Full-Time

Senior Vice President

Integrated Marketing

Highwire

Highwire

51-200 employees

Scholarly publishing platform and manuscript management

Compensation Overview

$175k - $249k/yr

+ Referral bonuses

San Francisco, CA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid candidates near the San Francisco or New York offices must work on-site three days per week. Remote work is available only from the listed states and Washington, D.C.

Category
Growth & Marketing (2)
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Required Skills
Market Research
Communications
Branding/Brand Strategy
Social Media
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • 12+ years of experience in integrated marketing, brand strategy, communications, or marketing leadership, with significant experience in a mid-sized or large agency environment.
  • Proven experience leading integrated marketing functions or practice areas within an agency, including building capabilities, scaling teams, developing offerings, and establishing operating models.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise, business-to-business, technology, or high-growth brands and developing integrated strategies that address complex business challenges.
  • Strong track record of growing client relationships, expanding accounts, and serving as a trusted advisor to senior executives and marketing leaders.
  • Deep expertise across integrated marketing disciplines, including brand strategy, creative, paid media, social, influencer, content, analytics, and communications.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering complex, multi-channel campaigns with measurable business outcomes.
  • Proven ability to build scalable processes, improve operational efficiency, manage budgets, and drive profitable growth.
  • Experience developing award-winning campaigns, thought leadership, and agency marketing materials that showcase integrated impact.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the growth and performance of integrated marketing programs across priority client accounts, driving measurable business impact, client value, and account expansion.
  • Build, scale, and oversee Highwire’s integrated marketing function, including defining offerings, establishing best practices, developing capabilities, and building a high-performing team.
  • Partner with the Executive Vice President of Integrated Solutions to productize integrated solutions and create scalable offerings that drive adoption across clients and the agency.
  • Establish operational frameworks, processes, and tools that enable effective collaboration, efficient resource allocation, and seamless delivery across integrated initiatives.
  • Partner with project management leadership to strengthen planning, execution, and workflow across integrated marketing programs.
  • Drive new business growth by identifying opportunities, contributing to pitches, and developing integrated solutions that address client needs.
  • Serve as a senior strategic advisor to clients, helping connect brand, communications, product marketing, and business objectives through integrated strategies.
  • Lead collaboration across strategy, creative, insights, analytics, public relations, social, paid, influencer, and account teams to deliver impactful, integrated campaigns.
  • Translate audience insights, research, cultural trends, and business objectives into actionable strategies, campaigns, and communications programs.
  • Partner with Creative and Strategy teams to develop compelling brand narratives, inspire breakthrough creative work, and deliver award-worthy campaigns.
  • Own the operational performance, profitability, and effectiveness of integrated marketing initiatives, including establishing key performance indicators, objectives and key results, measurement frameworks, and reporting.
  • Recruit, mentor, and develop talent across Integrated Marketing and Project Management while fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.
  • Identify emerging channels, technologies, and marketing trends to continuously evolve Highwire’s integrated marketing capabilities.
  • Develop case studies, awards submissions, thought leadership, and agency marketing materials that demonstrate integrated success and elevate Highwire’s market position.

HighWire provides a digital publishing platform and services for scholarly publishers to host journals and books, manage manuscript submission and peer review, and handle subscriptions. It offers an end-to-end, integrated workflow from author submission through editorial review to publication and monetization. By focusing on the scholarly publishing niche, HighWire differentiates itself with long-standing relationships and a full suite tailored to publishers’ needs rather than generic publishing tech. The goal is to streamline scholarly communication by delivering scalable technology-enabled tools that simplify content production, review workflows, and revenue management for publishers, societies, and university presses.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$1.2M

Headquarters

Princeton, New Jersey

Founded

2008

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What believers are saying

  • June 2026 CFO hire Kelly Losko signals expansion discipline after acquisition.
  • Highwire Health targets regulated healthcare budgets where crisis communications spend stays sticky.
  • Mergers with Bliss and Candor Content expand cross-sell into demand generation and executive visibility.

What critics are saying

  • AcroIntelligence competes against Cision, Meltwater, and Muck Rack with thinner software economics.
  • January 2026 Bliss integration risks culture clashes and client churn across North America.
  • Agency revenue depends on client retention; one lost enterprise can hit utilization quickly.

What makes Highwire unique

  • June 2026 AcroIntelligence and AcroAI give Highwire proprietary media-signal intelligence.
  • January 2026 Bliss Group acquisition gives Highwire 250-plus professionals and healthcare depth.
  • Highwire Health unifies life sciences, health tech, and business-of-health expertise after March 2026 launch.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Hybrid Work Options

401(k) Company Match

Home Office Stipend

Wellness Program

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-4%

1 year growth

-4%

2 year growth

-4%
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