Marketing & Communications Compliance Senior Specialist

About the role

Robinhood builds an elite team to solve the world's largest financial problems using frontier technologies. The role targets bold thinkers and builders who operate with ethics at the center. Success requires high performance under fast-moving, ambitious conditions. This position is responsible for owning the compliance oversight of all external communications to ensure adherence to regulatory and brand standards. The hire will act as a primary safeguard against regulatory risk by reviewing and guiding the creation of marketing materials before they reach the public. This role requires a proactive mindset to identify potential issues and partner with stakeholders to resolve them efficiently. The position directly supports the integrity of campaigns spanning content, paid media, email, events, and search activities. Ultimately, the hire enables the business to move quickly while maintaining rigorous compliance standards across all markets and channels.

Key facts

What you'll do

Ensure communications meet regulatory laws and firm standards for audiences across markets.

Provide early guidance to stakeholders to prevent issues and align campaigns with legal and policy expectations.

Support partners in understanding requirements to reduce rework across business units.

Shape messaging before release to satisfy both regulatory and brand standards.

Deliver clear guidance to help teams produce compliant materials consistently across channels.

Provide timely legal input to reduce approval delays and strengthen document quality.

Improve processes for handling communications across regions and entities.

Apply expertise in advertising regulations such as SEC Marketing Rule, FINRA Rule 2210, or FTC advertising guidelines to creative assets.

Reduce noncompliance risk in public materials through direct application of regulatory rules.

Maintain knowledge of applicable regulatory frameworks including FTC, SEC, FINRA, CFTC, FCA, or similar authorities.

Use strong written and verbal communication to deliver practical guidance to diverse business partners.

Manage multiple priorities and complex compliance projects independently with shifting deadlines.

Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Compliance, Marketing, Content, Research, Engineering, or similar teams.

Utilize tools such as Google Workspace, Figma, Red Oak, Tableau, or Coda, and apply AI-enabled business tools within compliance contexts.

Requirements

Hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a legal or compliance role within financial services.

The degree field must support understanding of regulatory risk in marketing.

Bring 5+ years providing strategic guidance, review, and final approval on marketing and advertising content across campaigns, social media, and digital channels.

This experience must span multiple regulatory environments and content types.

Apply and provide guidance on advertising regulations such as SEC Marketing Rule, FINRA Rule 2210, or FTC advertising guidelines to creative assets.

Direct application of rules reduces noncompliance risk in public materials.

Maintain knowledge of applicable regulatory frameworks including FTC, SEC, FINRA, CFTC, FCA, or similar authorities.

Up-to-date knowledge supports accurate reviews and timely advice.

Use strong written and verbal communication to deliver clear, practical guidance to diverse business partners.

Clarity prevents misinterpretation and supports consistent implementation.

Manage multiple priorities and larger, complex compliance projects independently with shifting deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and documentation standards.

Organized execution keeps initiatives on schedule and auditable.

Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Compliance, Marketing, Content, Research, Engineering, or similar teams to enable compliant communications.

Partnerships align processes and remove obstacles across departments.

Practical notes

Typical interview steps

Marketing interviews often include a portfolio review, a campaign exercise, and analytics questions. Candidates may be asked to plan a launch, write a brief, or improve a funnel. Some loops include a presentation. Results from past campaigns carry the most weight. Interviewers ask about specific campaigns you ran and what the numbers said. Preparing a short case of one campaign with its results is strong preparation.

Good to know

Work focuses on financial services communications compliance using regulatory frameworks and brand standards.

The role involves public-facing retail communications and enterprise-level oversight.

Team members use a mix of collaboration platforms, design tools, data visualization, and AI-enabled business tools.

Success depends on clear guidance, cross-functional partnership, and strict adherence to regulatory requirements.