Vice President, Earned Media

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$130K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the earned media story craft and execution across national and local outlets, turning ideas into mediable stories and securing executive interviews while guiding clients and teams on the evolving media landscape.

  • Media Strategy: Build and execute story-led campaigns and secure coverage across national/local, print, and broadcast.
  • Relationships & Network: Leverage and expand top-tier media contacts to unlock opportunities for clients and cross-category coverage.
  • Knowledge & Guidance: Educate colleagues on earned media best practices and stay ahead of media trends to inform strategy.

Job Description

Own the earned media story craft and execution across national and local outlets, turning ideas into mediable stories and securing executive interviews while guiding clients and teams on the evolving media landscape.

  • Media Strategy Development and Execution - Support the development and execution of client storytelling in earned media.
  • Pitch and Deliver Results – Work in the trenches with media and expected to deliver results across the board, securing media coverage while also helping strengthen media savviness of account teams and clients.
  • Strong Media Contacts – Bring a strong roster of top-tier and cross-category media contacts to Zeno and builds new relationships where needed.
  • Leading Member of Zeno’s Media Network – High visibility role across the agency, educating colleagues across the agency on earned media best practices, the changing media landscape and POVs for navigating the news cycle.
  • Deep Knowledge of the Media Landscape – Have a pulse on the daily media landscape, insider knowledge and ability to unearth media opportunities for our clients across the board.
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Zeno Group

Zeno Group is the fiercely independent and global, integrated communications agency, born from PR. We bring together the boldest and brightest talent to help clients across industries and sectors unleash the power of strategic communications. Guided by our purpose to champion the courageous to achieve something better for humankind, we push boundaries to achieve real business value and societal impact for clients. Winner of the industry’s most coveted awards including the 2023 PRWeek Purpose Agency of the Year, 2023 PRovoke Purpose-Driven Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek Global Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek U.S. Large Agency of the Year, 2022 PRovoke Best Large Agency to Work For in North America, 2021 PRovoke Global Creative Agency of the Year, 2021 PRovoke North American Agency of the Year, 2021 PRWeek Agency of the Year and a four-time winner of PRWeek’s Best Places to Work. Zeno has also been previously recognized by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Zeno is a DJE Holdings Company.

Founded in 1998
New York, NY, US
899 employees (182 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
34K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.7%
Direct
43.6%
Referral
8.4%
Social
3.8%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~910

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
140 (15% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
4.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
21

Funding

Last Raise
Pre Seed, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2022
    Pre Seed

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