ANDMORE is redefining what a market can be elevating live experiences into strategic business moments for the world’s top brands and retailers. With new leadership and a growing portfolio, we’re building a PR and Communications function that meets the moment and helps shape the company’s next chapter. This is a rare opportunity to lead a high-visibility function from day one and to shape the stories, systems, and strategy that power ANDMORE’s future.

What You’ll Do

ANDMORE is seeking an enterprising Vice President, Strategic Communications to build and lead a modern PR and communications function from the ground up. Reporting to the SVP, Brand Marketing (with dotted-line access to the CMO & CHRO), this leader will oversee corporate, internal, and brand PR reimagining how ANDMORE shows up in the world and how communications delivers value for the business.

You’ll join at a moment of real momentum with a newly approved team structure, an executive leadership team that understands the power of communications, and high-impact partners in place. The opportunity ahead is equal parts build and lead: developing the foundational systems (calendar planning, narrative architecture, spokesperson strategy, etc.) while also assembling and enabling a high-performing team and partner bench.

This leader will be accountable for delivering against the function’s newly defined ambition:

“To build visibility, trust, and relevance with every message, every market, and every moment.”

Success in this role requires both strategic rigor and creative thinking, someone who can serve as a thought partner to the CEO, CMO, and CHRO in shaping distinctive, business-relevant communications, while also delivering operational clarity and strong outcomes across the function.

Position Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Architect a future-fit PR and communications function that brings clarity, visibility, and relevance to how ANDMORE communicates across audiences and channels.

• Set and steward a distinctive voice across corporate, internal, and brand comms respecting vertical nuance while anchoring in enterprise goals.

• Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO, CMO, CFO, CHRO and broader ELT, helping translate business priorities into communications impact.

Foundation Building & Team Enablement

• Build the operating foundations for a high-performing, agile communications function including integrated planning, narrative development, message architecture, media relations strategy, and spokesperson visibility.

• Working cross functionally with a multidisciplinary team with oversight across internal communications, executive visibility, and brand PR (trade and consumer).

• Manage and align external partners by specialty including financial PR, IR readiness, trade/consumer PR, and influencer relations.

Team Execution & Accountability

• Oversee development of ANDMORE’s corporate narrative, company message house, and thought

leadership strategy.

• Lead proactive media relations across corporate, trade, business, and consumer channels in partnership with internal leads and agency partners.

• Manage internal communications planning and delivery, in close collaboration with the People team and ELT.

• Drive executive visibility from event speaking opportunities and social presence to company-wide moments and CEO/CFO comms.

• Drive brand PR strategy and execution elevating market moments, exhibitor stories, and key launches through integrated consumer and trade media campaigns.

• Develop and operationalize issues/crisis protocols and stakeholder response

• Ensure the function is delivering measurable impact across visibility, trust, and relevance with regular reporting to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 12-17 years of progressive experience across corporate and internal communications, with exposure to brand/consumer PR and/or integrated marketing.

• A system-minded builder, excited to stand up foundational tools and processes, but able to flex as the organization grows.

• A creative, problem-solver who thrives on partnership and can work hand-in-hand with senior leaders to develop compelling, business-aligned communications.

• Proven experience managing high-performing teams and leading agency partners to

• Comfortable navigating holding company stakeholders and cross-functional

• Outcome-oriented, you know how to tie communications to visibility, trust, relevance, and strategic

Each of the items listed is considered an essential function of the position. However, the duties, responsibilities and requirements presented in this job description are intended to be broad-based and high level and should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all roles or responsibilities for the position. The Company reserves the right to alter the duties and responsibilities of the position.

About ANDMORE

ANDMORE, a Blackstone portfolio company, empowers wholesale buyers and sellers to connect, grow and prosper through premier physical markets and design centers. The company operates over 20 million square feet of premium tradeshow and showroom space, hosting live events in Atlanta, High Point, N.C., Las Vegas and New York City. Serving industries such as home décor, gift, furniture and apparel, ANDMORE supports the global B2B community through its unmatched marketplace experiences. ANDMORE.com