How to apply for Head of Communications

About Atticus

Atticus is a modern law firm helping sick, injured, and wronged Americans access benefits like Social Security Disability Insurance, workers' compensation, and insurance settlements. It has helped hundreds of thousands of clients access more than $10 billion in aid and raised over $100 million from investors including Forerunner, GV, and True Ventures.

About the role

This is Atticus's first Head of Communications role. You will build the communications function from scratch and shape how the company talks about its work at the intersection of regulated legal services, consumer technology, and policy. The role is remote and full-time.

A typical day

A typical day might involve monitoring SSA policy news or backlog data releases, drafting statements or commentary, coordinating with lawyers and leadership on messaging, and speaking with press or policymakers. Since this is a new role, much of the early work will be setting up processes, defining audiences, and deciding what Atticus says and where.

Who Atticus is looking for

• Has built or led a communications function before, ideally as a first communications hire.
• Can speak credibly about regulated industries, consumer tech, or policy landscapes such as Social Security Administration changes and Congressional hearings on benefits access.
• Is comfortable working with data releases, backlog reports, and policy moments to create timely commentary.
• Can translate complex legal and government processes into clear messages for clients, press, and policymakers.

Tips for this application

• Read Atticus's website and any public materials about its legal services, funding, and client outcomes before writing anything.
• In your application, name specific policy or regulatory moments (for example, SSA backlog data releases or Congressional hearings on benefits access) and explain how you would approach communications around them.
• Since this is the first Head of Communications role, describe how you have built a communications function or program from the ground up, not just maintained one.
• Reference Atticus's Series C closed in April 2025 and the scale of its client impact ($10 billion in aid) to show you understand the company's stage and growth.
• Avoid generic communications language. Use concrete examples of past work with press, policy, or consumer audiences in regulated or high-stakes environments.

What to cover in your cover letter

Why you want to build the communications function at Atticus specifically, not just any communications role. Your experience at the intersection of regulated services, consumer technology, or policy. How you would handle communications around SSA changes, Congressional hearings, or backlog data releases. Concrete examples of past communications work that reached clients, press, or policymakers.

Research before applying

• Atticus's funding history, including the Series C closed in April 2025, and its investors: Forerunner, GV, and True Ventures.
• The specific benefits Atticus helps clients access: Social Security Disability Insurance, workers' compensation, and insurance settlements.
• Recent Social Security Administration policy changes, Congressional hearings on benefits access, and backlog data releases.
• How Atticus describes its combination of experienced lawyers and innovative technology on its website and in press coverage.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How would you build a communications function from scratch at a company that has never had a Head of Communications?
• How would you approach communications when the Social Security Administration announces policy changes or releases backlog data?
• How do you balance communications for clients in crisis with communications for press, investors, and policymakers?
• What is your experience working in or around regulated industries like legal services, government benefits, or insurance?
• How would you measure the success of Atticus's communications efforts in the first six to twelve months?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Writing a cover letter that could apply to any communications role at any company, without mentioning Atticus's legal services, policy landscape, or client base.
• Focusing only on press relations and media coverage without addressing policy, regulatory, or client-facing communications.
• Ignoring the fact that this is a first-of-its-kind role and failing to explain how you would build processes, teams, or strategy from zero.