Dallas, Texas, United States · On-site
Firm: Capital Southwest (NASDAQ: CSWC) Role: Communications Manager Location: Dallas, Texas (In-Person) Firm Overview: Capital Southwest is a private credit investment firm focused on originating and managing senior secu…
Skills: Social Media Strategy, Investor Relations, External Communications, Brand Positioning, Media Relations
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Lead external communications and market outreach, including social media strategy and brand positioning. Manage the CEO's external presence and coordinate investor communications and events.
Requires 6-8 years of experience in communications, investor relations, or marketing, preferably within financial services. A bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, finance, or a related field is required.
Firm: Capital Southwest (NASDAQ: CSWC)
Role: Communications Manager
Location: Dallas, Texas (In-Person)
Firm Overview: Capital Southwest is a private credit investment firm focused on originating and managing senior secured debt investments in lower middle market companies (EBITDA typically between $3 million and $15 million). The firm partners closely with private equity sponsors and founder-owned businesses, providing flexible capital solutions to support acquisitions, growth initiatives, recapitalizations, and refinancings. As of March 31, 2026 CSWC has total balance sheet assets of approximately $2.2 billion and has funded over $4.1 billion in new direct credit investments across over 194 businesses since 2015.
Role Overview: The communications manager will play a critical role by leading our external communications and market outreach efforts. This is a ground-floor role working directly with the CEO to shape how we engage with investors, the media, and the broader market.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the firm’s social media strategy, translating investment activity and market views into clear, differentiated content
• Plan and execute investor events, representing the Firm at local and off-site engagements and capturing content for social media
• Manage CEO external presence (media, podcasts, conferences) and build relationships with financial journalists and industry influencers
• Support investor communications and outreach, including messaging around earnings reports, industry conferences, and ongoing engagement
• Help define and articulate the firm’s brand positioning
• Partner closely with the deal team, finance, and accounting to ensure all external messaging is accurate, aligned, and informed by underlying activity
Build the function, structure, and cadence for communications—creating a scalable, repeatable approach
Qualifications:
• 6-8 years in communications, investor relations, media, or marketing (financial services preferred)
• Proven ability to build and lead new initiatives from scratch
• Excellent judgment, writing ability, and executive presence
• Highly collaborative, with the ability to work seamlessly across internal teams while engaging externally with credibility
• High ownership mindset; willing to be hands-on
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, finance, or related field
Compensation: Competitive base salary, performance-based bonus, and long-term incentive participation, commensurate with experience.
CSWC is a lower middle-market lending firm focused on supporting the acquisition and growth of middle-market companies.
Capital Southwest (NASDAQ: CSWC), is an internally managed, credit-focused BDC that is an active lender to lower middle market companies across the capital structure. CSWC provides flexible capital that fills financing needs that traditional first lien senior lenders are unwilling to meet. In particular, CSWC is well-positioned to finance lower middle market businesses with $3 to $12 million of EBITDA. The Company is managed by an investment team with decades of experience working with one another. The firm and all of its employees are located in Dallas, Texas. Investment Criteria: - $5 to $70 million financings with active network of co-investors - $5 to $45 million commitment size per deal - Minimum EBITDA of $3 million - A management team with a proven track record, motivated by continued ownership; - An established market position and history of positive cash flow - US-based Investment Structures: - Unitranche debt (network of first out senior lending relationships) - First Lien debt - Second Lien debt - Subordinated debt - Preferred and common equity - Flexibility to invest across multiple securities - Equity co-investments alongside debt investments, up to 20% of total check - Non-control investor
Offices: 8333 Douglas Ave, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75225, US
CSWC is a lower middle-market lending firm focused on supporting the acquisition and growth of middle-market companies.
Capital Southwest (NASDAQ: CSWC), is an internally managed, credit-focused BDC that is an active lender to lower middle market companies across the capital structure. CSWC provides flexible capital that fills financing needs that traditional first lien senior lenders are unwilling to meet. In particular, CSWC is well-positioned to finance lower middle market businesses with $3 to $12 million of EBITDA. The Company is managed by an investment team with decades of experience working with one another. The firm and all of its employees are located in Dallas, Texas. Investment Criteria: - $5 to $70 million financings with active network of co-investors - $5 to $45 million commitment size per deal - Minimum EBITDA of $3 million - A management team with a proven track record, motivated by continued ownership; - An established market position and history of positive cash flow - US-based Investment Structures: - Unitranche debt (network of first out senior lending relationships) - First Lien debt - Second Lien debt - Subordinated debt - Preferred and common equity - Flexibility to invest across multiple securities - Equity co-investments alongside debt investments, up to 20% of total check - Non-control investor
Offices: 8333 Douglas Ave, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75225, US
