Senior Vice President / Managing Director - Legal Communications

Who is Prosek?

We are entrepreneurial. Prosek is one of the largest independent communications and marketing firms in the U.S., with offices and strategic partners across the country and worldwide. We are specialized. Prosek provides unparalleled expertise with financial and professional services companies. We are people-centric. Our teams work together in a collegial atmosphere that breeds professional respect and friendship. We are award-winning. Join an "Army of Entrepreneurs" that was recently named a 2026 Global Agency of the Year by PRovoke Media.

Overview:

Prosek Partners is seeking a Senior Vice President or Managing Director to lead and grow our work with law firms and legal-sector clients. This senior leader will serve as a trusted advisor to firm leadership and practice heads, providing strategic communications counsel that strengthens the firm's reputation, advances business priorities, and elevates the visibility of the firm and its attorneys.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience advising law firms and legal organizations, along with expertise across adjacent sectors such as professional services, financial services, private markets, and corporate communications. They will lead senior client engagements, develop integrated communications strategies, drive new business, expand existing client relationships, and mentor a high-performing team.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Lead integrated strategic communications programs for law firms, legal-sector organizations, and other professional or financial services clients
• Serve as a trusted advisor to managing partners, firm leadership, practice leaders, general counsel, and other senior executives
• Develop and execute integrated communications strategies that support firm reputation, practice growth, executive visibility, talent priorities, and broader business objectives
• Lead thought leadership and executive positioning programs for attorneys and senior leaders across priority practices and industries
• Oversee proactive media relations strategies, leveraging strong relationships with legal, business, financial, and trade media
• Identify timely opportunities to connect client expertise to breaking news, industry trends, regulatory developments, and market activity
• Manage and grow executive-level client relationships, ensuring consistently strong counsel, service, and account performance
• Drive organic account growth and lead new business development efforts, including prospecting, proposal development, and pitch leadership
• Partner across Prosek’s integrated capabilities to bring clients a coordinated approach spanning media relations, crisis and issues management, digital, content, creative, and executive communications
• Mentor and develop team members, creating a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and high-performance environment

What Makes You Qualified:

• 15+ years of experience in strategic communications, public relations, corporate communications, or a related field
• Significant experience advising law firms, legal organizations, or legal-sector clients
• Strong understanding of the business of law, including the priorities and communications needs of managing partners, practice leaders, and senior attorneys
• Expertise spanning professional services, financial services, private markets, corporate communications, or another relevant sector
• Demonstrated ability to provide senior-level counsel on reputation management, executive positioning, thought leadership, media relations, and complex issues
• Established relationships with legal, business, financial, and trade media
• Proven success managing and expanding client relationships and contributing to new business growth
• Strong leadership skills and experience developing senior and junior talent
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the executive presence to counsel senior stakeholders
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, business, or a related field

What are the perks?

• 401(k) employer match: There is no time like the present to prepare for your future!
• Premium healthcare plans, including medical, dental and vision coverage: Your health comes first.
• Hybrid work model: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home - Pick your own schedule.
• 2 weeks of remote work per year: You do you!
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) package, including birthday PTO: Take time to celebrate, recharge, and reset!
• Custom career opportunities: Choose your own adventure!

Our Core Values:

• Chemistry, Collaboration and Belonging: Our collegial culture inspires people with different perspectives and backgrounds to work towards common goals as we brainstorm, plan and execute on behalf of our clients and to build our business together.
• Grit and Hustle: We work hard. We roll up our sleeves. We are not precious or pretentious. We do not take short cuts. Instead, we put in the work and do what it takes to get the job done.
• The Excitement of New Challenges: We view challenges as opportunities and embrace them. They motivate us to learn and grow so that we can be the best versions of ourselves, for our clients and each other.
• A Workplace with Humanity: We recognize the rigor and demand of our work. We also recognize that life inside and outside of Prosek can be stressful.  We work very hard to run our business with a heavy dose of humanity and to make Prosek a safe place where people enjoy the work and each other.

Our Beliefs on Culture, Diversity & Belonging:

We are committed to building a diverse workforce reflecting and embracing diversity of all kinds – diversity of geography, cognitive diversity, race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, political affiliation, socioeconomic backgrounds. We believe having teams that represent the broader communities where we live and work creates a culture that celebrates creativity, inclusiveness and teamwork and helps us offer our global clientele of mature and emerging businesses counsel that is dynamic, rich and nuanced.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $175,000-$275,000. An employee's salary is determined by a range of factors including but not limited to relevant experience, qualifications, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is one component of Prosek's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) matching, new business commission, paid time off, and other benefits.

Prosek Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits 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, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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