Senior Manager, Client Experience + Media Relations, Weber Advisory

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$85K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 12 hrs ago

Job Summary

You will lead multi-account corporate communications programs, advising clients on reputation, executive visibility and thought leadership while directing day-to-day programs and mentoring junior staff.

  • Own client relationships and integrated campaigns across media, messaging and thought leadership.
  • Drive strategy, media outreach and reporting across national, business and trade outlets.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a key team leader across multiple client accounts, managing day-to-day relationships, projects and integrated communications programs.
  • Provide strategic client counsel and clear recommendations on corporate reputation, executive visibility, thought leadership and issues management.
  • Develop a wide range of communications materials, including messaging documents, media strategies, press releases, pitch notes, executive talking points, bylined articles and proposals.
  • Execute integrated corporate communications strategies, translating business priorities and stakeholder insights into compelling programs.
  • Identify and develop timely, relevant story opportunities for clients, targeting national, business and trade media.
  • Lead earned media efforts, leveraging existing reporter relationships, developing persuasive pitches and securing meaningful coverage.
  • Stay current on the evolving media landscape, business trends and reputational issues shaping client industries.
  • Manage and mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of curiosity, collaboration and high performance.
  • Play a leading role in client meetings and presentations, building trust and confidence with senior stakeholders.
  • Identify emerging trends, reputational risks and opportunities to strengthen client relationships and contribute to organic growth.

Requirements

  • 5–7 years of experience in corporate communications, public relations or a related field; agency experience preferred.
  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism or a related discipline.
  • Proven success managing client relationships, leading integrated communications projects, securing earned media coverage and managing junior team members.
  • Experience supporting corporate reputation, executive communications, issues management or clients in complex and highly scrutinized industries is a plus.
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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)

Salaries

Posted range

$85K/yr – $100K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Media Relations median pay in the United States

$100K/yr

Most earn $88K to $123K. Based on 250 salaries, including bonus and equity.

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