Vice President, Corporate Communications

Responsibilities

• Lead communications strategy for Sony Pictures Television Studio’s Scripted, Nonfiction and Kids businesses, ensuring alignment with broader Sony Pictures Entertainment communications objectives.
• Partner closely with business leadership and the SVP, Corporate Communications to advance business priorities, strengthen the company’s reputation, and reinforce Sony Pictures Television’s position as a leading independent television studio.
• Serve as a trusted communications advisor to senior executives, providing strategic counsel that anticipates challenges, identifies opportunities, and advances business objectives through thoughtful communications planning.
• Establish communications priorities, translate business goals into action plans, and oversee execution across channels and stakeholders.
• Ensure communications strategies align with broader business goals and support the long-term success of the Scripted and Nonfiction businesses.
• Manage all aspects of trade and business media relations for Sony Pictures Television’s Scripted, Nonfiction and Kids businesses.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key trade, business, and entertainment media outlets and reporters.
• Develop and execute proactive communications campaigns that highlight business accomplishments, content successes, executive leadership, and strategic initiatives.
• Work closely with senior leaders to ensure company priorities, accomplishments, and key business developments are reflected in announcements, media engagement, and executive messaging.
• Drive impactful trade and business press coverage that strengthens visibility, reputation, and industry leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 15+ years of progressive corporate communications, media relations, public relations, or related communications experience, preferably within the entertainment industry.
• Strong understanding of the television, entertainment, media, and streaming industries.
• Demonstrated experience developing communications strategies that influence business outcomes and support complex organizational objectives.
• Proven ability to serve as a trusted communications advisor to senior executives and influence business outcomes through strategic counsel.
• Established relationships with key trade, business, and entertainment media.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Excellent strategic thinking, sound judgment, and the ability to translate complex business issues into clear and compelling communications.
• Proven ability to manage multiple high-profile initiatives simultaneously while effectively prioritizing competing business needs.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence without direct authority in a highly matrixed environment.