Responsibilities

• Client Leadership & Strategic Counsel: Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic counsel and leading day-to-day communications programs that align with business objectives and brand priorities.
• Integrated Campaign Strategy: Lead the development and execution of integrated sports and entertainment campaigns, talent partnerships and cultural activations that create meaningful audience engagement and measurable business impact.
• Media Relations & Talent Partnerships: Develop earned media strategies, oversee media outreach and cultivate relationships with journalists, talent representatives, influencers and industry partners to maximize campaign visibility and impact.
• Program Leadership & Execution: Oversee multiple client programs simultaneously, managing timelines, budgets, deliverables and cross-functional collaboration to ensure exceptional client service and operational excellence.
• Industry Insights & Innovation: Monitor trends across sports, entertainment, media and culture to identify emerging opportunities, inform client strategies and bring fresh, innovative ideas to every engagement.
• Team Leadership & Talent Development: Lead, mentor and develop junior team members while fostering a collaborative environment where people can learn, grow and do their best work.
• Business Growth & Practice Development: Support new business opportunities, contribute to agency thought leadership and help strengthen Zeno's Sports & Entertainment capabilities through innovation, collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in public relations, communications or integrated marketing, including significant agency experience supporting Sports & Entertainment, consumer or brand communications.
• Experience leading integrated communications campaigns that include earned media, talent partnerships, cultural activations and brand storytelling.
• Proven success providing strategic counsel and managing day-to-day client relationships across multiple accounts.
• Strong understanding of the sports, entertainment and cultural landscape, with the ability to identify trends and translate them into impactful communications opportunities.
• Established relationships with media, talent representatives, influencers and industry partners.
• Excellent writing, presentation and storytelling skills, with experience developing executive-ready communications materials and strategic recommendations.
• Experience managing integrated teams, mentoring junior colleagues and fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.
• Strong project management and financial management skills, including experience overseeing budgets, scopes and multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Experience collaborating across creative, strategy, social, influencer and analytics teams to deliver integrated client solutions.
• Collaborative, curious and adaptable leader with a passion for innovation, relationship building and creating culturally relevant communications.

Preferred

• Experience leading campaigns around major sports, entertainment or cultural moments, including live events, award shows, league partnerships or large-scale brand activations.
• Experience negotiating or managing talent, creator or influencer partnerships.
• Experience contributing to business development, agency marketing or thought leadership initiatives.
• Familiarity with measurement tools and analytics used to evaluate communications and campaign performance.

Benefits

• Healthy, happy employees make Zeno better, so we have programs that support physical, mental and financial wellness.
• Our culture and benefits are designed to promote flexibility, celebrate diversity and support work/life balance.
• We offer a variety of medical, dental and vision insurance with prescription plans, as well as short and long-term disability.
• Our Be Kind to Your Mind program focuses on mental health, providing a paid subscription to Headspace and access to mental health providers and other services through a best-in-class employee assistance program.
• Employees are encouraged to bring their authentic self to Zeno and participate in our employee resource groups which build communities for sharing and support.
• And while we love our work, we believe in the restorative power of time off with generous vacation, paid holidays and self-care time.
• Employees are supported in their pursuit of financial wellness with a 401(k) plan, pretax flexible spending accounts, tuition assistance, life insurance and free access to a certified financial coach.
• And our unique ZenoFit program provides a monthly allowance to fund activities in your personal life that bring you joy and keep you healthy.
• These and other benefits are available to non-temporary employees in the US.