Marketing and Communications Manager

Marketing and Communications Manager

We are a provider of specialized fund administration services for Managers and General Partners of private equity funds, specifically: Buy?out, Venture Capital, Real Estate and Fund?of Funds. For new General Partners, we provide consulting services to help accelerate the launch of their funds in addition to our full fund administration services. For established General Partners, we provide administration services and technology to whole fund families or select funds, to help scale their fund operations rapidly and efficiently.

We are seeking a creative, highly organized, and execution-oriented Marketing & Communications Manager to support and enhance Standish's marketing and communications. This role will play a key part in ensuring consistent messaging and visual identity across client and market-facing materials, digital channels, events, and internal communications while partnering closely with business development and firm leadership. The Marketing & Communications Manager will translate business priorities into polished, practical marketing deliverables. This individual will coordinate and execute a wide range of initiatives, including digital marketing, social media, website content, external communications, event marketing, presentation design, employer branding, and internal communications. This individual can think strategically when needed, but is equally comfortable creating presentations, coordinating marketing details for event initiatives, managing vendors, developing digital content, and executing day-to-day marketing initiatives. Success in this role requires creativity, outstanding storytelling, project management, attention to detail, and ability to effectively execute a wide range of initiatives, along with the ability to influence across the organization and bring together multiple marketing channels into one cohesive strategy. Experience within fund accounting or administration, financial services, or other alternative investment sectors is strongly preferred, but most important attributes are strong execution, creative judgment, digital fluency, and the ability to ensure Standish branding and external communications are cohesive and visually sophisticated.

Responsibilities:

• Marketing Execution & Brand Management
  • Help maintain consistency of the Standish brand across external and internal communications, client-facing materials, digital channels, and events
  • Develop creative marketing materials that communicate the firm's capabilities, differentiators, services, and expertise in a polished and practical way
  • Coordinate external communications, including firm announcements, press releases, website updates, LinkedIn posts, event promotion, and other market-facing communications
  • Support internal communications by helping create clear, consistent messaging for firmwide updates, leadership communications, employee-facing materials, and recruiting or employer-branding initiatives
  • Lead relationships with external vendors and creative partners, including graphic designers, photographers, web developers, and marketing agencies
  • Oversee brand collateral, promotional materials, signage, gifts, presentations, banners, logos, and other branded assets
• Corporate & Business Development Support
  • Partner closely with corporate & business development to support corporate initiatives
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance business development materials, including client and prospect decks, presentations, due diligence questionnaires, service line documentation, and other strategic communications
  • Ensure consistent, accurate, and compelling messaging across all internal and external communications
• Events Marketing
  • Coordinate the marketing and communications aspects of internal and external events, conferences, networking events, and internal programs
  • Develop event branding, invitations, attendee communications, signage, presentation materials, photography coordination, and post-event marketing content
  • Identify opportunities to enhance attendee engagement, maximize event ROI, and strengthen relationships with clients, prospects, and key industry stakeholders
• Digital Marketing & Content Management
  • Manage digital marketing initiatives, including website, email marketing, social media, and other digital communication channels
  • Translate existing substantive content into compelling content that communicates the firm's investment philosophy, market expertise, service offerings, portfolio company successes, and value proposition
  • Collaborate with external and internal stakeholders to develop and position case studies, success stories, and marketing content that supports brand-building objectives
• Analytics, Reporting & Marketing Operations
  • Track key marketing, website, social media, and event engagement metrics and provide periodic reporting to leadership
  • Maintain marketing calendars, project timelines, templates, asset libraries, vendor contacts, and related administrative processes
  • Conduct competitive and market analysis to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices that strengthen the firm's marketing position

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field
• 4-8+ years of experience in marketing, communications, presentation design, preferably within fund administration, financial services or alternative investment
• Demonstrated success supporting investor relations and investor communication
• Strong visual communication and presentation design skills, with the ability to make materials polished, cohesive, and client ready
• Advanced proficiency with marketing tools including PowerPoint, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or similar design tools is a plus
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of an organization
• Proficiency with CRM systems, marketing automation platforms, and marketing analytics tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or other advanced degree
• Experience supporting private equity funds, venture capital, private credit, fund administration, corporate services, or other professional services organizations