Responsibilities

• The ideal candidate has experience providing strategic counsel to clients and effectively driving momentum to push progressive work forward. They have a mix of creative thinking and strategic reasoning, and understand how to effectively drive earned-first results in partnership with different disciplines (e.g., creative, production, paid influencer, social, etc.), whether internally or amongst an external integrated team.
• As a senior member of the team, you will lead the charge on projects and provide your expertise across all components of the process—assessing project feasibility, assigning work, resourcing, project planning, and interfacing directly with clients.
• This person will be responsible for helping develop modern integrated earned communications strategies that build brand awareness and achieve key business objectives.
• In addition to team management and mentorship experience, we are also looking for someone who can be part of new business and management decisions and can help us grow our Brand Communications practice with existing and new clients.
• Serve as a day-to-day client contact and business leader for large consumer accounts and workstreams
• Oversee and develop insight-driven ideas rooted in culture and today's earned media landscape that reach clients' business and marketing goals
• Be an expert in earned media, understanding what it takes to tell a story that breaks through in today's changing marketing and communications landscape
• Partner directly with team members across communications, creative, design, influencer, and production, overseeing integrated projects as needed
• Brainstorm and bring a point of view, contributing ideas and creative executions to solve problems in unexpected ways, and translate them in ways that feel simple
• Stay on top of the changing social, digital, and cultural landscape—looking for untapped opportunities and fresh thinking to bring to our work and the Brand Communications team

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or equivalent professional experience
• 12+ years of agency experience, successfully managing or contributing to integrated, earned-first creative ideation and campaign execution
• Proven track record of client leadership, leading earned-first work, and driving success both from a results and account growth perspective
• Ability to connect big-picture strategy with tactical execution; conceptual and editorially minded, with the skill to break through using modern earned media storytelling across major and emerging platforms
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven client and team leadership, proactive problem-solving, and the people skills to inspire teams and clients alike
• Highly self-motivated, reliable, and organized; able to manage multiple priorities and pivot quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Passion for teamwork, with experience building brand partnerships, integrated communications strategies, and large-scale event activations
• Resourceful, adaptable, and driven to deliver results amid today's ever-evolving environment
• Skilled at seamlessly overseeing and delivering earned media results across diverse clients and categories—including lifestyle, travel, consumer tech, luxury, and sports
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The company does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of work visas.

Preferred

• Experience with Artificial Intelligence (e.g., team upskilling, GEO, etc.) is a plus

Benefits

• Health Care (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Paid Time Off and Company Paid Holidays
• Summer Fridays
• Fresh Thinking Fridays
• Annual Technology Stipend
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Uber /Lyft Business Account
• New Business Referral Bonus