Fab’s mission is to help people better their lives with design. More than 7.5 million people around the world use Fab to discover everyday design products at great prices, to connect with the world’s most exciting designers, and to share their favorite design inspirations.

Fab is looking to hire a Global SVP Communications responsible for developing and leading all communications and public relations strategies and activities, including overseeing all external company communications; national and international consumer, trade and tech/digital media; as well as overall implementation of communications plans, initiatives and programs that help advance the company’s business and reputation.  

This leader should be well respected, incredibly strategic and be able to tell the story to consumers, designers and the broader community.  They should be particularly strong with consumer press and help to grow and shape perceptions for the brand.  The role will report directly to the CMO and will spend significant time working with the CEO/Cofounders as well as across the entire company.  They will initially have three direct reports and must exude the company values and have the ability to “get sh*t done” and have humility.  

This individual must have the maturity and ability to analyze situations and present respective recommendations.  They must have the critical thinking skills to make judgments and act upon them.  Because of the company’s immense growth, the SVP, Corporate Communications should be able to establish discipline, systems and processes with respect to the communications function but still understand the flexibility to operate in a company that is blazing new trails.

Through close integration with the company’s marketing organization and in alignment with Fab’s overall business strategy, this position is responsible for enhancing the brand with merchants, global consumers, and media. This leader is an essential partner to business leaders providing strategic counsel on consumer and other initiatives and delivering measureable results with PR announcements and momentum campaigns.

This position will oversee the company’s global corporate communications function, leading a team of communications professionals (currently 3), as well as any agency resources, and be responsible for all communications including media relations, industry analyst relations, social networking strategy/programs, reputation management, crisis communications, public affairs communications and internal communications

In addition to the requisite experience and functional skills, the successful candidate for this role will have the following proven competencies:

• Advisor:  Must be a strong counselor, able to advise senior management and make sound judgments in highly pressured circumstances.
• Leader: Strong leadership skills and the ability to retain/attract and motivate talent to deliver results as well as be a collegial team player, who coaches and develops talent and creates opportunities for professional development.
• Implementer: Must be able to design and implement both strategic and tactical plans combined with the operational experience to implement and see through to successful completion.
• Communicator: A strong communicator, both written and oral, with an ability to use those skills to drive change, influence outcomes and gain the confidence of others.
• Innovator: Ability to bring new thinking and ideas to the communications challenges and opportunities as well as utilize sophisticated, best-in-class communications programs, practices and technologies. Flexibility is a key component of this role.
• Believer:  Believes in Fab’s mission and strategy and is the company champion internally and externally.
• Entrepreneurial: Passion for taking novel projects from concept to completion, with little or no precedence.
• Flexability: Because it’s a young company is not bound by history, or fixated on “this is the way we do it.”  The company and its leadership encourage creativity, novelty, and the desire to be something completely new.
• Honesty: Must have the executive maturity, judgment and analytical ability to size up situations with the courage to get to the truth appropriately, serving as an anchoring voice of corporate conscience.
• Personal characteristics to include an authentic, down-to-earth style, excellent business-mindedness, exceptional judgment in making sound decisions quickly and efficiently, confidence and effectiveness in public speaking, strong organizational skills in managing multiple projects simultaneously, drive and stamina, as well as a commitment to serve in an on-call role on evenings and weekends if needed.  This is a very hands-on role.

The successful candidate will be a strong Senior Communications Executive with broad experience.  Key performance and personal competencies include:

• Analytical Skill and Learning Agility:Demonstrates a strong understanding of business details, especially financial information.  Takes a systematic, structured view of situations, deconstructing them via a “deep dive” approach into their fundamental elements while staying focused on the big picture.  Absorbs new facts, data and information rapidly.  Has the capacity to be open, persuaded by new information, and is comfortable at exploring areas where there are no right answers.

• Developing and Leveraging Relationships:Has a strong network of external relationships, especially within the consumer press.  Builds and sustains excellent relationships at multiple levels in the workplace.  Gains the respect of senior executives and serves as a trusted advisor.  Uses relationship networks strategically and openly to accomplish objectives.

• Impact, Impression and Communication: Connects readily with others and puts them at ease immediately.  Is highly articulate and makes arguments in a compelling, to-the-point manner.  Communicates with passion, energy, intensity and enthusiasm.  Has far-reaching ambitions for the organization.  Acts quickly to seize opportunities; spots and capitalizes on trends.  Shows passion, creativity, energy/endurance, intensity, and excitement.

• Strategic Acumen:Understands the long-term market potential and communicates in persuasive terms the business vision to capitalize on opportunities.  Anticipates future business opportunities and develops communication strategies to address them.

• Interpersonal Acumen:Relates business and communication decisions to core values and business strategy.  Demonstrates high integrity and courage in one’s own convictions and follows through on commitments.  Communicates with persuasiveness and yet candor, while conveying “bad news” in a fact based way although with suggested solutions.  Exhibits confidence and poise although with a low ego, as well as empathy and a self-awareness of the impression he/she makes with others.

Requirements

• Business executive and a world-class communications professional
• This individual will have a minimum of 15 to 20 years of senior corporate communications experience in companies engaged in global, highly competitive market dynamics.
• The candidate will have successfully led a successful communications function bringing broad based experience from a consumer-facing company
• Embody the Fab values:
  • Put customers first
  • Be passionate
  • Innovate
  • Inspire
  • Take ownership
  • Teamwork
  • Transparency
  • Go above and beyond
  • Humility
  • Make it fun!