Managing Director

Responsibilities

• Create and lead integrated communication strategies (advertising, marketing, and PR) that align with clients’ business goals and objectives.
• Client and stakeholder engagement - Meet with clients to discuss goals, objectives, and expectations.
• Anticipate challenges, problems, propose solutions, offer client counsel, oversee quality, and ensure deadline and budget adherence.
• Regularly check in with clients to determine expectations are consistently met or exceeded.
• Create and execute storytelling strategies for clients and the agency across key African American and general market media outlets.
• Ideate and lead strategic content development, per target audience profiles, and distribute (events, reports, messaging, resources, etc.).
• Write press releases, feature stories, photo captions, media alerts, fact sheets, biographies, general correspondence, new business proposals, copy writing, award nominations and content for agency owned media platforms.
• Event planning and execution.
• Manage media and community relations.
• Work with advertising team to execute campaigns for clients by serving as the conduit between the agency and the client.

Requirements

• Multicultural communications experience working with multicultural audiences, particularly the AACM, and the ability to work with diverse communities.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• 8 to 10 years of experience in public relations or communications.
• Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Advertising or English.
• Proven project management skills.
• Previous agency experience preferred.
• Strong media relations/contacts with local, regional or national African American media.
• Extensive understanding of African American Consumer Market. Relationships with African American community leaders and organizations helpful.
• Advertising knowledge is a plus.
• Proven ability to lead and manage multiple small or medium-sized projects simultaneously.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Paid time off