VP/SVP of Media Relations

Longacre Square Partners; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Competitive compensation with bonus

Benefits: 401(k), medical, dental and视

Paid time off

Mentorship and upward mobility

Job summary

Longacre Square Partners in New York is expanding its team with a Vice President/Senior Vice President of Media Relations. The role provides strategic media relations counsel to blue-chip clients across corporate, financial and crisis matters.

The successful candidate will lead day-to-day media relations strategy across multiple client accounts, leveraging a strong network of media relationships to secure high-impact coverage and manage executive positioning programs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in public relations/communications, government affairs, finance, journalism or related industry.
• Extensive media relations experience and direct contacts at key financial news outlets
• A deep understanding of the financial markets
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• A strong team player with experience managing and mentoring junior colleagues
• A skilled project manager with extreme attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills
• A proactive leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can operate with autonomy

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on communications strategy, messaging and tactics aligned with their business objectives and target audiences
• Develop customized media plans, proactively pitch and place exclusives, coordinate media interviews and serve as a client spokesperson, when appropriate
• Engage reactively with reporters to manage sensitive inquiries and mitigate risk, including around litigation, crises and other transformative periods
• Build integrated communications plans and customized executive positioning and brand building strategies and know how to develop an effective communications program for CEO-level profile raising
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with reporters, editors, anchors and producers at top-tier, trade and local outlets
• Prep executives for interviews and speaking engagements, lead media training sessions and staff in-person media interviews
• Write client materials, including press releases, bylines, talking points, Q&As, messaging/narrative frameworks, presentations and web/social content
• Track media coverage and deliver competitive analysis, benchmarking and whitespace opportunities against key peers
• Serve as a manager and mentor to junior colleagues, providing regular feedback, reviewing materials and motivating the team to deliver the strongest possible work product
• Develop new business proposals and presentations and leverage network to source new client opportunities

Skills

Media relations

Client communications

Project management

Mentoring juniors

Job description

Longacre Square Partners ("LSP") is expanding its New York team with a Vice President/Senior Vice President of Media Relations. In this role, the VP or SVP will provide high-touch strategic media relations counsel to LSP’s clients that include blue-chip public companies and investors. The VP/SVP will work across LSP’s practice areas, which include corporate affairs, investor relations, M&A and strategic transactions, shareholder activism, litigation, crisis, investment management, and event-driven and special situations.

The ideal candidate brings a strong network of media relationships across both print and broadcast, with a track record of placing and managing complex stories with top-tier, trade and local journalists. The VP/SVP will lead media relations strategy and execution for normal-course corporate announcements, earnings cycles and executive positioning programs as well as for high-stakes activism campaigns, leadership transitions, IPOs, corporate crises and transformations, legal disputes and transactions.

About Longacre

Longacre Square Partners is a full-service advisory firm focused on corporate relations, crisis management, governance consulting, and contested and special situations strategies. With a high-touch and senior led-advisory model, our experience and resources enable us to bring customized actionable solutions to the most complex situations.

About the Role

The ideal VP/SVP will have:

• 8+ years’ experience in public relations/communications, government affairs, finance, journalism or related industry. Experience in a PR agency or in-house communications role is preferred
• Extensive media relations experience and direct contacts at key financial news outlets
• A deep understanding of the financial markets
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• A strong team player with experience managing and mentoring junior colleagues
• A skilled project manager with extreme attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills
• A proactive leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can operate with autonomy

In this role at LSP, you will lead the day-to-day media relations strategy and execution across multiple client accounts with responsibilities that will include:

• Advise clients on communications strategy, messaging and tactics aligned with their business objectives and target audiences
• Develop customized media plans, proactively pitch and place exclusives, coordinate media interviews and serve as a client spokesperson, when appropriate
• Engage reactively with reporters to manage sensitive inquiries and mitigate risk, including around litigation, crises and other transformative periods
• Build integrated communications plans and customized executive positioning and brand building strategies and know how to develop an effective communications program for CEO-level profile raising
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with reporters, editors, anchors and producers at top-tier, trade and local outlets
• Prep executives for interviews and speaking engagements, lead media training sessions and staff in-person media interviews
• Write client materials, including press releases, bylines, talking points, Q&As, messaging/narrative frameworks, presentations and web/social content
• Track media coverage and deliver competitive analysis, benchmarking and whitespace opportunities against key peers
• Serve as a manager and mentor to junior colleagues, providing regular feedback, reviewing materials and motivating the team to deliver the strongest possible work product
• Develop new business proposals and presentations and leverage network to source new client opportunities

What LSP Offers:

• A collaborative, inclusive culture where our people are our greatest asset, and your opinion is valued
• Meritocratic approach to upward mobility
• Nurturing professional mentorship from senior colleagues
• Hybrid work environment that offers the flexibility and balance of remote work and collaborating in office
• Highly competitive compensation packages, including strong base salaries and bonus potential
• Competitive benefits packages, including 401(k), medical, dental and vision
• Generous paid time off for vacation, sick and personal days

The target base salary for this position is $150,000-$250,000, in addition to a competitive benefits and bonus package (as applicable). Compensation is determined by several factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

Learn more about LSP here: https://www.longacresquare.com/

LSP is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive culture that reflects a multitude of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.