PR Account Director/Vice President – Energy, Clean Tech & Industrials

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the strategic communications lead for energy, clean tech and industrial clients, marrying media strategy, investor relations alignment, and high-stakes transaction support to shape reputation and business outcomes.

  • Lead day-to-day client relationships and serve as trusted advisor across IPOs, capital markets events, and executive thought leadership.
  • Coordinate with investor relations to align corporate messaging with investor-facing narratives and drive cohesive communications across channels.
  • Leverage AI tools for research, drafting, and workflow efficiency to accelerate high-impact campaigns and materials.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead day-to-day client relationships, serving as a key point of contact and trusted advisor
  • Develop and oversee integrated communications strategies that align with client business goals, including commercial announcements, executive thought leadership, and corporate reputation.
  • Support high-stakes IPOs and other capital markets transactions, providing strategic communications counsel across the transaction lifecycle.
  • Provide real-time strategic counsel on industry trends, competitive landscapes, and potential reputational risks.
  • Integrate and collaborate with ICR’s investor relations teams to ensure alignment between corporate communications and investor-facing messaging and workstreams
  • Draft and finalize high-stakes materials, including commercial announcements, messaging frameworks, and multi-channel communication plans.
  • Drive high-level media strategy, leveraging deep reporter relationships to secure impactful coverage in top-tier business and financial media across digital, print and broadcast platforms, as well as industry trade media and podcasts.
  • Draft, edit and proofread core communications materials such as press releases, media pitches, fact sheets, social media copy, and client updates.
  • Serve as an internal "quality control" lead, reviewing all briefing materials, including media backgrounders and messaging materials to ensure they meet expectations for accuracy, tone, and strategy.
  • Conduct industry, market and competitor research across the energy, clean tech and industrials landscape to inform messaging, thought leadership and client strategies.
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ICR

Established in 1998, ICR partners with public and private companies to execute strategic communications and advisory programs, and manage complex transactions and corporate events to enhance long-term enterprise value and corporate reputation. The firm’s highly-differentiated service model, which pairs capital markets veterans with senior communications professionals, brings deep sector knowledge and relationships to hundreds of clients across more than 20 industry groups. With more than 400 team members, ICR is one of the largest and most experienced independent communications and advisory firms, maintaining offices in New York, Connecticut, Boston, Baltimore, San Jose, London, and Beijing. Learn more at https://icrinc.com/. Founded in 1998 by former sell side analysts Tom Ryan, Chad Jacobs, and attorney John Flanagan, ICR offers unrivaled experience, insight, and access into the investor and corporate stakeholder communities. The firm is staffed primarily with former senior-level Wall Street professionals and agency veterans who not only provide advice and counsel, but also execute the work. Each brings an extensive network of trusted relationships—connections of cascading influence that ensures our clients’ story is well-known and well understood.

Founded in 1998
New York, New York, USA
775 employees (87 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
21.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.4%
Direct
56.3%
Referral
6.1%
Social
2%
Paid
3.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~775

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
75 (10% of company)
Median Career Experience
21 years
Median Tenure
4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2018
    Private Equity

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