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About the Opportunity    

The Weber Shandwick team is seeking a Senior Vice President of Earned Media Strategy with exceptional earned strategy and media relations prowess to support several corporate clients in our Healthcare Practice. The ideal candidate will have experience working across sectors in healthcare and brand reputation building communications, executive visibility, and earned media strategy.

 

About you: Are you someone who knows the modern media landscape and has a unique experience telling stories for healthcare brands? Do you love the thrill of the pitch and building relationships with media? Then read on! We are looking for a highly collaborative, original thinker who is endlessly curious about the intersections of people, culture, brands, and media. We want someone who is able to frame a problem, develop succinct insights, and explain what it all means in a compelling story. Come grow your career as part of our leading community of earned media strategists.

 

Responsibilities 

• Builds and maintains excellent relationships with media 
• Understands industry landscape/issues that may directly and indirectly impact a client  
• Proactively and reactively crafts and tells compelling stories on behalf of clients
• Leads the development of and is responsible for the execution of earned and integrated media programs
• Develops strategies/plans and media materials
• Brings a client-focused attitude that results in work being performed to the highest quality standards
• Counsels and interacts effectively with clients and leaders at client organizations
• Serves as key team member on client and inter-agency teams
• Mentors, coaches and develops direct reports and more junior team members
• Cultivates and participates in new business opportunities and pitches

 

Competencies

• Business Acumen– align talent strategies to drive business goals
• Client Service– client focus and ability to build trust and rapport across all levels
• Proactivity – exhibit relentless pursuit for new and innovative talent strategies
• Collaboration– build strong relationships at all levels across the organization
• Critical Thinking– ask probing questions; anticipate and address critical talent gaps and needs
• Conflict Resolution– possess sound judgment and savvy in navigating and resolving complex talent and organizational issues

 

Basic Qualifications 

• 10+ years of experience. Agency experience preferred.  
• Experience leading projects from start to finish, working with integrated teams across various disciplines.
• Earned strategy and media relations experience
• Bachelor’s degree 

 

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: $180,000 – $245,000

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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Influencer Strategy Intern (Summer 2025)

 

We’re passionate about expanding the boundaries of what we offer our clients by bringing diverse perspectives to the table. Are you creative and daring? Do you have digital savvy? Do you love to collaborate and bring big ideas to life? Are you ready to launch your career with Weber Shandwick? 

 

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

 

What’s in it for you? Our 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. 

 

What you’ll do all day: 

• Create: Craft written communications including internal and external communications with clients and influencers  
• Research: Top influencers in the space and determine best fits for our clients and brands  
• Engage: Share big ideas in brainstorms and with teams 
• Hustle: Communicate with influencers including initial outreach, negotiations and content development  
• Monitor: Keep track of influencers in the space and that we are working with to ensure positive online sentiment as well as report on final campaign metrics and insights  

 

What we’re looking for from you: 

• Thinking: Do it out of the box. Actually, it’s best if you’re wholly unfamiliar with the concept of boxes 
• Digital: Know all the old school and the latest social media platforms, what brands are doing on them and what they should do next 
• Communication: Speak, write and edit succinctly and compellingly 
• Management: Meet deadlines, put out fires and multi-task. Work fast, and work well 
• Detail-Oriented: Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering clear and precise work is a must 
• Technical: Know Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. Familiarity with platforms like CreatorIQ, Adobe Creative Suite, a plus 
• Dynamic: Ability to work in a fast-paced agency environment 
• Spark: Understand what sets you apart 

 

What you’ll get from us: 

• Support: As you navigate a hybrid workplace, you’ll have regular check-ins, calls and touchpoints with your teams and the whole office to feel connected 
• Mentor: You’ll be paired with someone in the office to mentor you and help you navigate the waters 
• A possible career: Internships have the possibility of growing into a full-time position 
• A paycheck! Interns are paid hourly, at 40-hours per week

 

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 from June-August 

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.

[California/Washington] 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.

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Weber Shandwick is seeking an ambitious and detail-oriented candidate for its introductory accelerated immersion program Weber Shandwick: Next Gen. This position will offer an in-depth overview of all the parts of our organization and the impact we have daily for clients. During an 18-month period, the Next Gen will cycle through each of our three pillars (Healthcare, Corporate and Consumer Brand) and get hands-on training in key disciplines with a direct line to senior office leadership.

What you’ll be doing:

• Rotate through key disciplines such as Client Experience, Creative, Media Relations, Influencer, Social, Strategy/A&I
• Collaborate with teammates–often across multiple offices and departments–on a variety of projects
• Social media/community management support – inclusive of social listening, channel management, content calendar management, content posting, response matrix development, in-culture engagements
• Earned media support – researching reporters, building media lists, drafting media materials and pitches, pitching reporters and managing reporter relationships and media opportunities
• Serves as key team member to support a range of complex, high-profile corporate issues /crisis communications situations and financial transactions (i.e., cybersecurity issues, product safety issues and recalls, mergers and acquisitions, executive leadership changes, IPOs, spin-offs, divestitures, etc.)  
• Provide operational support on client projects, as directed
• Effectively execute timely media monitoring and reporting daily. Accurately maintain executional tools and trackers for reporting
• Keep a pulse on industry news, opportunistic trends, and social platform best practices
• Prepares for and takes part in client meetings, including accurately capturing notes, agenda action items, call recaps, updating trackers, timelines and status documents 
• Actively builds own knowledge, contributes to inclusive team culture and consistently displays behaviors that support integration 
• Engage, as appropriate, with client contacts
• Support, as appropriate, relative vendor management

Qualifications:

• High school degree or above
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong research skills, from both a media standpoint as well as consumer trends and news
• Confident presenter and persuasive speaker
• Self-motivated, entrepreneurial and endlessly curious
• Professional demeanor
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Resourceful and effective problem solver
• Time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks and manage workloads
• Independent, motivated and driven to meet key deadlines

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

Illinois Salary range: $50,000 – $50,000

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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