Account Director, Client Experience

Weber Shandwick is looking for a Director to join our Consumer team in our New York offices. 

We Are Seeking: 

We’re looking for a passionate brand enthusiast and strong Account Director to join our Consumer Practice, working across a few of America’s most iconic food and beverage brands. You will be responsible for playing a critical role in leading breakthrough activations that earn attention and helping to create truly fun and unique PR campaigns. In this role, you will be responsible for coaching, inspiring and motivating a high performing team while exceeding expectations for our clients.

In this role, you’ll be tasked with overseeing account programming while collaborating closely with our creative and earned media teams to advance programming and achieve business objectives both internally and externally. Fueled by your love of consumer-led programming and viral brand campaigns, we hope you’ll bring energy and enthusiasm to every client challenge while motivating colleagues around you.

What We Are Looking For: 

• A strong leader, motivated to thrive within a fully-integrated business environment
• A passion and curiosity for earned media and deep understanding the changing media landscape
• Can turn ideas into workable plans 
• Capacity to convey ownership of assigned projects to junior team members 
• Ability to solve client challenges
• Strong desire to mobilize and motivate teams 
• Can work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent oral and written business communication skills
• Can complete challenging projects within set parameters
• Exceptional judgment when working with team members, client contacts and vendors
• Commitment and dedication to the agency’s success as well as individual career
• Can anticipate client and team needs
• Attention to detail and quality
• Jumps in with solutions and “let’s try it” attitude
• Instills confidence with clients and colleagues

Basic Qualifications: 

•  At least 7 years of experience in agency, PR/Communications space
•  Experienced in Integrated Media Strategy and Media Relations, ideally within the food & beverage or CPG space
•  Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, PR, Business Management, or related field 

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $100,000 - $130,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.