Account Director, Social and Influencer Strategy

Senior Manager, Media Relations 

 

At Weber Shandwick, we build brand stories designed to earn attention, coverage and conversation. We’re a passionate and diverse team that protects and promotes some of Canada’s (and the world’s) most iconic and beloved brands … and has fun while doing it!   
  
If you’ve got a passion for PR, here’s an opportunity to play a pivotal role at a forward-thinking, award-winning and globally leading integrated public relations agency. Over the last five years, Weber Shandwick has been recognized as PRovoke Media’s Canadian Agency of the Year, IABC Canadian Large Agency of the Year, a certified Great Place to Work (six years running) and boasts the most exciting client list of any agency in the country. 

 

POSITION PROFILE 

 

Do you love building relationships with journalists? Keeping your finger on the pulse of trends and breaking news? The thrill of the pitch? Landing the perfect story for your client? If so, this is the role for you. 

 

Our Toronto or Montreal office is looking for a Senior Manager, Media Relations, who is a seasoned public and media relations consultant responsible for providing strategic client counsel around media and influencer engagement, helping plan media events, leading announcement activations, securing media stories and guiding and mentoring up-and-coming talent. The ideal candidate will have experience that encompasses media relations (earned and paid), influencer engagement, event planning and program execution. 

 

With 5-7 years of experience, you’ll help us create campaigns that drive impactful earned media coverage and activate influencer and social programs that generate meaningful and measurable results.  

 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 
 

• Develop a strong understanding of the client’s business and target audience, and work with strategists and creative team members to deliver innovative and integrated programs that earn attention 

• Generate story ideas and topic angles, draft media materials, and pitch media to land earned coverage 

• Monitor media outlets, understand industry issues that directly and indirectly affect the client, and analyze and distill meaningful insights from media coverage 

• Support executive visibility efforts for clients including identifying, pitching and securing interviews and speaking engagements for C-suite 

• Develop strategic messaging for clients and support creation of media plans and proposals that take an integrated approach to driving awareness with target audiences 

• Provide thoughtful recommendations for content creation and distribution across multiple channels to support paid, owned and earned channels 

• Oversee client activations and activation teams  

• Counsel, coach and develop junior staff  

• Lead logistics planning for media and other influencer events 

• Support the development of KPIs to maximize media relations impact  

• Develop program staffing plans and budgets and work directly with clients and finance team to address related deliverables and questions 

• Highlight results, measuring success and promoting wins and key learnings to client 

 

REQUIREMENTS 
 

• Public relations experience of approximately 5-7 years, agency or in-house 

• Experience in retail, technology and/or small business sectors an asset 

• Expertise in media relations and event planning, including:  

• Strong existing media and influencer relationships 

• Working knowledge of and comfort executing new media forms 

• Ability to develop new media and influencer relations and turn those relationships into coverage 

• Drafting media materials, including pitches and press releases 

• Optimizing programs in real-time to maximize success based on preliminary results 

• Amplification of strategies, including paid, owned and earned 

• Ability to plan, organize, monitor and control projects and programs, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and creative resources  

• Ability to counsel clients on media relations activities and present plans in a convincing manner 

• Ability to work effectively with integrated agency teams and diverse range of internal stakeholders  

• Strong team leadership abilities  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English 

• Strong negotiation, presentation, collaboration and problem-solving 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
• 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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Programme de stage chez Weber Shandwick

 

Vous avez envie de vous lancer dans le monde des communications en travaillant pour l’une des agences de stratégie communication les plus récompensées, représentant certaines des plus grandes marques à l’échelle mondiale? Certes, nos origines sont ancrées dans le monde des relations publiques, mais Weber Shandwick a su évoluer et transformer son offre afin de proposer des services de consultation intégrée pour divers clients œuvrant dans toutes sortes de domaines comme les finances, la santé, la consommation et le commerce de détail.

 

Image de marque, réseaux sociaux, publicités numériques, rédaction de contenu éditorial, organisation d’événements expérientiels, optimisation des moteurs de recherche, production de contenu vidéo, développement de sites web, stratégies de communication interne, relations avec les influenceurs, gestion de crise, stratégies de relations publiques et d’affaires publiques. Notre travail, nos connaissances et notre équipe sont aussi uniques que chacune des idées que nous présentons à nos clients tous les jours.

 

À PROPOS DE NOTRE PROGRAMME DE STAGE

 

Dès le premier jour, vous évoluerez au sein d’un environnement qui vous permettra d’explorer les différentes facettes des relations publiques et du marketing. Vous serez amené à effectuer diverses tâches :

• Analyse de l’actualité afin de garder l’équipe et les clients informés de la couverture médiatique les concernant.
• Rédaction, en français et en anglais, de rapports de recherche, de contenu pour les réseaux sociaux, de notes internes ou de communications destinées aux médias.
• Appui lors de l’organisation d’événements : coordination auprès des divers fournisseurs, envoi des invitations aux influenceurs et aux médias, soutien logistique.
• Recherche de données qui contribueront à la conception de plans stratégiques afin de conquérir de nouveaux clients.
• Participation à des séances de remue-méninges.
• Appui aux équipes qui reçoivent des demandes spontanées en lien avec l’administration de certains dossiers.

