Account Director Public Affairs, Technology Team

Who is Weber Shandwick?

We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever-changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity. Our talented team builds brands by finding connection points in the real world. We energise the right mix of talent, using the right platforms and latest technology to choreograph stories that make a real and meaningful impact for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses e.g. HSBC, Ikea, Unilever and eBay to name a few. 

We earn affection, attention, affinity and purchase by delivering value to people around the world, with deep specialisms across food & drink, travel & tourism, consumer tech, consumer health, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle and energy. We are known for:

• Develop data driven insights and strategies to drive measurable impact
• Creating impactful campaigns that tap into culture
• Creating channel and platform agnostic campaigns that grow organically
• Delivering integrated campaigns that are earned-first but deliver for paid and owned

What’s Happening?

Join our dynamic team where innovation meets expertise. Weber Shandwick Scotland is looking for an experienced, ambitious and energetic Account Manager to join our team and support some of our most exciting clients, both globally and locally.

You will have the unique opportunity to shape the narrative for leading companies in the consumer space. You’ll be joining a talented team that creates cultural value and helps brands navigate the ever-changing age of communications: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity.

We are proud to work with the world’s largest corporations, companies, and organisations. This role offers you the same opportunity – to work with the biggest and best clients in the world.  

What will you be doing?

• Builds client relationships by providing counsel to multiple clients, driving execution of tactical plans to ensure high-quality deliverables
• Successfully manages client expectations, team resources, and deliverables around major campaigns and projects
• Serves as an active participant in client meetings and presentations; crafts, presents, and executes integrated communications strategies for major campaigns
• Conducts and manages the flow of research and materials development necessary to analyse client issues
• Functions across disciplines with a knowledge of social media strategies and tactics
• Monitors media outlets for coverage of client and competitor news, leveraging digital and social outlets, a diverse set of influencers, etc
• Understands industry issues that directly and indirectly affect the client
• Composes media materials (press releases, pitch notes, client briefings, messaging documents, sample Q&A, proposals, bylined articles, supporting social content, etc.) and conducts media outreach
• Proofs and edits client-related documents
• Develops and builds relationships with media
• Brainstorms and brings to life compelling ideas for clients and media
• Leads small teams to conduct pressing research on a wide range of issues, reviews and prepares executive summaries and/or analyses of information into strategic and actionable recommendations.

Who are you?

• Already working as a Senior Account Executive or Account Manager in a PR agency
• Proven experience within media relations planning for consumer clients
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent project management and organisational skills
• Ability to translate client needs into effective project plans
• Strong collaboration skills
• Strong negotiation and persuasion abilities
• Ability to deliver campaigns across multiple platforms
• Ability to effectively build external relationships.

Anything else?

Weber Shandwick Scotland are headquartered in Glasgow and have offices in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. This role can be based from any of these 3 offices on a hybrid model with two days per week in the office. However we are a flexible bunch, so please do reach out if you have flexibility requirements and we’ll be happy to chat!
  

Core Benefits:

• Private medical insurance
• Group life assurance
• Group income protection
• Personal pension plan
• Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible Benefits:

• Buy or sell holiday
• Additional life assurance cover
• Critical illness insurance
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Travel insurance
• Health screening
• Gym discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health cash plan
• Flexible working with our 3:2 hybrid work model
• Equivalent of $250 USD for new joiners on 6 month + contract to support home working setup
• 25 days’ annual leave (in addition to public holidays) plus 2 volunteering days, birthday day off work and discretionary festive closure
• Flexible public holidays
• Sweets and snacks in the office
• Exclusive shopping discounts and perks
• Headspace membership
• Annual eyecare voucher
• Season ticket loan
• Referral bonus scheme
• Long service bonus
• Enhanced family leave
• Inclusive and invisible health policies

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Account Director, Client Experience

Weber Shandwick is looking for a Director to join our Consumer team in our New York offices. 

We Are Seeking: 

We’re looking for a passionate brand enthusiast and strong Account Director to join our Consumer Practice, working across a few of America’s most iconic consumer health brands. You will be responsible for playing a critical role in leading breakthrough activations that earn attention and helping to create truly fun and unique social and influencer-led campaigns. In this role, you will be responsible for coaching, inspiring and motivating a high performing team while exceeding expectations for our clients.

In this role, you’ll be tasked with overseeing account programming while collaborating closely with our creative and influencer teams to advance programming and achieve business objectives both internally and externally. Fueled by your love of consumer-led programming and viral brand campaigns, we hope you’ll bring energy and enthusiasm to every client challenge while motivating colleagues around you.

What We Are Looking For: 

• A strong leader, motivated to thrive within a fully-integrated business environment
• A passion and curiosity for social and influencer and deep understanding the changing media landscape
• Can turn ideas into workable plans 
• Capacity to convey ownership of assigned projects to junior team members, track staffing allocations and hours efficiently
• Ability to solve client challenges
• Strong desire to mobilize and motivate teams 
• Can work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent oral and written business communication skills
• Strong financial acumen, ability to manage and track work against budgets cross-specialty
• Experience with invoicing and billing
• Can complete challenging projects within set parameters
• Exceptional judgment when working with team members, client contacts and vendors
• Commitment and dedication to the agency’s success as well as individual career
• Can anticipate client and team needs
• Attention to detail and quality
• Jumps in with solutions and “let’s try it” attitude
• Instills confidence with clients and colleagues

Basic Qualifications: 

•  At least 7 years of experience in agency, PR/Communications space
•  Experienced in account management across Integrated Media Strategy, Influencer Campaigns, and Media Relations, ideally within the consumer health or CPG space
•  Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, PR, Business Management, or related field 

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $100,000 – $130,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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Vice President, Social & Influencer Strategy

The Weber Shandwick Boston Office is currently seeking a Vice President for its Healthcare Practice, focused on corporate healthcare.

The VP is responsible for managing client and inter-agency relationships, playing a critical role in shaping the future and long-term success of our Health Practice.  This person in this role will also be a key leader in the Boston Health team. The VP will be responsible for all aspects of a client relationship and account team. Responsibilities include recommending programs and activities coordinating with client’s goals, effectively delegating projects, offering counsel to team members and allocating agency resources to match client budgets. VPs are also engaged with business development, strategic program planning and the development of creative concepts. The ideal candidate will have corporate communications experience with a proven track record of managing reputation campaigns within the healthcare space.

If you are excited about managing talented junior staff members, building strong relationships with clients, and taking your PR career to the next level on a team that’s dynamic, creative, smart and fun, then we want to talk to you.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Day-to-day client management and counsel
• Facilitating integration efforts across team and with other agency partners
• Driving communications support to solve reputational challenges
• Working across internal specialists including media, digital and creative
• Working with senior counselors on strategy and creative ideation

Qualifications:

• Strong client-relationship management/relationship-building
• Experience managing cross-functional teams
• Corporate health experience
• Can turn ideas into workable, integrated plans
• Capacity to convey ownership of assigned projects to junior team members
• Can problem-solve  
• Can mobilize and motivate teams
• Can work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent oral and written business communication skills
• Aptitude for financial analysis
• Can complete challenging projects within set parameters
• Commitment and dedication to the agency’s success as well as individual career
• Can anticipate client and team needs
• Attention to detail and quality
• Instills confidence with clients and colleagues

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefits

Boston Salary range: $138,000.00 – $170,000.00

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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