Responsibilities

• Client leadership - Act as the senior counselor to clients, advising leaders from the C-suite down on communications strategy
• Set the creative and strategic direction for client programs and proposals, and make sure the work is measurable and good enough to win awards
• Lead through issues and crises with calm judgment
• Own quality across your accounts, including presentations, content, and final review before anything reaches a client
• Protect each client's brand and tone inside the agency
• Find ways to grow client relationships through new scopes of work and more ambitious programs
• Keep improving how we measure and report results
• Media and omnichannel strategy - Build and maintain relationships with reporters, producers, and editors across business, trade, and consumer outlets
• Know how today's multiplatform newsrooms and key commentators operate, and coach your team to pitch accordingly
• Look at each client's goals as a whole, and spot where social, influencer, search, or AI discovery could add to what earned media achieves

Requirements

• 7-10 years in PR and communications, with agency experience at a senior level
• A track record of landing meaningful coverage, and relationships with journalists who take your calls
• Experience leading programs that pair earned media with other channels, in partnership with specialists
• Experience as the lead client relationship on complex accounts
• Equally comfortable advising a CEO and coaching a junior team member, with experience managing and developing teams
• Comfort owning account budgets and profitability
• Strong writing and editing skills and sharp judgment on what's newsworthy
• Curiosity about what's next, and a history of trying new approaches before they became standard

Preferred

• Experience communicating purpose for nonprofits, foundations, B Corps, impact investors, or mission-driven brands
• Sustainability, climate, or clean energy communications experience
• Familiarity with GEO or AI discovery
• New business wins you led or helped lead

Benefits

• Benefits Include: Health Insurance, 401k, generous paid time off policy including 25 days of paid time off in addition to holiday closures, and 1 day for birthday leave, and flexible work environment.