About Edelman Smithfield

Edelman Smithfield is a global financial communications firm with the power and scope of Edelman, the world’s largest integrated communications company. We specialize in financial markets and strategic situations, serving clients in the United States, Canada, EMEA, APAC, and beyond. Edelman Smithfield offers a deep and talented bench of approximately 250 financial market specialists across more than 25 cities and 15 countries.

Edelman Smithfield advises senior leaders and management teams navigating complex matters that impact reputation and valuation and has deep expertise in serving and communicating to the financial markets. www.edelmansmithfield.com

Responsibilities:

• Lead the creation of communications plans and goals, including the development of both tactical and strategic elements; manage against them.
• Proven ability to lead large projects and teams on sizable accounts.
• Creates, drives and executes strategic media relations programs.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of his/her clients’ businesses and their missions, as well as their key stakeholders’ employees, investors, regulators, media, vendors, partners and other businesses/organizations, etc., and will be able to impart this knowledge to account team members.
• Helps set client program goals and manage against them.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to delegate tactical assignments and accurately judge and edit the work of others.
• Serve as daily client contact and as client lead.
• Oversees quality and operational performance of accounts, ensuring work quality and deadline/budget adherence.
• Supervise staff by motivating, coaching, consistently providing feedback, holding them accountable and conducting their reviews.

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in Communications Marketing and/or related fields, including agency or in-house communications role
• Organized and detail-oriented, able to multi-task various responsibilities.
• Proactive and self-motivated; anticipate upcoming client projects and deliverables.
• Ability to think critically and demonstrate good judgment.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal skills; professional phone and email communications
• Innate desire to provide excellent service to client.

Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead and act with certainty, earning the trust of their stakeholders. Our honors include the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for PR; Advertising Age’s 2019 A-List; the Holmes Report’s 2018 Global Digital Agency of the Year; and, five times, Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work. Since our founding in 1952, we have remained an independent, family-run business. Edelman owns specialty companies Edelman Data & Intelligence (DxI) and United Entertainment Group (entertainment, sports, lifestyle).

For more information please visit: www.edelman.com

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Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (i.e., at least 2 weeks after last dose) and, if hired, present proof of vaccination before start date. Candidates may request an accommodation due to disability, sincerely held religious belief or exception required under applicable law. 

Edelman is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage racially and ethnically diverse people, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, parents, individuals with disabilities and members of any and all protected classes to apply.