Vice President Corporate Communications

Weber Shandwick; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global communications agency in Amsterdam is looking for a VP (Associate Director) to lead its Corporate Enterprise team. The role involves providing high-level strategic counsel, managing client relationships, and leading integrated communication campaigns. The ideal candidate has a strong background in B2B communications, a mastery of media relations, and is fluent in Dutch. This full-time position offers the opportunity to work on prestigious accounts and develop innovative campaigns.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in B2B/Corporate communications.
• Ability to manage large multi-market teams.
• Proficiency in Dutch (native/bilingual level).

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic counsel to clients.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams for campaigns.
• Oversee execution of media strategies.

Skills

Strategic mindset

Media relations

Client experience

Excellent copywriting

Strong presentation skills

Quantitative analytics

Job description

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Weber Shandwick is a leading global communications agency with offices in 74 countries around the world. The firm’s success is built on its deep commitment to client service, our people, creativity, collaboration, and leveraging earned (and increasingly social and bought) media and expertise to build brands and company profiles and engage audiences across practices as diverse as consumer marketing, healthcare, technology, public affairs, public health and corporate.

The NL team is made up of a smart, dedicated, and fun team members with expertise spanning B2B, Corporate, Public Affairs, Crisis/Issues, Social Impact/ESG and Technology.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced practitioner who is curious, ambitious, proactive and friendly. The successful candidate will enjoy working on a portfolio of well-known global brands, executing integrated campaigns involving earned media, strategy, creative, analytics and digital. You’ll lead the day-to-day running of accounts, provide counsel, manage budgets, and lead and inspire your team to deliver flawless execution of activities.

Overview

Weber Shandwick is looking for a talented VP (Associate Director) to join the Corporate Enterprise team based in Amsterdam. The Dutch team falls under the broader Benelux agency umbrella, giving access to a bigger pool of talent and resources.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level strategic counsel to clients, being able to proactively identify and assess problems, define logical and effective strategies, and implement solutions on their behalf
• Be a highly trusted senior point of contact for clients, responsible for leading a team to deliver an exceptional client experience
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams in the development of both over-arching strategy and creative campaign ideas
• Act as a facilitator, bringing in specialist practitioners within the practice and throughout the wider Geneva office to support in the delivery of integrated communications campaigns
• Lead market co-ordination for Dutch, international and global campaigns
• Oversee the flawless execution of media/campaign strategies of multiple accounts simultaneously
• Draft copy to a very high standard while also editing and overseeing the quality of all other content produced by teams
• Demonstrate proficiency in understanding communications and business goals, and the ability to link team efforts to these in order to demonstrate value and impact for clients
• Stay on top of industry news, trends and influencers in specific industries and be able to link these to your clients’ objectives
• Work effectively with finance colleagues to support the client lead in client budgeting and resource management, including forecasting, hours allocation for team members, project and plan budgeting, managing servicing levels
• Lead in the development and presentation of new business pitches
• Help with the training and development of junior team members

Qualifications

• A strategic and growth mindset for our clients’ businesses and a nose for hunting opportunities
• An interest in the complex world of B2B/Corporate comms
• Proficiency in both media relations and the delivery of an exceptional client experience
• A comprehensive roster of journalist contacts with Corporate, technology, B2B and vertical sector beats at titles covering international, national and trade/vertical sector publications. A proven ability to manage large and multi-market teams to deliver work of the highest quality
• Experience working with multiple disciplines and specialists to deliver integrated campaigns
• Mastery in copywriting a range of external and media materials including press releases, key message documents, pitches, social media content, etc.
• Familiarity with quantitative analytics and an ability to set and evaluate campaign metrics
• Strong presentation skills and experience in new business pitching
• Native/bilingual Dutch level (Dutch as a second language is accepted)
• Experience developing and managing campaigns and being a day-to-day lead for clients, with a track record of providing strategic counsel

Seniority level

• Executive

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Public Relations and Consulting

Industries

• Public Relations and Communications Services

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