SVP, Integrated Communications (Consumer)

Day One Agency; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care

Paid Time Off

Summer Fridays

Fresh Thinking Fridays

Technology Stipend

401K with Company Match

Parental Leave

Commuter Benefits

Ride Benefits

New Business Referral Bonus

Employee Referral Bonus

Job summary

Day One Agency in New York City is seeking a SVP, Integrated Communications (Consumer) to lead integrated consumer work and client relationships for iconic brands. You will be the champion of the account from brief to execution, driving cross-disciplinary ideas and ensuring success across channels.

The role requires a senior leader with strong client leadership, strategy-to-execution capability, and a passion for storytelling in earned media.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent professional experience
• 12+ years of agency experience, successfully managing or contributing to integrated, earned-first creative ideation and campaign execution
• Proven track record of client leadership, leading earned-first work, and driving success

Responsibilities

• Serve as a day-to-day client contact and business leader for large consumer accounts and workstreams
• Oversee and develop insight-driven ideas rooted in culture and today’s earned media
• Be an expert in earned media and tell stories that break through in today’s landscape
• Partner with team across communications, creative, design, influencer, and production
• Mentor and lead agency teams while remaining hands-on to deliver success
• Participate in and lead new business pitch development and/or presentations
• Serve on Brand Communications leadership team and help build capabilities

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Client leadership

Earned-first storytelling

Team mentorship

New business

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Proactive problem-solving

People skills

AI familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Department: Integrated Communications

Location: New York

Description Looking for something fresh? Day One Agency is hiring.

Day One is a creative agency committed to bringing fresh thinking to our work. Every. Single. Day. For us, every day is day one, a new opportunity to start from the beginning, find a new angle, and let our creativity and curiosity lead us to earn the unexpected.

We’re looking to expand our leadership team with a new SVP, Integrated Communications (Consumer). You’ll become part of an award‑winning collective of cultural insiders* and industry outsiders**, all of whom are storytellers at heart.

Below you’ll find some specifics about the role. At Day One, the job description is truly just the start. Our best team members are enthusiasts who are entrepreneurial, embrace an opt‑in mentality, and are not afraid to embrace a fresh challenge.

Ready to join a team that’s been on Fast Company’s Most Innovative list for three years running, made Ad Age’s A-List, been named Agency to Watch 2025, and taken home Campaign AOY in 2025 and PR Week Midsize AOY four years in a row (2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026)?

Keep reading.

This position is full-time, requires a hybrid work schedule, and is only available in New York City.

The SVP, Integrated Communications will lead integrated consumer work and client relationships for an iconic global brand, and serve as a leader who will help us grow our practice. As a senior member of the team, we expect you to be the champion of the account from the brief to execution, driving clarity and sell‑in for cross‑disciplinary ideas and ensuring that we deliver success across a range of channels. Ultimately, we are looking for a leader who understands how to tell a great story in today’s ever‑evolving earned media landscape with programs that meet consumers where they lurk.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate has experience providing strategic counsel to clients and effectively driving momentum to push progressive work forward. They have a mix of creative thinking and strategic reasoning, and understand how to effectively drive earned‑first results in partnership with different disciplines (e.g., creative, production, paid influencer, social, etc.), whether internally or amongst an external integrated team. As a senior member of the team, you will lead the charge on projects and provide your expertise across all components of the process - assessing project feasibility, assigning work, resourcing, project planning, and interfacing directly with clients. This person will be responsible for helping develop modern integrated earned communications strategies that build brand awareness and achieve key business objectives. In addition to team management and mentorship experience, we are also looking for someone who can be part of new business and management decisions and can help us grow our Brand Communications practice with existing and new clients.

• Serve as a day-to-day client contact and business leader for large consumer accounts and workstreams
• Oversee and develop insight-driven ideas rooted in culture and today’s earned media landscape that reach clients’ business and marketing goals
• Be an expert in earned media, understanding what it takes to tell a story that breaks through in today’s changing marketing and communications landscape
• Partner directly with team members across communications, creative, design, influencer, and production, overseeing integrated projects as needed
• Brainstorm and bring a point of view, contributing ideas and creative executions to solve problems in unexpected ways, and translate them in ways that feel simple
• Stay on top of the changing social, digital, and cultural landscape—looking for untapped opportunities and fresh thinking to bring to our work and the Brand Communications team
• Be a thought-partner for senior-level clients by understanding their business while helping to maintain and deepen our client relationship
• Ensure that earned media, talent, content, and influencer strategies are aligned with clients’ overarching objectives
• Be proactive, anticipate client needs, and keep multiple activities moving
• Provide mentorship and leadership to agency teams, while remaining hands‑on as needed to help deliver success
• Participate in and lead new business pitch development and/or presentations
• Serve on the Brand Communications leadership team, which includes helping to build new capabilities, driving office culture, and mentoring staff

* TREND FORECASTERS, WRITERS, DESIGNERS, PRODUCERS, PEOPLE PERSONS, DIGITAL NATIVES, CULTURE HEADS, INTERNET ARCHAEOLOGISTS, MEME HISTORIANS

** ORGANIZERS, GLOBETROTTERS, DROPOUTS, SKATE SHOP ALUMNI, FORMER BARISTAS, SELF-TAUGHT DEVS, INDIE PUBLISHERS, FINE ARTISTS, SMALL-TOWN ESCAPEES

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent professional experience
• 12+ years of agency experience, successfully managing or contributing to integrated, earned-first creative ideation and campaign execution
• Proven track record of client leadership, leading earned-first work, and driving success both from a results and account growth perspective
• Ability to connect big-picture strategy with tactical execution; conceptual and editorially minded, with the skill to break through using modern earned media storytelling across major and emerging platforms
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven client and team leadership, proactive problem-solving, and the people skills to inspire teams and clients alike
• Highly self-motivated, reliable, and organized; able to manage multiple priorities and pivot quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Passion for teamwork, with experience building brand partnerships, integrated communications strategies, and large-scale event activations
• Resourceful, adaptable, and driven to deliver results amid today’s ever‑evolving environment
• Skilled at seamlessly overseeing and delivering earned media results across diverse clients and categories—including lifestyle, travel, consumer tech, luxury, and sports
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence (e.g., team upskilling, GEO, etc.) is a plus

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The company does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of work visas.

Compensation + Benefits

We value all of our employees and are happy to provide comprehensive benefits to help support them holistically in the best way we can. We offer all our employees:

• Health Care (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Paid Time Off and Company Paid Holidays
• Summer Fridays
• Fresh Thinking Fridays
• Annual Technology Stipend
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Uber /Lyft Business Account
• New Business Referral Bonus
• Employee Referral Bonus

The Company is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base compensation range for this role is $190,000-$220,000 and this position is eligible for benefits that include medical insurance (health, dental, and vision), retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, new business and employee referral bonuses, etc. Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for New York City based hires only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Pay Transparency Law. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as candidates’ relevant work experience, skills, qualifications, and location.