Strategic Communications Specialist (Cognitive Warfare)

Company

hirify.global is a defence technology company developing cognitive defence and strategic intelligence capabilities for governments and defence primes.

What you will do

• Design and implement multi-channel strategic communication and behaviour change campaigns informed by behavioural science, AI insights, and sociopolitical analysis.
• Identify target audiences, understand their motivations and barriers, and develop tailored messaging, content, and messengers to shift attitudes and behaviours.
• Write social media posts, video scripts, and direct outreach messages using AI as part of the daily workflow.
• Select and adapt conventional, unconventional, and hard-to-reach communication channels to maximise message penetration and engagement.
• Coordinate campaign execution with vendors, creators, and contractors by preparing briefs and tasks and reviewing deliverable quality.
• Track and report campaign performance against clear metrics and adjust execution based on data.

Requirements

• Proven experience designing and running communication campaigns where responsibility for the message was owned, including political campaigning, advocacy or public-interest campaigns, government communications, or donor-funded programme delivery.
• Audience-first approach with the ability to understand the values, concerns, and everyday language of people from different backgrounds and adapt tone, framing, and messenger accordingly.
• AI-native, optimisation-focused mindset and fluency with AI tools for research, content creation, and reporting.
• Upper-intermediate or higher English proficiency.

Nice to have

• Experience with campaign analytics and optimisation, including reading engagement and conversion data, interpreting A/B test results, and improving messaging based on findings.

Culture & Benefits

• Work culture focused on focus, elegance, speed, experimentation, and the philosophy of play.
• Competitive market salary with performance-based progression opportunities.
• Opportunity to work on information operations and cognitive warfare challenges with an international team and partner network.
• Opportunity to contribute to emerging doctrine and policy, frontier research, and industry conferences.
• HQs in London and Kyiv, with presence in key democratic capitals.
• Unlimited vacation and leave policies.