Senior Vice President

Freuds Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 260,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Freuds US is seeking an exceptional SVP to lead strategic communications with a focus on social impact, sustainability, and corporate work. The candidate will blend sharp counsel, commercial thinking and creative problem-solving to guide clients across FMCG, Tech and Professional Services through complex opportunities and reputational challenges.

You will shape communications strategies, develop integrated campaigns and partner with senior stakeholders to deliver measurable impact, while growing

Qualifications

• Experience leading senior-level communications with strategic focus across sectors.
• Ability to shape campaigns and advise on reputational risk.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted senior adviser to clients and internal teams.
• Own relationships with mid and senior-level clients across portfolios.
• Lead insight-led recommendations by tracking client, sector and current affairs.
• Ensure high-quality client-facing work with editorial direction.

Skills

Strategic communications

Social impact

Sustainability

Corporate communications

Client advisory

AI in communications

Job description

Freuds US is looking for an exceptional SVP to join us, taking on a new opportunity for a strategic communications professional with strong experience across social impact, sustainability, and corporate work, who combines sharp counsel, commercial thinking and creative problem-solving to help clients across sectors including FMCG, Tech and Professional Services navigate complex opportunities, reputational challenges.

Working across an established and varied portfolio of clients and events, you will help shape communications strategies, develop integrated campaigns and partner with senior stakeholders to deliver measurable impact.

This role will also have the opportunity to deliver and enhance our Goals House offering, a diverse community of business and political leaders, activists, NGOs, and entrepreneurs that come together at significant global moments throughout the year, united in the shared mission of driving progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted senior adviser to clients and internal teams, providing strategic counsel across reputation, narrative, audience, channel and risk.
• Own day‑to‑day relationships with mid and senior‑level clients, building strong multi‑tier connections.
• Lead the development of insight‑led recommendations by staying close to client, competitor, sector, cultural and current affairs.
• Protect the quality of client‑facing work, bringing senior judgement, editorial direction and creative thinking to briefs, outputs and reactive moments.
• Manage complex projects confidently, keeping work on track, teams aligned, deadlines met and pressure points escalated early.
• Support the commercial health of client accounts by managing budgets, spotting growth opportunities and contributing to pitches, tenders and credentials.
• Champion smart, responsible use of AI across insight, planning, content and reporting, improving quality and efficiency while applying strong human judgement.
• Be comfortable working with colleagues across territories.
• Contribute to the continued growth and evolution of the US business with clients and our Goals House events and offering.
• Specifically for Goals House, identifying areas for the evolution of Goals House, putting forward ideas to make them happen, and building strong relationships with our partners and community, as well as identifying and nurturing a pipeline of prospective partners.

We build teams that are passionate about working on initiatives that they truly believe in. Our employees are given the opportunity to develop industry firsts whether that be in the form of a documentary, an activation or the launch of a new concept or partnership.

Our alumni have gone on to run their own top 150 agencies and to lead the communications and marketing for well‑known global brands. Securing a role with us is a smart and strategic career move. We look for problem solvers, for creative minds and for individuals who want to change society, influence culture, challenge conformity and push boundaries. We know that without our employees, we wouldn’t be able to achieve what we do.

As our many awards and certifications confirm, we are committed to offering an inclusive environment where individuals from all backgrounds are rewarded on merit, have the opportunity to experience integrated communications in its truest form and work on opportunities that due to our connectivity are unique to Freuds. Our culture ensures a sense of belonging for all and we thrive off our ability to support and utilise a diverse range of thoughts and perspectives.

Freuds is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and representative team. Whatever your race, religion, origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability – we want to hear from you.