VP (Associate Director) - Consumer PR (Hiring Immediately)

Who is Weber Shandwick?


At The Weber Shandwick Collective, you are welcomed , valued and empowered to grow and we believe that opportunity grows in a collective .
We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever-changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity. Our talented team builds brands by finding connection points in the real world. We energise the right mix of talent, using the right platforms and latest technology to choreograph stories that make a real and meaningful impact for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses.

We earn affection, attention, affinity and purchase by delivering value to people around the world, with deep specialisms across food & drink, travel & tourism, consumer tech, consumer health, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle and energy. We are known for:

• Develop ing data driven insights and strategies to drive measurable impact

• Creating impactful campaigns that tap into culture

• Creating channel and platform agnostic campaigns that grow organically

• Delivering integrated campaigns that are earned-first but deliver for paid and owned

What's happening?

We are looking to appoint an experienced Vice President (Associate Director level) to join the leadership team within our Consumer practice. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful team and take the next step up in your career at an award-winning global agency.

To be successful in this role you will be highly organised and an excellent communicator. You will have a natural motivation to deliver award-winning creative work that is original, thought-provoking and conversation starting. Alongside this, your strong leadership skills will help to develop talent within the team, delivering quality work that sets industry benchmarks. In this role, you must be able to demonstrate how you create exciting, ground-breaking consumer PR and social ideas to deliver outstanding results.

As a Vice President, you will have a proven track record of overall responsibility for managing a large team and budget, the ability to be one step ahead, to plan and anticipate, as well as having a great eye for detail. A key requirement for this role will be your ability to build strong client relationships and drive new business. You will be responsible for working closely with clients and account teams to lead strategic planning and overseeing innovative communication campaigns.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following key attributes:


CLIENT AND WORK

• Serve as key integrated team member on client and inter-agency teams