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About the Role
Weber Shandwick seeks an Account Director of Earned Media with exceptional earned strategy and media relations skills to support financial services clients. The role involves advancing thought leadership, building corporate reputation, and positioning FS products and services via earned and integrated programming.
Responsibilities
- Builds and maintains excellent relationships with key corporate, business and financial 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.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience. Agency experience preferred.
- Experience leading projects from start to finish, working with integrated teams across various disciplines.
- Experience supporting clients in financial services with relevant subject matter expertise (e.g. fintech, banking, investing, payments, retirement, insurance, wealth management, etc.).
- Earned strategy and media relations experience with relevant media relationships.
Skills
- Earned strategy
- Media relations
- Financial services
- Thought leadership
- Proprietary research
- Corporate reputation building
- Story framing
- Succinct insights development
- Compelling communication
- Business Acumen
- Client Service
- Proactivity
- Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Conflict Resolution
Location
- NYC
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 7+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 - $130,000
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k (with employer match)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement
- MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
- Short-Term Disability
- Paid Employee Family Leave
- Family Building Benefit
About the Company
- Weber Shandwick is a leading community of earned media strategists.
- Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, with an objective to increase this requirement over time.
- Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent and focused on developing inclusive teams.
- Omnicom will process personal data in accordance with its Recruitment Privacy Notice.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.