Head of Brand and Communication - Freelance of Fixed Term Contract

About Hexa

Hexa (formerly eFounders) gives entrepreneurs the best chances to build outstanding companies. We're a pioneering, world-leading startup studio born in Europe, with a track record comparable to tier-1 VC funds: 60+ companies created (including 3 unicorns), among them Aircall, Spendesk, Front, Swan and Yousign.

We're entering a special chapter. After 15 years building companies from scratch, Hexa is scaling: expanding our Ventures activity across Europe (Hexa Start and Hexa Sprint, taking entrepreneurs from zero to one) and growing Hexa Scale, our PE program that takes majority stakes in existing startups and pushes them to new thresholds.

We're hiring a VP FInance and Investments to structure the financing strategy of the holding company and play a central role in Scale's deal-making. It's a StratCo seat internally and a key point of contact for our investors externally, at a moment when the shape of Hexa for the next years is being decided.

Overview

We're looking for someone to cover our Head of Marketing/Brand/Comms during maternity leave. This is a high-autonomy role with direct access to our CEO and exposure across Hexa's founders and partners - a great fit for someone who wants to operate at a senior level fast, in a fast-moving startup studio environment.

Duration: 2 months full time starting end of August 2026, followed by at least 4 months part time.

Start date: ASAP

Reports to: Matthieu Gombeaud (CEO)

Team:

• Nicole Vince (FTE, returning from maternity leave Oct 15)

Agencies & other freelancers:

• brand & design for the new website

• video production and post-production

• Website maintenance

• possibility to work with other freelancers if needed

Key requirements

• Senior communications/brand/marketing leader, comfortable reporting directly to a CEO

• Fluent in French and English, with excellent writing skills - able to spot and fix weak AI-generated writing (we do not want Hexa's brand voice to read as AI slop)

• AI-fluent: comfortable using Claude, building/using skills, automating workflows

• Comfortable operating in an ever-changing environment with shifting priorities

• Skilled at adapting communication style across very senior stakeholders: entrepreneurs, partners, investors

• Fluent in "tech speak", not afraid of complex technical topics; has worked in or with startups/VC

• Able to ramp up fast and work independently, with limited onboarding/handover time

• Experience managing external vendors, agencies, and budgets

• A steady head under pressure, able to manage a fast-moving news cycle or unexpected comms issue without missing a beat

Responsibilities

PR - Hexa & Portfolio Founders

• Identify which topics are PR-worthy

• Create messaging docs, press releases, and Q&A prep docs

• Contact and build relationships with press directly

• Introduce journalists to founders and partners

• Prep founders and partners for press interactions

• Lead D-Day comms: coordinating across the team for maximum impact

• Own internal comms around major announcements

Hexa corporate comms, e.g.:

• New partner announcements

• Fundraising announcements

• SF House opening

• New brand/positioning launch

Founder comms/announcements:

Part of this job is to also be the lead PR person for when our startups in the studio announce big announcements such as seed fundraisings and product launches:

• Fundraising announcements

• Ad hoc announcements (product launches, client wins, new country expansion) - owning everything from video production through launch and internal amplification

Video / Hexa Media

→ This will be taken over by Nicole when she comes back from mat leave

End-to-end ownership of Hexa's video content Hexa Media:

• Identify and source topics for our different series - with at least 2 long-form videos published per month

• Coordinate with the Hexa team, organize interviews, set up the podcast room

• Oversee production and post-production (post-production usually via agency)

• Publish across all platforms

• Drive growth and distribution (paid & organic)

• Lead the process end-to-end when founders want to participate

Website & blog

→ This will be taken over by Nicole when she comes back from mat leave

• Keep the site current: add new portfolio startups, publish blog posts for major announcements

• Catch and flag bugs

• Make edits directly via Webflow

Speaking engagements

• Source and manage speaking opportunities for Hexa and partners

Investor comms

→ This will be taken over by Nicole when she comes back from mat leave

• Work with the investor relations team and Hexa Scale team (Quentin, Thibault) on content that supports investment objectives

• Talk to finance journalists

• Write articles / thought leadership

Social Media

→ This will be taken over by Nicole when she comes back from mat leave

• Identify, source and write all social media posts

• Post Hexa news across LinkedIn, X, and Instagram

• Proactively identify what's worth posting and when

• Track & grow audience for each account

Newsletter

→ This will be taken over by Nicole when she comes back from mat leave

• Write and send 1x/month newsletter

Key projects

SF House
Own comms for our San Francisco house. Work closely with Emile (SF-based) to make our SF presence highly visible.

Partner visibility
Build relationships with Hexa partners to increase their visibility: featuring them in Hexa Media videos and securing external speaking engagements.

Who you'll work with

Reports to: Matthieu (CEO)

Partners (visibility & personal branding): All Hexa partners, 11 people

Hexa Scale comms: Quentin Nickmans (Hexa founder), Thibault Chassagne (Partner), and the investor relations team

Hexa Sprint comms: Maxime Brousse (Partner), Guillaume Lerouge (Partner), Lauren

Employer branding & community: Camille Goni (VP Talent & Community)

Tech branding: Tanguy G (CTO)

SF House visibility: Emile (Community/GTM)