Senior Vice President, Weber Advisory at Weber Shandwick | Chicago, IL | $152K/yr – $215K/yr

Weber Shandwick

Senior Vice President, Weber Advisory

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$152K/yr – $215K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and grow senior-level client relationships in financial services, shape strategy, and lead cross‑functional teams to deliver high impact corporate communications and reputation programs.

Strategic advisory: counsel C‑suite executives and expand thought leadership across the sector.
Business development: drive opportunities from identification to winning proposals with integrated pitch teams.
Delivery leadership: oversee program planning, opportunity creation, profitability, and high‑level client counsel across geographies.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Secure, maintain, and grow relationships with leading financial services and corporate clients, ensuring Weber Advisory is a trusted partner at the most senior levels.
Lead major new business efforts, from identifying opportunities and shaping proposals to orchestrating compelling, integrated pitch teams.
Serve as a trusted strategic advisor, counselor, and business partner to C-suite and senior decision-makers in financial services and beyond.
Drive exceptional work through the orchestration of high-performing, cross-functional teams across geographies and disciplines.
Advance Weber Advisory’s thought leadership in the financial services sector by developing POVs, insights, and visibility for our leaders.
Oversee client service delivery including program planning, proactive opportunity creation, and high-level strategic counsel.
Identify new growth areas based on emerging trends in financial markets, regulation, ESG, and stakeholder expectations.
Mentor and coach rising talent, building the next generation of corporate and financial communications leaders.
Maintain profitability and operational excellence across accounts, ensuring efficiency, productivity, and high-quality output.

Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

Founded in 2001

New York, NY, US

4.4K employees (1,170 in marketing)

www.webershandwick.com