Director, Agency Communications

New York City, NY (On-site)

$100K/yr – $120K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and sharpen Situation's external narrative and visibility, and lead the agency's communications strategy across press, social, events, and thought leadership.

  • Identify and craft compelling stories, angles, and opportunities across media and external platforms.
  • Build and leverage relationships with press, journalists, influencers, and industry voices to secure coverage, awards, speaking engagements, and partnerships.
  • Package ideas and research into pitches and platforms, extending their life across social, articles, and events.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and continually sharpen how Situation talks about itself — who we are, what we believe, what makes us different and where we are headed.
  • Develop and drive the agency’s overall communications and content strategy across press, social, thought leadership, events and other external channels.
  • Stay close to the work happening throughout the agency and proactively identify stories, ideas, people, client work and insights that deserve a larger audience.
  • Build relationships with relevant press, journalists, influencers and industry voices.
  • Proactively pitch Situation, our people, our work and our thinking to trade and mainstream media.
  • Identify and manage the awards, innovation lists, agency rankings and other recognition opportunities where Situation should be represented.
  • Create opportunities for Situation leaders and team members to participate in panels, juries, conferences, podcasts and other industry platforms.
  • Develop a proactive visibility strategy for the agency’s senior leadership.
  • Identify and pursue speaking engagements, interviews, panels, podcasts and other opportunities.
  • Help package our ideas, perspectives, research and experience into compelling pitches and platforms.

Requirements

  • 6-8+ years of communications, PR, brand or agency experience, ideally with experience working across entertainment, culture, media, advertising, sports, hospitality or adjacent industries.
  • Proven ability to create opportunities, not just execute them. Someone who can identify the story, develop the angle, make the connection and drive it forward without waiting for a brief.
  • Strong media and industry relationships with demonstrated success earning press, securing speaking opportunities, awards, panels, partnerships and other forms of visibility.
  • Excellent writer and storyteller with strong strategic instincts. Able to understand a business quickly and translate its work, people and ideas into a clear, compelling external narrative.
  • Highly connected and relationship-oriented. Someone comfortable engaging senior clients, journalists, industry leaders, partners, influencers and prospects—and who naturally thinks about how bringing the right people together can create value.
  • Entrepreneurial and highly self-directed. Comfortable operating with significant autonomy, managing multiple workstreams and being accountable for outcomes rather than simply delivering a list of communications activities.

Benefits

  • We are open to several models for the right person.
  • This could be a full-time senior member of the Situation team.
  • It could also be an experienced communications leader building their own boutique practice, with Situation serving as their anchor client.
  • Or it could be someone currently at a communications or PR firm who wants to build something of their own with a significant client already in place.
  • Regardless of structure, we want someone who operates as part of the Situation leadership ecosystem — deeply connected to the agency, close to its people and work, and accountable for how Situation shows up in the world.
  • As a full-time employee, we offer a competitive base salary and a range of benefits and perks.
  • Salary range: $100k - $120k per year, commensurate with experience
  • Health care plan (medical, dental, and vision)
  • Retirement plan with employer match
  • Life and disability insurance
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Situation

Situation is an award-winning agency built for live entertainment brands and championing the power of shared experiences around the world.With 20+ years of award-winning work, Situation is designed to meet the challenges and opportunities facing the live events industry today. We offer full marketing and creative services for experience-based brands: live entertainment, attractions, theater, sports, arts and culture institutions, and more.Are you looking for a partner to support your end-to-end consumer experience? Whether we’re full-service or full-specialist, our preferred way of working is the one that sets our clients up to win.Want to join our team of experience champions? We are always on the hunt for new team members who share our core values: innovation, collaboration, and commitment. We’re dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities and creating a diverse staff, reflective of the experiences we champion and audiences we build.Situation is part of Situation Group, a global collective that supports life-changing impact—partnering with brand experiences that promote understanding, connection, community, and growth.

Founded in 2001
New York, New York, USA
107 employees (56 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$100K/yr – $120K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
42 (39% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$9.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~107
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Director, Agency Communications

Situation · New York City, NY · On-site