VP, Corporate Communications — TV Studio Strategy

Sony Pictures Entertainment; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 202,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Pictures Television in Culver City is seeking a strategic Vice President, Corporate Communications to lead communications for Scripted, Nonfiction and Kids businesses. You will develop and execute strategies that support business priorities, elevate studio content and leadership, and strengthen the studio’s reputation across the industry.

Reporting to the SVP, Corporate Communications, you’ll advise senior executives, shape executive positioning, media relations, and thought leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 15+ years of progressive corporate communications, media relations, public relations, or related communications experience, preferably within the entertainment industry.
• Strong understanding of the television, entertainment, media, and streaming industries.
• Demonstrated experience developing communications strategies that influence business outcomes and support complex organizational objectives.
• Proven ability to serve as a trusted communications advisor to senior executives and influence business outcomes through strategic counsel.
• Established relationships with key trade, business, and entertainment media.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Excellent strategic thinking, sound judgment, and the ability to translate complex business issues into clear and compelling communications.
• Proven ability to manage multiple high‑profile initiatives simultaneously while effectively prioritizing competing business needs.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence without direct authority in a highly matrixed environment.
• Experience leading executive communications, media relations, reputation management, and thought leadership initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead communications strategy for Sony Pictures Television Studio’s Scripted, Nonfiction and Kids businesses, ensuring alignment with broader Sony Pictures Entertainment communications objectives.
• Partner closely with business leadership and the SVP, Corporate Communications to advance business priorities, strengthen the company’s reputation, and reinforce Sony Pictures Television’s position as a leading independent television studio.
• Serve as a trusted communications advisor to senior executives, providing strategic counsel that anticipates challenges, identifies opportunities, and advances business objectives through thoughtful communications planning.
• Establish communications priorities, translate business goals into action plans, and oversee execution across channels and stakeholders.
• Ensure communications strategies align with broader business goals and support the long‑term success of the Scripted and Nonfiction businesses.

Skills

Strategic communications

Media relations

Executive communications

Reputation management

Thought leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Sony Pictures Television in Culver City is seeking a strategic Vice President, Corporate Communications to lead communications for Scripted, Nonfiction and Kids businesses. You will develop and execute strategies that support business priorities, elevate studio content and leadership, and strengthen the studio’s reputation across the industry.

Reporting to the SVP, Corporate Communications, you’ll advise senior executives, shape executive positioning, media relations, and thought leadership.