Vice President, Media Relations (PR)

Team Lewis; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid work environment

Generous PTO

Paid parental leave

Medical, dental, and vision benefits +

Life insurance (eligible day 1)

401k with employer match

Travel Programs

Up to $2k donation to a charity

Job summary

TEAM LEWIS, a global marketing agency, seeks a Vice President, PR to own US client relationships, drive campaigns, and lead senior relationships with the London office. You will build media strategies, manage multi-market pitches, and ensure profitable client service across teams in the US and abroad.

Leading a team and mentoring staff, you will shape strategic communications programs, nurture client growth, and maintain high standards of client satisfaction and agency performance.

Qualifications

• Evidence of running a large global client autonomously.
• Experience in the tech sector is strongly preferred.
• Strong media relations skills with notable media.
• Experience leading pitches.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead and mentor teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships with the client and drive retention and organic growth.
• Lead multi-channel campaigns and brief the creative engineering team.
• Run executive media relations programs including media training.
• Ensure delivery of excellent service and rigorous evaluation and reporting.
• Grow client revenue and identify upsell opportunities.
• Manage budgets, costs and resource planning.
• Lead credentials and pitches for multi-market prospects.
• Champion US clients across the global network.
• Mentor and develop team; participate in training and interviews.

Skills

Media relations

Strategic thinking

Client relationship management

Pitch management

Leadership

Communication

Job description

About TEAM LEWIS

TEAM LEWIS is a global marketing agency that has moved from start-up to multi-national in a little over two decades. Its success is due to a combination of factors: it’s ability to read the future and prepare for it; leveraging cutting edge AI; strategic thinkers delivering award winning campaigns; expanding client relationships into new markets or services; and above all, independence from outside investors. The practice, its people and its campaigns have won many awards, including Cannes Lions, PRovoke Media, ICCO, European Excellence, PRCA Digital, Digital Impact, Global Digital Excellence.

At the heart of our community is the TEAM LEWIS Foundation (TLF), a non-profit charitable entity. Since its launch in 2021, it has funded over 2,600 causes. It is one of the largest employee-directed philanthropies in the world. The TLF promotes a wide variety of social, cultural, and environmental causes that benefit society. It aims to strengthen the bonds between the creative industries, businesses, government, and non-profits. Community charities are championed by employees who, in addition to the financial donation, volunteer their time and skills to maximize grant effectiveness. You can read more here about TEAM LEWIS Foundation.

Purpose of the role

The Vice President (VP) will spend fifty per cent of their time leading and managing the client, working closely with senior peers on the business across the US and in the London office. They will own the US client relationship, taking responsibility for meeting client expectations and ensuring that both the client and TEAM LEWIS colleagues are kept fully up to date on critical activity on the account. The VP takes the lead in building and maintaining media relationships, driving outreach for campaigns. The role will drive excellent client service, retention and profitability.

Working with colleagues and teams across the US and internationally, the VP will lead new business credentials and pitches and the onboarding of wins. Overall, they will provide strategic and creative consultancy to clients on their integrated marketing journey.

Main responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships and trust with the client, providing strategic and creative counsel, and initiatives for retention and organic growth; manage program delivery start to finish
• Brief the creative engineering team to bring concepts to life for multi-channel campaigns
• Run executive media relations programs, including media training, for the senior/c-suite clients
• Ensure the delivery of excellent, consistent service and results; bring rigorous evaluation and measurement to campaign planning and reporting
• Grow client revenue, identifying and securing upsell/cross sell opportunities
• Manage business operational elements, eg. client profitability, budgets/costs, resource planning
• For new business, help identify and engage prospects plus key intermediaries and influencers
• Participate in, or lead, credentials and pitches for multi-market prospects, developing the strategic insight, strategy and messaging
• Champion the cascading of US clients across the global network
• Retain a high-caliber and motivated team – inspire and nurture a first-class culture in which people can thrive and grow professionally and personally
• Manage and motivate direct reports, setting and reviewing goals; work to maximize strengths, improve weaknesses and support career development
• Lead and participate in training as a trainer and by contributing curriculum ideas
• Interview key potential hires. Help on-board and mentor these hires, setting them up for success
• Overall, be a collaborative, encouraging, supportive member of the US management team.

About you

Working for a PR agency, you are a strategic thinker who enjoys counseling clients and devising and running campaigns. With rounded B2B communications experience, you are passionate about the role of business in society and operate at the forefront of developing communications programs to show this. Mission focused and commercial, you have a “sleeves rolled up” mentality and like to exceed goals, deliver results and make a positive impact. An empathetic and motivational leader, you are able to coach and manage client teams to deliver service and work of the highest order. You thrive in a flexible, open-minded, “can do” environment.

Additional requirements

• Evidence of running a large global client autonomously and with initiative
• Experience in the tech sector is strongly preferred
• Good understanding of trends and issues impacting business and stakeholder audiences
• Track record of exceeding goals; evidence of consistently making sound decisions through a combination of analysis, experience and judgment
• Successful commercial and operational management experience
• Strong media relations skills and close relationships with notable media
• Experience of leading and winning pitches
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; an articulate and convincing presenter
• Ability to problem solve, project manage and multi-task. Will take charge of a situation and act
• Integrity, humility, self-drive/initiative – and a sense of humor!

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the responsibilities for this role. Other responsibilities may be added from time to time.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid work environment
• Generous PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits + life insurance (eligible day 1 of employment)
• 401k with employer match
• Travel Programs
• Up to $2k donation to a charity of your choice!

The expected salary range for the Vice President, PR position is between $130K - $175K. Base annual salary is determined by factors such as location, experience, and expertise.

TEAM LEWIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, reproductive health decisions and family responsibilities, qualifying acts of violence, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.