Who are Forward Partners?

Forward Partners is a venture fund meets startup studio, investing capital, craft and capability from day zero through Series A. Our in-house team of startup specialists - from engineers to designers, marketers to recruiters - are all on hand to help move founders forward. 

The proximity of our investors and studio means we understand the macro and the micro unlike any other investor. This radically elevates the quality of both our advisory and execution - and in turn the chances of success for the companies we support.

Why is this role important to what we do?

Forward Partners deeply understands brand and finds immense value in content and communications. Your work in this role will enable us to:

• Attract the best entrepreneurs building the best companies by using content and communications to show our personality, our smarts and our empathy and understanding of entrepreneurship.
• Support our mission of being London’s leading and most admired venture firm by effectively and consistently communicating who we are, what we do and why we exist across the breadth of our content and comms activity.
• Accelerate our vision of building a world where every founder can realise their potential by democratising access to the knowledge, tools and content needed to move forward.

What are your key responsibilities?

As our Content and Communications Executive, you will report directly into our Brand and Communications Lead and play an instrumental role in the marketing operation at Forward Partners. Although the granularity and the future of the role will be shaped around the chosen candidate, the fundamental responsibilities are:

• Ownership of Forward Partners content operations
  • Writing and editing of content for our multiple online properties, including the FP blog, The Path Forward and Case Studies for the website.
  • Management of the content and the pipeline for these properties, ensuring team members are prepared and supported in producing content on behalf of Forward.
  • Management of all social platforms, including Twitter and Linkedin
  • Creation of visual assets for social media (example tools may include Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, iMovie etc).
  • Collaborating with the Brand and Comms Lead to define content strategy across all platforms

• Ownership of Forward Partners comms operations
  • Management of all inbound and outbound press for Forward Partners, as well as for our portfolio where relevant, including the writing and editing of press releases and announcements
  • Management of all inbound and outbound speaking enquiries for the Forward Partners team
  • Management and organisation of all Forward Partners events, including FP Live and FP Masterclass

The sort of person we’re looking for?

• You are probably the most organised person you know. You’re a pro task manager who feels at ease spinning plates, switching contexts and constantly challenging themselves to find new ways to be effective.
• You a capable storyteller and wordsmith in your own right. You understand the importance of narrative, and how words, when used in a certain way, have the power to inform, educate and inspire.
• You’re a tech knowledge sponge. If you don’t know it super well already, you’re readily prepared to learn a tonne about the world of venture capital, product development and everything in between. We’ll need you to speak with authenticity and authority about all of these things - quickly.
• Your attention to and passion for the details is next level. You’re a triple-check-for-good-measure sort of human. You take the most immense pride in delivering a final product that does exactly what it was supposed to do, and does it really well. 
• You’re the cliché people person. You’re a natural when it comes to building relationships and rapport. You’re going to be at the forefront of building relationships with our team, portfolio, other investors and much more - so it’s important you enjoy that in your work.

For transparency, the salary band for this role is £30-40k depending on experience.