 

À PROPOS DE VOUS!                    

• Vous êtes disponible à temps plein (40h/semaine)
• Vous êtes curieux et intrigué par ce qui fait la renommée d’une marque ou ce qui fait d’une nouvelle un moment mémorable.
• Vous êtes passionné par les grandes marques et entreprises et souhaitez faire connaître leur savoir- faire.
• Vous voyez les choses en GRAND, et vous feriez n’importe quoi pour voir vos idées prendre
• Vous préférez de loin être occupé que de vous tourner les pouces, en plus d’être habile à gérer des échéances variables dans un environnement qui bouge
• Vous êtes avide de tendances numériques/sociales/médiatiques et vous en demandez toujours plus.
• Votre sens critique et votre créativité vous permettent de décortiquer des idées complexes afin de les expliquer de manière
• Vous êtes bilingue (français et anglais).
• Vous avez d’excellentes aptitudes de rédaction en français et en anglais.
• Et vous possédez un diplôme universitaire ou l’équivalent.

 

VOUS AVEZ CE QU’IL FAUT?

Faites-nous parvenir votre lettre de présentation et votre curriculum vitae à l’adresse courriel suivante : mkhoury@webershandwick.com.

 

Nous acceptons les candidatures dès maintenant puisque nous souhaitons combler le poste de stagiaire dès le mois de janiver 2025

 

Weber Shandwick vous souhaite la bienvenue et encourage toute personne à soumettre sa candidature.

 

Les candidatures seront clôturées le 23 octobre 2024.

 

Public Relations Intern

 

Are you looking for exposure to an award-winning global marketing communications agency working with some of the world’s most exciting brands? Are you ready to IGNITE your career?

Weber’s IGNITE isn’t your average agency internship program. It’s a career-launching opportunity for anyone eager to play a role in solving today’s biggest communications challenges. It’s an immersive dive into our agency where you will do real work with real clients.

 

IGNITE offers a fulltime fully curated, hands-on experience that’s designed to develop your skillset, provide invaluable insights and help you explore the many facets of our industry as you define – and invest in – your career path.

 

While our story is rooted in traditional PR, we’ve evolved into a fully integrated agency working with some of the biggest names in QSR, CPG, retail, healthcare, technology and financial services.

 

Across media relations, influencer relations, social strategy, corporate reputation, crisis management, public affairs, branding, editorial content, employee engagement, digital advertising, experiential events, analytics, social impact and more – our work, knowledge and people are as diverse as the ideas we present every day.

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

From creative brainstorming to day-to-day execution, IGNITE interns form the foundation of a talented team that generates ground-breaking, award-winning programs. During the program, you’ll work on campaigns for iconic brands and companies you likely encounter every single day.

 

Beginning day one, we’ll create an environment that allows you to explore the various facets of Public Relations and Marketing: 

• Conduct and report on media monitoring to keep us aware of client coverage and what’s happening with their competitors, identify potential risks and support with crisis management.
• Prepare and update media and influencer lists with fresh outlets, angles and voices.
• Apply strong written ability to draft research reports, social content, internal communications and media relations materials.
• Support event execution: generate ideas, source locations, coordinate vendors, engage with media/influencers, and set-up/take-down.
• Develop briefs that help planners and creative teams understand the client ask.
• Dig deep into consumer and competitive research to support with new business pitches.
• Attend brainstorms alongside strategic planners, art directors and copywriters.
• Assist account teams with ad-hoc tasks such as project management and billing support.

 

WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM US

• Experience – You’ll be part of one or more account teams working on some of Canada’s (and the world’s) top brands. You won’t be watching from the sidelines, you will be IN the work.
• Training and coaching – You’ll kick off your experience with a series of trainings to introduce you to the core areas of our work, and then be invited to workshops and ongoing local and global trainings to keep you on the cutting edge of some of the most advanced thinking in the industry.
• Mentorship – You’ll be paired with a “People Champion” to ensure you get the most out of your experience and help guide your career.
• Support – You’ll get a buddy (who was also a recent IGNITE intern) dedicated to showing you the ropes and navigate the agency world, as well as access to a network of current and former interns to trade tips and share advice.
• A paycheck! – Our interns are paid hourly, at 40-hours per week.

 

Our IGNITE interns will earn practical experience as fully integrated members of account teams and will receive coaching from team members to help advance your career goals.

 

GOT WHAT IT TAKES?

We are accepting applications for spring (January-April) 2025. Applications are welcomed from candidates in Montreal.

 

Weber Shandwick welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

 

Applications will close on October 23, 2024.

 

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.

 

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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