Senior HR Business Partner

Group Creative Director 

Are you a conceptual problem solver? Passionate about ideas that breakthrough in culture? Do you get energized by building solid client relationships?  If so, we have an opportunity for you.

 

Weber Shandwick is looking for a Group Creative Director with an earned-first lens and a diverse agency background to manage several large-scale accounts.

 

You’ll have the chance to create award-winning work for national and global brands through earned, social, and traditional media for clients across industries, including travel, food and beverage, healthcare, technology and beyond.

 

You’ll be someone who excels in mentoring and managing a team of senior and junior creatives, leading by example, with a keen eye for organization and detail. You’ll keep our teams motivated and focused on the task at hand – but you’ll still love getting your hands dirty and creating the work alongside them.  

You’ll work closely with our strategy and integrated media teams, and client leaders to help propel the work forward and grow our business. 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Develop and deliver creative solutions that strengthen clients’ market distinction and leadership position  
• Generate innovative ideas across existing and emerging digital platforms and inspire colleagues to create world-class, pioneering ideas  
• Articulate and justify conceptual and design choices  
• Build a culture hungry for smart creative by guiding, teaching and mentoring and underscoring the need for continual creative improvement
• Promote and actively contribute to a culture of innovation, excellence and accountability  
• Mentor and lead staff to maintain consistent creative quality and award-winning work  
• Lead concept, creative development, and presentation of new business development efforts  
• Continually develop practices and processes to inspire, innovate, and harness new ways of thinking 

 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 

• A strong portfolio of work 
• 10 years of experience in a creative leadership role  
• Demonstrated experience managing the creative development process in a client-services environment  
• Advanced knowledge of user-centered experience design, brand development, digital marketing and the creative process    
• Strong ability to provide clear creative direction and provide timely, helpful feedback to improve creative processes and to keep work on budget and schedule  
• Excellent presentation skills and communication abilities, both internal and client-facing  
• Ability to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short and long-term needs 
• Proven mentoring and team-building skills 
• A real understanding of what makes for compelling work  
• The ability to concept across a broad range of media, in a variety of tones and voices 
• Resilient mindset, a cheerful and positive attitude, and respect for others 
• A willingness to push creative boundaries 
• And most importantly a kind leader who loves what they do and can have fun while doing it!

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
• RRSP (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – $50 monthly cell phone reimbursement
• MyDays – Flexible time off
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave Policy

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Vice President, Strategic Planning

We are looking for a strategic leader who sees business problems from the eyes of real people, using data, observation and experience to create strategies that will benefit a client’s brand and business by engaging audiences and delivering measurable value. With an emphasis on developing compelling insights, this person will be an active member across client teams and large contributor to new business opportunities. They will be responsible for challenging conventional thought and providing a neutral point-of-view for communications strategy and planning. Our ideal candidate should have experience building brand and creative strategies with a global lens that deliver ideas across channels, tactics and content, and possess the ability to guide measurement that is aligned with strategy.

 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and guide the quality of strategic output of a key relationship including client stewardship, briefs, strategic narratives and POVs.
• Create a culture of insight, ensuring the practice is embedded into our client delivery and that the broader agency is educated on brand and communication strategy fundamentals.
• Collaborate with CX leads to guide key clients and provide consistent thought leadership.
• Champion and enhance the methods by which teams uncovers insights and measures results.
• Lead, motivate and grow a team of planners, analysts and subject matter experts.
• Serve as an opinion leader by sharing best practices, case studies and thought leadership.
• Participate in industry events to help position Weber Shandwick as a strategic leader.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience in strategic planning, preferably at an agency.
• Global brand experience a bonus.
• Experience in PR, Advertising and digital (social, content, video, media, influencer) is preferred.
• Persuasive presenter and speaker, able to tell a story based on data and hypothesis.
• Experience building, managing and mentoring a team.
• Deep industry network and credibility within the industry.
• Self-motivated, fun, entrepreneurial and endlessly curious.

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
• RRSP (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – $50 monthly cell phone reimbursement
• MyDays – Flexible time off
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave Policy

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

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The Weber Shandwick Toronto Office is seeking a Vice President, Corporate & Issues.

