Responsibilities

• Leads the strategic direction and delivery of PR plans and campaigns that support clients’ business and communications objectives.
• B uilds and maintains strong, enduring relationships with key clients, providing strategic counsel and effectively addressing and anticipating their communication needs.
• Maintains strong reporter relationships across key media verticals and leverages them to secure earned media coverage and executive interview opportunities.
• Collaborates closely with our expert social, influencer, sponsorship and experiential specialists on campaigns and projects for key clients.
• Leads the development of presentations and ensures the highest quality of press releases, campaign summaries / evaluations, clients briefs and media briefing documents from the team.
• Collaborates with individuals and teams across the agency and the industry, building a network of contacts to help deliver more value for clients and drive new opportunities.
• Provides strategic insights for new business responses and expert input on PR and integrated RFPs.
• Helps us stay ahead of emerging and current industry trends, recommending tools and technologies, particularly related AI, to help the team deliver strategic recommendations and optimum results for clients.
• Leads high-performing account teams of communications professionals, providing strategic oversight and nurturing talent and ensuring the highest quality of work.
• Works closely with the Directors, VP and SVPs within the PR & Communications group to identify, drive and support business development and to lead and mentor the wider team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree – Public Relations, Communications, or Marketing preferred
• At least 7 years of corporate PR experience, either in-house or at an agency
• Strong client and stakeholder management skills
• Strong writing skills
• Proven track record of building and growing strong client and media relationships
• Proven ability to lead an account team(s) on multiple projects simultaneously and drive results
• Ability to think strategically and creatively, and to problem-solve independently and in groups

Preferred

• Competencies: Adaptability: Ability to manage competing demands and deal with frequent change.
• Competencies: Analytical: Ability to synthesize complex information sets; anticipates potential problems and takes preventive measures.
• Competencies: Business Acumen: Understands implications of all decisions; focused on profitability; knowledge of marketplace and competition.
• Competencies: Communication and Presentation Skills: Articulate, persuasive speaker; writes clearly and informatively.
• Competencies: Creative: Ability to think creatively; develops unique business plans and programs.
• Competencies: Energy: Energetic, enthusiastic leader; committed to delivering efficient, successful results.
• Competencies: Management Skills: Ability to plan, communicate and monitor all work assignments properly matching responsibility to appropriate person

Benefits

• health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.