Account Director, Social Impact and Public Affairs at Weber Shandwick | District of Columbia, USA | $95K/yr – $125K/yr

Weber Shandwick

Account Director, Social Impact and Public Affairs

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $125K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead client advisory and campaign work on social, policy, and communications issues with earned media at the center.

Must-have: 8–10 years in communications/public affairs and a background in political or social issues.
Standout: Mentoring junior staff and cross-functional collaboration across campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Serve as a client advisor, providing counsel on social, policy and communications issues.
Develop and execute bespoke communications strategies – with earned media at the center – that meet clients’ reputational goals.
Confidently lead day-to-day client engagement, ensuring we deliver our best work and exceed client expectations.
Craft compelling narratives, messaging and content on behalf of clients and their principals, including press releases, op-eds and social media content.
Build, maintain and leverage relationships with media to advance client narratives and objectives.
Track and provide timely recommendations on developments in politics and culture – and media trends – that impact clients.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, serving as an integral part of ensuring we deliver cohesive campaign work.
Mentor and develop junior team members through hands-on guidance and feedback.
Identify and support new business opportunities to expand the agency’s client base.

Requirements

8-10 years of professional experience in communications or public affairs agencies, Capitol Hill, Executive Branch agencies, political campaigns, media, nonprofit or similar organizations.
Bachelor’s Degree
Experience with wealth equity or community uplift programs, particularly those impacting the Black community.
A background working on political or social issues.

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