Senior Vice President, Social Strategy

Weber Shandwick is seeking a Manager (Account Supervisor level) to join our Integrated Media team within our Healthcare Practice.

We Are Seeking

We are seeking a strong Manager to join our Media Relations team within our Healthcare Practice who loves the thrill of the pitch, building relationships with media, and has a passion for healthcare innovation. As a Manager, you will have the opportunity to work on various top tier brands in various healthcare categories, including high science, health and wellness and consumer health.

What You Will Be Doing

• Develop a strong understanding of the client’s business and target audience, and work with sr. media members, strategists and creative team members to deliver solutions that meet program objectives
• Monitor media outlets, understand industry issues that directly and indirectly affect the client, and analyze and distill meaningful insights from media coverage
• Generate story ideas and topic angles, draft media materials, and pitch media to land earned coverage
• Develop strategic messaging for clients and support creation of media plans and proposals that take an integrated approach to driving awareness with target audiences
• Maintain real-time understanding of health news and trends and support creative ideation for evergreen opportunities on a consistent basis
• Proactively seek relationships with journalists on behalf of clients
• Serve as a role model to team members
• Participate in office-wide initiatives, seminars and meetings to further professional learning and development
• Actively participate in agency development and assist with new business as needed

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations
• 3 to 4 years’ relevant experience
• Media relations experience
• Spanish-speaking a plus

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

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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Description

We are looking for an experienced Manager (4-6 years of experience) for our Corporate team. We’re looking for a talented and enthusiastic self-starter who is ready to be a part of a dedicated local and national team and is passionate about telling stories for clients across multiple industries. We need someone with strong media chops and a proven track record of crafting story ideas that demonstrate a strong understanding of the media landscape and that meet client program objectives. The ideal candidate will have experience working with a team across multiple offices and will be a clear, concise communicator.   

Responsibilities

Client & Team Engagement

• Communicate with clients on daily basis  
• Provide basic client counsel
• Serve as a key participant in client meetings and presentations, including developing meeting recaps
• Conduct and manage the flow of research and work materials necessary to analyze client issues
• Manage client and team resources and deliverables around major campaigns and initiatives

Account Management

• Strong time and project management skills and an ability to juggle multiple client needs
• Track/enter time with precision and on a daily basis
• Assist with account budget and time entry analysis

Media Relations

• Develop a strong understanding of the client’s business and target audience, and work with strategists and media team members to deliver solutions that meet program objectives
• Monitor media outlets, understand industry issues that directly and indirectly affect the client, and analyze and distill meaningful insights from media coverage
• Generate story ideas and topic angles, draft media materials, and pitch media to land earned coverage
• 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, strategic recommendations for executive thought leadership across owned and earned channels
• Compose basic earned media plans and contribute to plan development processes
• Develop proposals, releases, customer profiles, newsroom blogs, bylined articles, supporting social content and other press materials
• Proof and edit client related documents as needed
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and execute large scale media programs

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 4+ years of experience in a communications role (PR agency preferred)
• 3+ years of experience in PR/communications role with expertise in writing, plan development, media relations strategy and execution, event management, speaking and awards submissions, social content, measurement, and monitoring
• 1-2 years management experience leading small groups and projects
• Strong experience with both large-scale and start-up business environments preferred

Additional Qualifications:

• Computer proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Collaborative work style
• Strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, work in a team and meet deadlines
• Ability to communicate information effectively and accurately, verbally or in writing
• A high level of integrity and sensitivity to confidential information
• A strong work ethic and an ability to be a self-starter

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

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Are you passionate about technology brands, news and policy? Do you have the entrepreneurial spirit to help lead an integrated team across marketing functions? Do you thrive on being innovative and proactive to deliver results for your clients? If you answered yes to the above, we are looking for YOU!

We are currently seeking an Account Director to join our team in San Francisco with in-depth tech and/or telecom experience. In this role, you’ll help lead some of our biggest consumer and B2B technology accounts, while building strong client relationships and driving results.

This role is responsible for driving the success of client relationships; developing a deep understanding of their businesses to develop programs that deliver tangible results for them.

You would be responsible for working with cross-functional teams in the planning and executional oversight of strategic earned media and digital initiatives, including the development of campaigns, content creation and measuring the effectiveness of our initiatives.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Build and manage day-to-day relationships with key clients as their “go-to” at Weber Shandwick
•    Own responsibilities for executional leadership of multiple client programs, budgets, timelines and plans
•    Assist in the development of long-term client plans and program recommendations, developing budgets and generating recommendations
•    Drive development of end-to-end campaign plans, translating strategies into tactics; ensure team deliverables align with strategies
•    Proactively support and suggest improvements to exceed client expectations by leveraging industry knowledge and experience
•    Manage ongoing team resourcing/staffing to ensure successful delivery of work
•    Develop and manage timelines and weekly action plans to ensure all deadlines on client programs are met
•    Build and own productive relationships with multiple stakeholders (e.g. brand managers), interagency teams, and a diverse array of agency colleagues
•    Maintain profitability and financial health of client relationships
•    Motivate the team by bringing a positive, solutions-focused attitude to everything you do
•    Lead a high-performing team and mentor junior team members

KEY QUALIFICATIONS
 
•    8-10 years of communications experience, ideally with a focus on technology and/or telecom industries
•    Agency experience (strongly preferred) and/or experience with leading tech brands
•    Excellent knowledge of the Canadian media and social landscape
•    Are both a creative and a strategic thinker
•    A track record in building strong client relationships and leading teams that deliver results
•    Proven experience building teams, empathetically managing and mentoring junior staff and working as a team-player in a cross-functional setting 

 

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

[California/Washington] Salary range: $105,000 – $135,000

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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