Public Relations Intern (Fall 2025)

Weber Shandwick is seeking a highly strategic and collaborative Senior Vice President to join our Client Operations and Project Management capability. This individual will play a critical role in driving operational excellence, cultivating talent, and aligning business objectives with operational strategies to achieve long-term success. 

As a leader in this space, the SVP will be responsible for overseeing large-scale new account transitions, driving transformations within existing client work, and leading the operational setup for new clients, including establishing processes, teams, and ways of working to ensure success. Additionally, the role will focus on elevating internal processes, ensuring financial health, and fostering team growth. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Strategically uncover growth opportunities within departments and support the Client Operations and PM leadership team through focused, actionable planning to drive results. 

• Lead large-scale transformation efforts tailored to existing clients and internal teams, aligning operations with Weber Shandwick’s business goals and ensuring consistent optimization and efficiency across all functions. 

• Lead the operational setup for new clients by establishing streamlined processes, building high-performing teams, and defining ways of working to ensure seamless integration and delivery excellence. 

• Provide strategic operational consultation by identifying risks and opportunities, driving large-scale operational models, and delivering actionable solutions. 

• Act as an escalation point for operational challenges, ensuring seamless issue mitigation and continuous improvement. 

• Partner with agency leadership to reinforce and promote the value of Client Operations and PM services as a growth engine for the agency and drive overall capability growth. 

• Oversee the fiscal health across Clients and the remit assigned within the Client Operations and PM capability, ensuring billability, utilization, and sustainable financial practices. 

• Negotiate large-scale, global and complex scopes, agreements, and budgets with clients, procurement, and internal parties such as Finance and Legal. 

• Provide guidance on margin management and revenue growth by reviewing scopes of work and partnering with leadership on effective financial strategies. 

• Lead the development of high performing teams by strategically define training opportunities, lead educational sessions with senior agency leaders/offices, and actively sponsor and mentor emerging diverse talent to foster a culture of inclusivity. 

• Drive inclusive hiring practices in collaboration with Talent Acquisition while managing and coaching a diverse team to develop the next generation of Weber Shandwick leaders  

  

Requirements:  

• 15+ years of experience, with a demonstrated ability to lead complex operations at a global scale. 

• Deep understanding of operational processes, financial management, and business strategy. 

• Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and manage diverse teams while fostering a culture of inclusion and collaboration. 

• Experience negotiating client contracts, scopes, and budgets with a focus on delivering both strategic and financial value. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and clients. 

• Excellent communication and organizational skills. 

 

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

California/Washington Salary range: $160,000 – $200,000

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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We are looking for a strong Manager with both account management and media relations experience to join our West Coast Consumer practice! 

Are you a candidate with a passion for working with a range of clients (variety is the spice of life!), who is familiar with the current media landscape across verticals (consumer, tech, business and trade), is in tune with pop culture and who has proven experience leading cross-functional internal, agency and client teams to execute integrated campaigns? Then this role is for you.

The Essentials  

• Thinking: Has intellectual curiosity, creativity and critical thinking skills; is able to connect the dots and evaluate opportunities strategically to ensure they break through and deliver on client goals
• Earned-First Storytelling: Understands the elements that make a story exciting, what brands are doing in the press and on social platforms, and what they should do next
• Communication: Speaks, writes and edits succinctly and in a compelling manner
• Leadership: Experience and a love for leading a team of other curious colleagues, clients and agency partners to execute flawlessly and to the highest quality standards
• Client Service: A record of exceptional client service with the ability to counsel and interact effectively with senior management at client organizations
• Management: Strong project management skills with the ability to ensure the team creates and meets deadlines. Works well in a fast pace environment
• Interpersonal: Plays nice, whether it’s on a team, across geographies or independently
• Technical: Is familiar with Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook – media databases and social tracking tools are a bonus
• Detail-Oriented: Has a keen attention to detail and a commitment to delivering clear and precise work, whether it’s a client-facing email, a strategic deck, a narrative, a recap report – or even just a Slack
• Spark: Understands what sets themselves apart. And what is means to do good, impactful work.
• Obsession with Culture: A clear understanding of what drives culture, with a passion for tapping into pop culture to reach broad and diverse audiences.
• Financial Acumen: Experience managing clients’ budgets and allocating agency resources accordingly

What We’re Looking For:

• A senior account management expert with a minimum of 3-4 years of experience and a background in consumer, consumer-tech, travel, fashion and/or CPG PR
• BA or BS in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism or related field
• Strong experience with both large-scale and start-up business environments preferred
• Client interaction, media relations and industry knowledge
• Excellent communication/presentation skills; verbal and written
• Management of earned media campaigns including thought leadership, product launches, earned-first creative campaigns, and more
• Ability to counsel senior clients and their executives with flawless earned media strategy and creative storytelling
• Manage clients, team resources and deliverables around major campaigns and programs.    
• Can integrate earned media strategy seamlessly with digital, social and paid
• Experience in new business development and organic business growth efforts in support of new business pitches

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

[California/Washington] Salary range: $74,000 – $85,000

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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Account Director – Weber Advisory

Weber Shandwick West

Weber Shandwick West is hiring an Account Director to join our Weber Advisory team, with a focus on corporate reputation, executive visibility, and thought leadership storytelling. This is a chance to help leading companies define their voice, protect and enhance their reputation, and connect with the audiences that matter most.

We’re looking for a media-minded communicator with proven success securing tier-one business, financial, and national media coverage. You should bring experience shaping executive platforms and narratives, translating complex issues into compelling stories, and guiding clients through today’s fast-moving reputation landscape.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the day-to-day lead on high-profile corporate, financial, and B2B accounts.
• Drive corporate reputation programs spanning executive visibility, thought leadership, media engagement, and issues management.
• Develop and execute integrated PR plans, setting goals and identifying stories that advance client reputation and business objectives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with tier-one media — from business press to national outlets — and deliver consistent, high-quality coverage.
• Shape executive platforms, from LinkedIn visibility strategies to keynote speeches and media profiles.
• Write, edit, and polish content including press materials, op-eds, key messages, blogs, briefing docs, and thought leadership pieces.
• Provide strategic counsel to senior clients, anticipating risks and opportunities in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Manage teams and projects with precision, ensuring flawless execution on time and on budget.
• Monitor industry trends, offering strategic insights that inform both client work and team recommendations.

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of communications experience, ideally in an agency or corporate setting.
• Proven track record securing tier-one business and national media coverage.
• Experience developing executive visibility programs and thought leadership platforms.
• Excellent writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to distill complex topics into sharp, engaging narratives.
• Strong project management skills, able to juggle competing priorities and lead teams effectively.
• Media-savvy, digitally fluent, and comfortable navigating today’s integrated media environment.
• Experience in financial services, professional services, or corporate B2B a plus.

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

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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