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About the Role

Peppercomm seeks a Vice President (VP) to drive day-to-day account responsibilities and deliver communications results across B2B, fintech, and financial services accounts. The ideal candidate is news-obsessed, scrappy, trend-focused, curious, entrepreneurial, a lifelong learner, data-driven, and an excellent listener, striving to exceed client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an account lead across multiple client accounts, developing strong client relationships and providing counsel.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of clients' businesses, products, markets, and influencers to develop strategic public relations programs.
• Develop and implement client programs and campaigns from inception to execution.
• Drive earned media through significant media relations efforts, including data-driven story development and maintaining media relationships.
• Conduct proactive media outreach leveraging traditional and digital channels for PR programming.
• Stay informed about media coverage within client industries to identify newsjacking opportunities.
• Contribute creative and innovative ideas to brainstorms, client programs, new business presentations, and internal initiatives.
• Oversee multiple workstreams, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met.
• Create engaging content, including press releases, pitches, articles, and social media copy.
• Lead and engage the account team on client activities and projects.
• Support agency business development efforts, including RFPs, proposals, and pitch teams.
• Provide strategic advice on programs and measurement analytics.
• Mentor and coach junior staff members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in communications, journalism, or a related field.
• 8+ years of PR agency or in-house experience in public relations/communications.
• Strong experience in earned media and across multiple client verticals.
• Strong and reliable industry relationships with media.
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple deadlines across various accounts.
• Proven ability to write strategic documents clearly, concisely, and persuasively.
• Critical thinking and strategic problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience supporting new business efforts, including identifying growth opportunities and collaborating on pitch development.
• A “never quit” attitude and a great sense of humor.

Skills

• Media relations
• Content creation
• Strategic planning
• Account management
• New business development
• Team leadership
• Mentoring
• Data analysis

Location

• New York, NY

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Vice President
• 8+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $120,000 – $145,000

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit benefits
• 401k with match
• Monthly allowance for cell phone and office equipment
• Annual Wellbeing Stipend
• Generous time off policy
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Workplace flexibility

About the Company

• Peppercomm, a Ruder Finn company, is an award-winning, strategic, integrated communications and marketing agency headquartered in New York City.
• With 30 years of expertise serving blue chip and breakout clients, the firm combines wit and wisdom with proven public relations discipline and innovative offerings.
• Peppercomm has been recognized as one of the top 10 Crain's Best Places to Work in NYC, PRNews Agency Elite 100, and PR Daily's Top Agencies.
• The company has received recent campaign awards from PR Daily Awards, Provoke SABRE Awards, PRNews Platinum PR Awards, and Bulldog PR Awards.

Equal Opportunity

• Ruder Finn provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
• Ruder Finn will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
• Ruder Finn believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.