogs https://medium.com/whatnot-engineering and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.


💻 ROLE

The Communications team at Whatnot works across all areas of the business in both a proactive and reactive capacity, and helps to shape and protect external and internal perceptions of Whatnot. We’re hiring for an experienced Senior Communications Manager to lead our storytelling across a range of corporate, consumer, Trust & Safety, and policy-related priorities in France, Whatnot’s fastest-growing European market. This role will be based in London and report into our VP, Communications & Policy.

We’ve seen strong momentum across Europe, and France is a key growth market for Whatnot. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and leading our communications strategy in France, highlighting the power of live commerce and our incredible sellers, while building credibility for our platform as a trusted place to build a business and discover things you love.

As our first comms hire for France, you’ll be responsible for building the comms function from the ground up. In this role, you’ll:

- Build an understanding and credibility for live commerce: It’s early days for live commerce, and this role will educate audiences around the power of live for businesses and consumers alike.

- Elevate Whatnot as a household name: Build and leverage exceptional relationships with French media (both traditional and new) and other third parties to educate key audiences on Whatnot’s business, categories, policies and values.

- Build and Scale Issues Management: Manage company response for crisis and navigate high-profile escalations in real-time with key stakeholders. Establish and own a c