Avant is dedicated to building premier digital banking solutions for the middle class through a combination of technology, analytics and superior customer service. Since 2012, Avant has connected over 1.5 million customers to over $7.5 billion in loans and 500,000 credit cards. A high growth financial technology company, Avant has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Fortune, Bloomberg, and has raised over $600 million of equity capital. Visit www.avant.com for more information.

Avant is revolutionizing the world of lending by lowering the costs and barriers of borrowing for everyday people. At our core, we are a technology company that builds advanced platforms and uses custom analytics. Today, we help underserved consumers, the majority of whom get fast funding on our online platform without having to talk to anyone. Tomorrow we plan to use our world-class technology and underwriting capabilities to launch new products and bank partnerships that improve people’s financial lives.

We’re looking for a Communications and Social Media Lead to help us build and grow our brands voice and vision. As our go-to pr + social media expert, you’ll be responsible for researching, planning logistics, and executing savvy strategies to increase our brand, reach and engagement. This is the perfect opportunity for you to hone your creativity and communications skills while being given the freedom to test, innovate, and build a sound strategy. This is a critical member of the marketing team and will support the implementation of campaigns to engage with the media and reach consumers on multiple social platforms including Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, etc. This role is highly collaborative and will work across the organization with multiple stakeholders to implement strategies for growth and success.

What you will do at Avant:

• Develop and manage Avant’s external communications plan and voice.
• Produce and publish content on social media channels, leveraging social media management (SMM) systems and marketing automation tools/software.
• Work with internal departments to ensure effective execution of pr + social marketing tactics.
• Develop weekly, monthly and quarterly social strategies and calendars.
• Track and shepherd content approvals with internal and external stakeholders.
• Produce ad hoc campaign reports for priority releases and promotions.
• Monitor social trends, stay abreast of new social platforms and best practices.
• Develop comprehensive media relations plans and garner coverage.
• Cultivate relationships with key journalists and editors at top-tier publications.
• Improve processes, metrics and goals to measure the effectiveness of Avant’s media activities and use that information to refine external engagement strategies.
• Find, manage and submit Award applications for Avant
• Spearhead conference and speaking engagement strategies to demonstrate Avant’s leadership and subject matter expertise.

Why you are a fit for Avant:

• 5+ years’ experience in Social Media, PR and/or marketing with a proven ability to grow engagement and followers.
• BS degree, with a concentration in Social Media, Public Relations, Journalism, Business preferred or equivalent work experience.
• Strong knowledge of social/digital media tools, techniques and platforms.
• Strong reporting skills and experience with web analytic tools required.
• Ability to work collaboratively across the organization with employees at all levels.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects at once.
• Excellent research, organizational, and project management skills.
• Top-notch interpersonal skills and willingness to collaborate.
• You are able to compellingly communicate Avant’s story and products to clients.
• You are able to communicate through words and content as well as visuals.
• Experience in Photoshop or Sketch (Canva is acceptable alternative)
• Experience with crisis management is a plus.
• FinTech experience is a plus

Why Avant is a fit for you:

At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:

We value, support, and help each other grow

We are committed to active inclusion and diversity

We are transparent and believe the best idea wins

We succeed when our customers succeed

We get sh!t done… responsibly

And we keep it fun!

Why Avant is a fit for you:

At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:

We value, support, and help each other grow

We are committed to active inclusion and diversity

We are transparent and believe the best idea wins

We succeed when our customers succeed

We get sh!t done… responsibly

And we keep it fun!

We believe that ideas are more important than titles, everything is more fun together, everyone drives change, and everyone is an owner. While we believe the perks and benefits that we offer are terrific, nothing excites us more than having the ability to collaborate with intelligent, highly-motivated and talented people on challenging problems as we work to change the face of online lending.

Avant is an equal opportunity employer and individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability or genetic information or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance.