General Application - USA

Weber Shandwick is looking for a dynamic Vice President to join our Consumer team in our New York office supporting iconic global consumer brands.

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
• Collaborate within IATs, working alongside creative, paid media, influencer, and experiential partners
• 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:

• Must have a strong passion for lifestyle and beauty brands, with a sharp awareness of emerging cultural and consumer trends

• Proven experience executing successful campaigns that generated earned media, drove social engagement, and made a cultural impact
• An expert in navigating Integrated Agency Teams, juggling multiple workstreams, and managing multiple clients
• 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
• Confident 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

 

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: $125,000 – $165,000

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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Weber Shandwick is seeking an Intern to work across major consumer clients. This Intern will work on iconic food & beverage and beauty brands that are household names. This is a full-time (40 hours/week), paid internship that will start in January 2026. This role is hybrid out of our NYC office.

The Essentials

• Thinking: Intellectual curiosity and creativity is a must
• Storytelling: Understand the elements that make a story exciting and how to highlight them in what you read in the press and what you see on social media
• Communication: Speak, write and edit succinctly and compellingly
• Management: Meet deadlines, put out fires and multi-task. Work fast, and work well
• Interpersonal: Play nice, whether it’s in a team, with a team or independently
• Technical: Know Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. Media databases and social tracking tools are a bonus (examples: Cision, Muckrack)
• Detail-Oriented: Whether it’s a media list or a recap report, attention to detail and a commitment to delivering clear and precise work is essential
• Spark: Understand what sets you apart

What You Will Be Doing

• Research: Analyze brands using various resources, thoughtful and detailed research helps our bring ideas and plans to life
• Engage: Share big ideas in brainstorms and with teams
• Plan: Assist in event coordination and logistics 
• Create: Craft written communications including media materials, from briefing books to media pitches
• Hustle: Pitch stories to media, develop media lists, track placements, etc.
• Monitor: Track brands in traditional, online, and social media during some of their biggest PR moments of the year. Previous campaign reporting experience is a plus
• Organization: Organize and maintain product closet, check inventory, order product/shipping supplies
• Product send outs: Compile various product mailers and coordinate product shipments

What We Are Looking For

• Someone who has an interest in, and enthusiasm for public relations and consumer brands
• Able to work in a dynamic and fast-paced agency environment
• Strong writing skills and understanding of the media landscape
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills
• Go-getter and proactive mindset – you’re willing to go above and beyond your daily tasks
• A contributing member of the team

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate must be a college graduate by the start of the internship or have demonstrated transferrable skills
• Must be available to work 40 hours a week starting January

NYC Salary range: $20.00 – $20.00

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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We are always looking for great talent!  If you don’t see an open role listed that interests you at this time, please send us your resume and we’ll keep in touch about future openings. 

Weber Shandwick is a leading global marketing and communications network that delivers next-generation solutions to brands, businesses and organizations in major markets around the world.

We push beyond category convention, pairing data-driven insights with creative prowess to deliver game-changing ideas that earn attention and drive business impact. We have a deep bench of talent across sectors and specialty areas, including brand and B2B marketing, healthcare marketing, change management, employee engagement, corporate reputation, crisis management, data and analytics, technology, public affairs, social impact and financial communications.

Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, we have won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry. Weber Shandwick was named to Ad Age’s A-List in 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019. The firm earned 25 Lions at the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

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.