Stripe Communications (Open Application)

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The Communications team builds and protects Stripe’s brand and influence across the world. And, sure, that’s what most comms teams do. But we do it with a small team of folks dedicated to creativity and rigor. We’re looking for unconstrained but strategic thinking, not smooth execution of a rote playbook. Design a microsite, launch a podcast. Get to know the products and our users well, and wield that knowledge wisely. Move from idea to execution quickly. Collaborate openly and egolessly. Along the way, provide strategic counsel to Stripe’s executives, help leaders across the company articulate Stripe’s views on fast-changing areas like agentic commerce and crypto, and write a keynote or two. You’ll have a remit with clear goals; how you go about advancing those goals will be up to you.

What you’ll do

You'll make sure the world gets excited about many of the same things we do: great products and what they can enable for businesses. That'll mean different things at different times: creating a compelling demo, writing a memorable speech, prepping a banger podcast, whatever it takes. And “the world” will also mean different things at different times: a set of YC founders, or Fortune 500 executives, or AI-pilled developers, or VPs of monetization, or any number of other audiences.

In general, we've found that the most important skills you'll use a lot are excellent writing, obsessive attention to detail, first-principles thinking, creat