Vice President, Client Experience

Who We Are

Weber Shandwick is more than a leading global PR agency – we’re an engagement agency and we’re working in and around the cutting edge of the new media landscape. We’re storytellers, content creators, and we engage people IN the story. Our success is built on a deep commitment to client service and to our people. We embrace creativity and collaboration, and we engage stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputations.

Senior Associate, Corporate Advisory

Weber Shandwick is looking for a talented client and media practitioner to join our corporate advisory practice. In this role, you will be responsible for thinking across channels and disciplines to manage integrated engagements for an exciting mix of accounts, including flagship technology, health & wellness and CPG clients. 

You will help bring our clients’ business objectives to life through creative earned, owned, and paid activations. You’ll engage with clients and colleagues around the world, help develop junior team members, establish trusting relationships with clients, and participate in new business development. 

Responsibilities 

CLIENT AND WORK 

• Liaises with clients and assists in day-to-day communications and account management, including organizing client meetings, developing timelines, activity reports, and other key client documentation.
• Supports a variety of strategic initiatives on client accounts, including assisting in the development and execution of strategic executive communications and visibility plans, corporate issues management, landscape intelligence research, and corporate storytelling campaigns.
• Manages and executes key media relations deliverables, including media list creation, pitch development, press releases, reporting, and content creation.
• Supports campaign and program development by conducting relevant research and contributing creative ideas to media activations, planning meetings, and team brainstorms.
• Continually builds understanding and knowledge of clients’ business, competitive landscape, and industry trends to provide thoughtful recommendations.
• Partners with diverse, cross-functional teams to ensure strong execution of programs in support of client business objectives.
• Supports influencer identification, coordination, and management in partnership with our internal experts.
• Monitors, analyzes, and develops client coverage reports, leveraging industry measurement and listening tools to identify opportunities for growth and strategic evolution. 

SELF LEADERSHIP AND TEAM EFFECTIVENESS 

• Contributes to the work plan of junior team members and helps guide their work.
• Serves as a role model to team members, producing high-quality work and continually updating managers on activity progress.
• Proactively contributes to an inclusive team culture and consistently displays behaviors that support integration. 

Qualifications 

• BA or BS in Journalism, Business, Communications, or a related field.
• 2-3  years of relevant experience in communications, events or media relations, roles
• Experience supporting communications programs, either in an agency or in-house setting.
• Knowledge of and interest in business and the corporate landscape. Keen interest in following policy, media, and macroeconomic trends.
• A strong writer capable of crafting compelling narratives for various audiences.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and detail-oriented, with strong project coordination skills and the ability to drive projects from start to finish.
• Demonstrates solid media relations skills, including experience with media monitoring, building media lists, and pitching. Comfortable building relationships with top-tier business and industry trade outlets.
• A critical thinker and confident communicator who is solutions-oriented and connects the dots between different workstreams. 

Salary Range: $70,400 USD – $76,000 USD

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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Who We Are

Weber Shandwick is more than a leading global PR agency – we’re an engagement agency and we’re working in and around the cutting edge of the new media landscape. We’re storytellers, content creators, and we engage people IN the story. Our success is built on a deep commitment to client service and to our people. We embrace creativity and collaboration, and we engage stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputations.

Freelancer Vice President Client Experience

We Are Seeking:

We are looking for a driven, self-motivated and culturally fluent, Vice President to join our Consumer team, working across global lifestyle and CPG brands. As Vice President, you will be responsible for leading day-to-day business and spearheading high-profile, award-worthy, earned-driven integrated campaigns for some of our top client brands. This is a high-visibility leadership role in a fast-paced, integrated environment with cross-functional collaboration across channels and partners. You’ll work closely with clients, and integrated agency teams to deliver social-first, earned-led programs that drive engagement and buzz, while guiding a team of rising talent. 

What the Role Entails:

• Lead multi-channel campaigns with an emphasis on earned media, cultural storytelling, and social/digital engagement
• Oversee campaign launches from start to finish inclusive of planning, event/activation production, management of talent partner(s), and development of media materials and social briefs
• Ability to turn ideas into workable plans and presentations via decks
• Build trusted relationships with senior clients, offering strategic POVs and counsel
• Ensure programs are rooted in insights and measured against KPIs
• Manage diverse internal teams and SMEs with clarity and organization
• Lead by providing mentorship, fostering growth and innovation

Who You Are:

• Proven experience executing successful campaigns that generated earned media, drove social engagement, and made a cultural impact
• A strategic thinker with strong instincts for what drives earned media and social buzz
• Strong ability to remain nimble and counsel clients through conflict
• Aptitude for financial analysis
• Confidence working with senior clients and leading large teams
• A natural leader with strong presentation skills who pays attention to detail
• Sharp writing skills and a creative mindset
• Commitment and dedication to the agency’s success as well as individual career

Hourly range: $85 USD – $120 USD

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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Who We Are

Weber Shandwick is more than a leading global PR agency – we’re an engagement agency and we’re working in and around the cutting edge of the new media landscape. We’re storytellers, content creators, and we engage people IN the story. Our success is built on a deep commitment to client service and to our people. We embrace creativity and collaboration, and we engage stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputations.

Vice President – Corporate

We Are Seeking:

The Weber Shandwick Chicago office is currently seeking a Vice President to support several clients in our growing Corporate/Enterprise Practice. The ideal candidate will have experience in brand and reputation building communications, managing executive visibility, media strategy and team leadership. 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

What You Will Be Doing:

• 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
• Execute client programs to support media relations, corporate event and executive visibility programs
• 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

 Qualifications:

• 9+ years public relations experience, corporate PR background desired
• Past experience working in an agency or in-house role coordinating with agency partners
• Experience working on Corporate reputation campaigns across industries
• You are both a creative and a strategic thinker, and a natural team leader
• Needs to have a track record in client service to senior level clients
• Strategic media relations knowledge
• Experience working with C-suite executives on executive visibility programs
• BA or BS in Communications or related degree

Salary range $116,000 USD – $155,000 USD 

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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