Vice President, Spirits

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$115K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and steer culture-driven brand strategy and integrated campaigns for premium brands, guiding partnerships, earned media, and client leadership across cross‑functional teams and business growth streams.

  • Own cultural strategy and brand-building programs
  • Lead campaign ideation, partnerships, and earned media leadership
  • Oversee client management, financials, and team development

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Cultural Strategy & Brand Building
  • Develop communications and cultural marketing strategies that drive brand relevance, consumer engagement, and business growth.
  • Identify emerging cultural trends, shifts in consumer behavior, and whitespace opportunities that position brands at the center of culture.
  • Translate business objectives and brand priorities into actionable strategic frameworks and integrated communications plans.
  • Build long-term cultural platforms and programs that create sustained relevance while delivering against annual business objectives.
  • Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to clients on culture, communications, consumer behavior, and brand growth.
  • Campaign Ideation & Creative Leadership
  • Lead the development of breakthrough campaign ideas rooted in cultural insight and earned-first thinking.
  • Partner with creative, social, experiential, influencer, media, and talent teams to bring ideas to life across the full marketing ecosystem.
  • Ensure campaigns are designed to generate earned media while driving consumer participation, social engagement, and brand advocacy.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Business, or a related field.
  • Eight (8) to ten (10)+ years of experience in communications, cultural marketing, integrated marketing, public relations, brand strategy, or a related field.
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience leading and managing teams.
  • Proven experience developing and executing communications and cultural marketing programs for premium, luxury, lifestyle, fashion, music, hospitality, entertainment, or spirits brands.
  • Demonstrated success creating integrated campaigns that generate earned media, consumer engagement, and measurable business impact.
  • Experience managing agency partnerships, cross-functional teams, and multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Strong presentation, writing, storytelling, and client leadership skills.

Benefits

  • a hybrid work model;
  • a “work from anywhere in the US” policy (up to four weeks a year);
  • a year-round staff training and development curriculum;
  • a staff-led Action Group dedicated to DEI excellence in the agency and industry (read our DEI statement here: https://hunterpr.com/dei/)
  • Perks? We have perks. When you work at HUNTER, you can expect Bring Your Parents (And Kids) to Work Days, regular volunteer Days of Service, mid-day Cupcakes and Cocktails mixers and epic Halloween and holiday parties.
  • Founded in 1989, HUNTER has grown into one of the most respected mid-size marketing communications firms in the country, creating work that matters in strategic planning, earned media relations, social and digital media, talent and influencer engagement, experiential marketing, multicultural outreach and content creation and distribution.
  • See us in action here: https://hunterpr.com
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Hunter

HUNTER is an award-winning, integrated marketing communications firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London and partnerships that extend our reach globally. Our 300+ person firm, recently bolstered by combining forces with KWT Global, employs a powerful blend of marketing solutions for corporate and consumer clients including public relations, social and digital media, experiential marketing, influencer and talent relations, multicultural outreach, and content creation and distribution across all platforms to earn attention and drive positive reputation for some of the world’s best known and most beloved companies and brands. Founded in 1989, HUNTER proudly serves a broad range of consumer and corporate communications needs across the food + beverage, wine + spirits, technology, fashion + lifestyle, home, travel + hospitality, health, beauty, financial and professional services, and education sectors. Our motto is “We Earn It,” and at HUNTER we focus on doing so in three key areas: earning attention, earning client relationships, and earning staff dedication. Our creative approach, client service orientation, and values-driven culture have led to one of the longest average staff tenures and most enduring client relationships in the business including TABASCO® Pepper Sauce, our first client over 36 years ago and still a client today. For more information, please visit:hunterpr.comwww.facebook.com/HunterPRinstagram.com/HunterPRNYFor job and internship opportunities, please visit: www.hunterpr.com

Founded in 1989
New York, New York, USA
1K employees (113 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35%
Direct
50.1%
Referral
6.5%
Social
7.3%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
80 (8% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
5.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
20