What we are seeking:

We are looking for a change agent to help us grow our C-Suite Group and support a wide array of high-profile clients with corporate reputation, crisis preparedness and live crisis and issues counsel and support.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in brand and reputation building communications, managing executive visibility, media strategy, crisis communications and issues management. The candidate will have the opportunity to drive a broad range of corporate reputation campaigns across a variety of clients, while leading a team of practitioners and collaborating with Weber Shandwick’s network to develop strategic and creative client work. Previous agency experience is desired and you will have worked with clients across multiple industries

You will play an important role on our team, leading a broad range of projects and developing new business opportunities. You will be an emerging leader on the team and help mentor and grow the skill sets of emerging talent in our practice. You should be sharp strategist, have strong writing skills, be social and digital analytics savvy, and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment. You can marshal teams and resources effectively and quickly and are entrepreneurial.

Our team:

The Weber Shandwick C-Suite Advisory team focuses on: Organizational Preparedness, Response, and Resiliency; Social Impact, ESG, & DE&I; Enterprise & Executive Leadership Strategy (incl. Geopolitical, Public Diplomacy, Public Health); Organizational Transformation & Employee Engagement; Corporate Marketing; Capital Market Insights and Financial Communications. It also collaborates closely with Weber-Shandwick teams and other parts of The Weber Shandwick Collective.  The nature of our work requires an ability and eagerness to juggle multiple responsibilities and work with multi-office teams. You will have the opportunity to play a leading role in launching a new advisory business and the growth and expansion of this team and offering.

What you will be doing: 

Client Support:

• Develop and grow positive relationships with clients, maintaining the company’s reputation in terms of delivery and quality
• Provide strategic counsel to clients where possible, being able to assess problems and define logical and effective solutions for clients 
• Lead the delivery of high-profile accounts across multiple markets
• Brief and inform account teams. Communicate expectations/goals to the team on an ongoing basis, helping to keep the team motivated by communicating clear tasks and actions
• Work successfully with partner agencies as part of a client integrated agency team, both internally at WS and externally
• Work effectively with finance colleagues to deliver accurate quotations for all client projects or new business work
• Write well-structured, persuasive content and help train other team colleagues to do the same
• Contribute innovative ideas for the client and new business work, inspiring ideation amongst team members
• Lead and support a range of issues and crisis communications situations for companies and organizations, including brand safety, product safety issues and recalls, adverse events, pricing and access issues, workplace culture, litigation, regulatory compliance issues, misinformation campaigns, DEI-related matters, investigative reporting, and more
• Develop and draft crisis plans, media strategies, reactive media statements, talking points, FAQs, memos, crisis simulations and other deliverables as needed
• Oversee and execute proactive media outreach and reactive media relations strategies in connection with issues and crisis management strategies as needed
• Provide regular counsel to clients and colleagues
• Keep client programs on schedule and ensure all deadlines are met within budget parameters
• Provide media and crisis training to clients
• Develop and deliver client presentations

New Business and Marketing:

• Help drive the growth of the C-Suite Group overall
• Participate in new business development for the team and collaborate among practice areas at the agency in support of broader new business pitches

Team Management:

• Take an active role in helping manage the team and problem solve
• Work with peers to further the mission, goals and culture of the C-Suite Group and the agency
• Promote team cooperation by actively seeking the opinions and views of team members of all levels
• Train and motivate emerging talent and help create opportunities for their growth

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field and/or 8-10 years of relevant experience in an agency/strategic consulting firm, political office, or corporate PR background desired.
• Agency experience (preferred)
• Experience directly counseling clients/senior ranking executives through a broad range of crises, issues and special situations
• Skilled crisis and issues media relations strategist and practitioner with top-tier media relations experience
• Experience working on Corporate reputation campaigns across industries
• You are both a creative and a strategic thinker, and a natural team leader
• Familiarity with the latest digital trends in social media strategy, tools, and analytics
• Experience with corporate reputation, brand safety/protection through integrated communications programs
• Thrives under pressure and can handle multiple projects in a demanding, deadline-oriented environment
• Exercises exceptional judgment when working with clients, colleagues and vendors.
• Communicates clearly, analytically and persuasively, both orally and in writing
• Pays close attention to detail and quality of work product
• Adept at solving problems and resolving conflicts
• Capable of mobilizing and motivating teams, anticipating needs and instilling confidence

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
• RRSP (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – $50 monthly cell phone reimbursement
• MyDays – Flexible time off
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave Policy

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

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