Responsibilities

• Lead communications strategies for financial services clients, from ideation to execution.
• Serve as day-to-day lead on teams and client contact, with a focus on timeliness, quality, and budget adherence.
• Develop a deep understanding of clients’ businesses, key stakeholders, and industry landscapes, and apply this knowledge to provide strategic recommendations.
• Support senior leadership in identifying and mitigating challenges, creating efficiencies and ensuring client satisfaction.
• Work with leadership to develop media engagement strategies, maintaining and leveraging relationships with key financial journalists, producers, and influencers.
• Craft compelling thought leadership content, including op-eds, speeches, corporate messaging, and media materials.
• Provide proactive and reactive media counsel to clients, ensuring message alignment and positioning.
• Translate complex financial and regulatory topics into clear, compelling narratives for media, investors, and other key stakeholders.
• Oversee the work of junior team members, providing mentorship, feedback, and guidance.
• Contribute to new business efforts, supporting proposal development, pitch preparation, and deskside research.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, journalism, communications, or a related field.
• At least 4+ years of experience in corporate communications, financial services, public relations, or public affairs, preferably in an agency setting.

Preferred

• Experience in financial communications, with a strong understanding of financial institutions, the financial services industry landscape and key stakeholder audiences.
• Strong media relations expertise, with established journalist relationships and a demonstrated ability to secure high-impact media coverage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to develop strategic messaging and thought leadership content.
• Strong project management skills, with a proactive, detail-oriented, and results-driven mindset.
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, high-pressure environments, managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

Benefits

• DJEH offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.