What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager, Corporate Communications position at Weber Shandwick?
The Global Corporate Communications Marketing team at Weber Shandwick has an opportunity for a Senior Manager with exceptional earned strategy and media relations prowess - who wants to be part of a dynamic, industry leading, boundary breaking organization. This opportunity is perfect for an organized and creative individual who is a fast learner and keen observer of industry trends and media. Candidates should be curious and passionate about media - both traditional and especially emerging - and exhibit a hunger for new ways to engage. This individual will support and amplify brands within The Weber Shandwick Collective, leading initiatives for the Global Corporate Communications and Marketing team and advancing the agency's business priorities both externally and internally.
As a crucial role for the team, this individual will work closely with multiple senior stakeholders within the organization globally to drive the development, execution and measurement of reputation-building initiatives. This individual has the confidence to actively participate in team projects, but also the proactivity to own solo projects with an intuition of when to reach out for collaboration.
About you : Are you someone who knows the modern media landscape and has a unique experience telling stories for companies? 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, companies, culture, and media. We want someone who can frame a problem, develop succinct insights, and explain what it all means in a compelling story. Come grow your career as part of our industry-leading organization.
Responsibilities
- Builds and maintains excellent relationships with media
- Proactively and reactively crafts and tells compelling stories on behalf of the agency
- Brings a client-oriented attitude that results in work being performed fast and to the highest quality standards
- Drive the strategic development of public relations and media relations plans and campaigns
- Maximize industry visibility around agency thought leadership and insights-driven efforts
- Identify emerging award recognition opportunities while authoring submissions on behalf of the agency and our people
- Synthesize social and digital content for the agency's owned channels
- Identify new and emerging tentpoles / events for earned and paid activation while shaping a high impact and differentiated presence
- Stay on the leading edge of timely media topics, cultural trends, digital influencers and reporters
- Fuel and help drive executive visibility efforts
- Manage employee engagement events, programming and initiatives
Skills and abilities :
The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including :
NYC Salary range : $95,000 - $110,000
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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Salary : $95,000 - $110,000
